ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Southwest Michigan sent the Timber Rattlers to their fourth straight loss with a 4-3 extra inning victory. Garrett Groce drove in the game winner with a single through the drawn-in infield in the top of the tenth. Devil Ray starter Mike Wlodarczyk allowed one hit over five innings, but got a no decision.
RATTLER HEROICS: Luis Valbuena delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game 3-3 and force extra innings. Valbuena’s base hit was the first hit for the Rattlers with runners in scoring position last night. The Rattlers finished the night 1-for-8 with at least one runner in scoring position.
SCORING UGLY IS STILL SCORING: The Rattlers trailed 3-0 when the loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the sixth. Wisconsin scored a pair of runs without a hit in the inning. Jeff Flaig scored on a wild pitch when Eddy Hernandez struck out. Bryan Sabatella drove in Mike Saunders with a groundout.
UNEARNED: Both Timber Rattler errors last night were committed by pitchers and each led to an unearned run. Jason Snyder threw away a toss to first on a bunt by John Matulia in the third that allowed the first Devil Ray run to score. Joe Woerman threw wildly to first on a pickoff in the tenth and J.T. Hall wound up at third. He scored moments later on the single by Groce. This season, Rattler pitchers have given up 44 runs and 31 of those runs are earned.
HOME COOKING? The Rattlers have lost five straight home games and are 2-6 at Fox Cities Stadium this season.
WORKING OVERTIME: After last night’s loss, the Rattlers are 0-2 in extra innings this season. The Rattlers were 9-5 in extra innings in 2005, including a 2-0 record in the Midwest League Playoffs. Southwest Michigan is 2-0 in extra frames this season.
END OF THE ROAD: Hernandez went 0-for-4 last night and his hitting streak ended at eight games.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Jake McGee was a 5th round pick of the Devil Rays in 2004 out of Edward Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada. He was 5-1 with a 3.97ERA for Princeton in the Appalachian League in 2004. Last season, with Hudson Valley in the New York-Penn League, he was 5-4 with a 3.64ERA. McGee is 0-2 with a 4.32ERA this season. In his last start, he gave up two unearned runs in four innings against Fort Wayne for the loss. In his first start this season, a loss at Lansing, McGee struck out eight but allowed six runs on seven hits in 4-1/3 innings.
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