ABOUT SUNDAY: Manuel Ferrer’s two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the South Bend Silver Hawks a 5-4 win over the Timber Rattlers.
OVERLOOKED? Ferrer joined the Silver Hawks on Friday along with the 2005 number one overall pick in the draft Justin Upton. In the small sample size of three games, Upton is 3-for-12 with an RBI. Ferrer is 3-for-10 with three RBI.
EARLY LEAD: Wisconsin scored three runs in the top of the third inning to build a 4-1 advantage.
LATE LOSS: South Bend’s two run rally in the eighth was the third time a Rattler opponent has won a game in their final at bat.
CLOSE: The Rattlers have played five games in their first sixteen that have been decided by one run. Wisconsin is 1-4 in that situation.
MULTIBALL: Robby Hudson had his third multi-hit game of the series yesterday by going 3-for-4. Hudson is 8-for-12 (.667) with four runs scored and four RBI in the series.
DOUBLING UP: Wisconsin had three doubles in their three run third yesterday. Chao Kuan Wu doubled to start the inning. Alex Gary followed with an RBI double. Jeff Dominguez had an RBI double later in the inning.
STARTING: Rattler starter Justin Thomas gave up one run in the first five innings of work with three hits and four strikeouts. The Silver Hawks loaded the bases on three straight singles – the final two were infield hits – in the sixth. Thomas struck out Trey Hendricks looking to record the first out of the inning and turned the game over to the Rattler bullpen with a 4-1 lead.
RELIEF: Rollie Gibson entered and walked Steve Mena to force in a run. Ferrer drove in his first run of the game with a single and the Rattler lead was cut to 4-3. Gibson got out of the inning with a double play.
ANATOMY OF A GAME WINNING RALLY: Joe Woerman hit the first batter of the bottom of the eighth and walked the next batter. Edgar Guaramato entered the game and got Trey Hendricks to popup a bunt attempt and Mena to strikeout. Guaramato fell behind Ferrer 2-0 before giving up the triple to right-center that drove in the winning runs.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Ramon Sanchez was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic in 2003. Last season, Sanchez went 2-2 in nine appearances (six starts) for the Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer League. He struck out 37 in 34-2/3 innings for Missoula. In his last start this season, Sanchez lost at Kane County on April 19. In four innings he walked five, gave up seven runs, and allowed six runs for his third loss in three starts.
WHAT'S AHEAD: The Rattlers continue their eight game road trip with a four game series in Fort Wayne April 25-28. Wisconsin returns home for a four game homestand against the West Michigan Whitecaps April 29-May 2.
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