New Ulm Sports Central - Preserving and Sharing New Ulm Area Sports History

As the shadows lengthened from the left field bank into center field, the ghosts of rally caps past were getting anxious and were starting to twitter a message to the New Ulm Legion team to "lets get this thing going."
About that time New Ulm had fallen behind 6-0 and then 9-3 and were faced with two outs and no one on base in their final at bats.
The message got through to those Gold boys and before the third out was made the score was tied at 9-all thanks to a six-run spree that avoided their first loss in the Classic.
It was a special inning capped off finally by Judd Davis' two-run triple to set up the tying run at third in the seventh. Davis scored when Creighton of Nebraska let a third out pop fly drop between third base and the pitcher's mound as Davis scooted home.
Michael Skillings came on in relief and retired three straight batters to set up the winning run in the eighth inning. Collin Helget drew a walk and the ghosts were dancing as Grant Kannegeisser missed two suicide squeeze bunts but singled Helet to third.
Skillings lashed a double into right field and then promptly set Creighton down 1-2-3. Of the six men he retired, three were on pretty well hit balls deep to center where the ghosts were thinking party.

Another of the great rallies happened during a final playoff game in Tomahawk League Aug. 9, 1953, New Ulm Millers trailed 6-1in the 9th inning and came about as New Ulm Millers got to Hanska's ace pitcher Dennis Blomquist who couldn't hold the lead.

The Journal article does not explain how many outs there were when the rally started. There was only a single out in the inning but where it came was not explained. Chuck Kiecker finally got the game winning hit. Object 1791 has the reproduction of the Journal write-up amd details petty well every one's part. .

Others figuring in the rally were Wally Ebert, Walt Keckeisen, Wieland, Del Hamann, Jim Hoffmann, Pug Gareis and Wieland (first name to be determined but believed to be Ader and Leo Dittrich who later played with Hanska). Hamann had entered the game at second base in the eighth inning and Gareis pinch hit a single batting for Orv Guth in the ninth.

Blomquist had to be relieved by Bob Schroeder who had a great game earlier against Nicollet. Dave Ramnes who later signed with the Dodgers, was a pinch runner for Gareis in the rally and scored either the tying or winning run with one out.

Digging out the score book for that game and copying that page would make a welcome addition to the history files, along with a copy of the Legion book for its big rally.

The Journal's Jim Bastian has often referred to other rallies but no record is available of when they happened and by which teams. New Ulm baseball fans would appreciate details on those, too.