ABOUT FRIDAY: Wisconsin beat the Kernels 8-6. The Timber Rattlers built a 6-1 lead on the strength of a five run fifth inning. But, the Kernels came back to tie the game. Wisconsin got an RBI double from Jairo Hernandez and an RBI grounder from Robby Hudson in the top of the ninth and Edgar Guaramato pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his fourth save.
BIG HIT: Hernandez chopped a base hit through the drawn-in infield of the Kernels into shallow center for the game winning hit. He hustled into second with a double and scored an insurance run.
TRIPLE PLUS ONE: Mike Saunders two-out bases loaded triple in the top of the fifth inning put the Rattlers in front 5-1. A throwing error on a play at third allowed Saunders to score on the same play for a 6-1 advantage.
TRIPLE THREAT: Casey Craig tripled to start the top of the ninth and scored on the hit by Hernandez. Yesterday was the third time this season the Rattlers have had three triples in a game.
1-2-3: Yesterday was the first time that Guaramato worked a 1-2-3 inning while going for a save in the ninth inning this season.
STARTING PITCHER: In his start yesterday, Paul Fagan got into the seventh inning for the first time this season. He gave up two runs on four hits in the first six innings, but he gave up a single and a home run to the first two batters of the bottom of the seventh and left with a 6-4 lead.
BLOWN SAVE: Joe Woerman relieved Fagan in the seventh and kept the Kernels off the board in that inning. However, he gave up a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and Cedar Rapids tied the game. The Rattler relief corps is 6-for-10 in save opportunities this season.
TEMP WORK: Rattler pitching coach Lance Painter did not make the trip to Cedar Rapids due to illness. Oliver Arias will be the acting pitching coach for Wisconsin in this series.
MEET THE NEW GUY: The newest Timber Rattler is catcher Julian Henson. When Henson appears in a game, it will be his professional debut. The Mariners selected Henson with their 33rd round pick in the 2005 draft out of Cordova High School in Tennessee. Henson hit .408 for the Wolves before being drafted.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Stephen Marek was a 40th round pick of the Angels in the 2004 draft out of San Jacinto Junior College in Texas. Marek signed just before the 2005 draft. He was 1-3 in fifteen games (fourteen starts) for Orem in the Pioneer League last season. He was named the Most Outstanding Pitcher in the 2004 Junior College World Series and was primarily a reliever for San Jacinto. Marek won his last start with a victory over the South Bend Silver Hawks on May 1. Marek scattered ten hits over five innings and gave up just three runs at Veterans Memorial Stadium for his second win of the season. Marek gave up one run on four hits over five innings to get the win against the Timber Rattlers on April 14 at Fox Cities Stadium. He walked three and struck out three in a 4-2 Kernel win.
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