Indians Grab 2-1 Series Lead In Section 3B Playoffs
Shakopee is a game away from a return trip to state after 6-5 win Tuesday night.
The last thing the Shakopee Indians wanted to do was travel to Jordan on Thursday down 2-1 in their best-of-five playoff series. And thanks to Brandon Olson's one-out double in the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday, they won't have to. Olson's hit proved to be the game-winner as the two-time defending state champion Indians downed the Brewers 6-5. So the Indians are still headed to Jordan on Thursday, but it's the Brewers, not the Indians, who will have to win that game to extend the series. “It's a world of difference,” Shakopee manager Brannon Weigel said of being up instead of down in the series. “We haven't played well in their park all year, so there was a lot of pressure on us today to play good game and not go down two-one.” That …
