Game Notes for 5/15

LAST TIME THEY PLAYED: The Rattlers split a doubleheader with the Dragons on Saturday night. The Rattlers won game one 9-6 by rallying for six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. Dayton won game two 6-0 in five innings on Johnny Cueto’s no-hitter.

A LITTLE HISTORY: Cueto struck out eight and walked two for the first no-no in the Midwest League this season. He retired the first nine batters he faced before issuing a walk. The no-hitter was the first pitched by a Dragon and it was also the first time the Timber Rattlers have been no-hit at Fox Cities Stadium.

LAST TIME IT HAPPENED: The Rattlers got no hit by the Burlington Bees at Community Field by Dustin Hughes and Jake Mullis on April 12, 2004.

GAME ONE RALLY: The Rattlers fell behind 4-0 after the top of the first inning, and then scored three times in the bottom of the first. Dayton scored twice in the top of the fifth for a 6-3 lead. JB Tucker doubled in two run to cut the lead to one. He scored the tying run on a fielding error.

BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK: Wisconsin capped their game one rally with three straight RBI singles by Jairo Hernandez, Robby Hudson, and Jeff Dominguez.

BREAKING THE 0-FER: Hernandez had a pair of hits in his final two at bats of the first game of the doubleheader. The first hit broke a streak of 0-for-16.

THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS: The Rattlers have been rained out three times on this homestand and four times total this season. The Rattlers were rained out just once at Fox Cities Stadium in 2005. The record for the most home rainouts in a season for the Timber Rattlers is nine in 2003.

HEADING OUT WEST: This series marks the final home games against the Eastern Division for the Rattlers in the first half. After today, the Rattlers will have 28 straight games against teams in the Western Division. That streak is broken with a four game series at Lansing on the final road trip of the first half.

OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER GAME ONE: Travis Wood was the second round pick of the Reds in the 2005 draft out of Alexander (AR) High School. Last season, he made eight appearances (seven starts) for the Gulf Coast League Reds with a 0-0 record, an ERA of 0.75, and 45 strikeouts in 24 innings. Then, he was promoted to Billings of the Pioneer League where he was 2-0 in six appearances (four starts) with a 1.82 ERA. In his last start, Wood gave up three runs on four hits in five innings with five strikeouts against the Cedar Rapids Kernels on May 10. On April 11, Wood struck out ten Lansing Lugnuts over five shutout innings. This is his first appearance against the Timber Rattlers and against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER GAME TWO: Jeff Stevens was a 6th round pick of the Reds in the 2005 draft out of Loyola Marymount University. Stevens was 7-7 with a 4.01ERA for the Lions before being drafted. He would go 4-4 and an ERA of 2.98 in thirteen games (eight starts) for Billings in the Pioneer League. In his last start for the Dragons, Stevens took the loss against the Cedar Rapids Kernels on May 11. He allowed three runs on six hits over 5-1/3 innings with one walk and seven strikeouts. This is his first appearance against the Rattlers and against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.