Baseball Recap: Sleepy Eye Has No Trouble Against Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop

By Team Reports Apr 14, 2025, 9:22pm

Baseball Recap: Sleepy Eye Indians vs. Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds

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Previous Games

04/14/25 - Away12-6 W
05/06/24 - Home7-3 W
04/12/24 - Away14-3 W
05/08/23 - Home9-3 W
04/13/23 - Away19-0 W
+ 5 more games

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sleepy Eye). They were the clear victors by a 12-6 margin over the Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop Thunderbirds on Monday. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Indians also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.

Brayden Heiderscheidt looked comfortable as he pitched two innings while giving up just one earned run off one hit.

At the plate, Sleepy Eye got a massive performance out of Carson Uecker, who got on base in three of his five plate appearances with one home run, two runs, and two RBI. Another player making a difference was J Fulmer, who scored a run and stole four bases while going 3-for-4.

Sleepy Eye always had someone on base and finished the game having posted an OBP of .545. That's the best OBP they've posted all season.

The victory made it two in a row for Sleepy Eye and bumps their season record up to 3-2. The wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.0 runs over those games. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-5.

Looking ahead, Sleepy Eye will be playing at home against Cleveland at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Clippers' pitching crew has only allowed 3.6 runs per game this season, so the Indians' hitters will have their work cut out for them. As for Gibbon-Fairfax-Winthrop, they will head out on the road to face off against United South Central at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The Thunderbirds' pitchers better be ready for this one: the Rebels have averaged an impressive 8.2 runs per game this season.

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