ABOUT SUNDAY: Ron Garth hit a pinch hit, game winning home run in the bottom of the eleventh inning to give the Timber Rattlers a 4-3 win over the Bees. Joe Woerman pitched a scoreless eleventh inning for the win.
FIRST TIME SINCE: Garth’s pinch hit homer was the first since Jeremy Dutton’s pinch hit homer at Cedar Rapids on July 10, 2004. It was also the first “walk off” homer for the Rattlers since Mike Wilson’s series ending home run against the Beloit Snappers on September 9, 2005.
HABIT FORMING: The last four game winning homers for the Rattlers at Fox Cities Stadium have all been in extra innings. TJ Bohn homered in the tenth inning against the South Bend Silver Hawks on April 27, 2003; Matt Tuiasosopo on April 13, 2005 in the eleventh innings against the Swing of the Quad Cities; Wilson hit his in the tenth inning against the Snappers in game three of the first round of the playoffs.
ONE LAST NOTE: Garth had the first pinch hit by a Rattler this season. Timber Rattler pinch hitters are 1-for-5 in 2006.
RED HOT: Jeff Dominguez went 4-for-6 with an RBI on Sunday. He is 8-for-14 in his last three games.
WHAT? Dominguez is the only player on either the Timber Rattler or the Bee roster with an average over .300.
BREAKING OUT: Bryan Sabatella had his first three-hit game of the season yesterday.
THEY WERE ON HOW MANY TIMES? In an eleven inning game, the Burlington Bees got their lead off man aboard ten times. Burlington lead off batter Josh Johnson started five innings and reached base on four walks and a single. The other time he was at the plate, he reached base on another walk.
A SMALL VILLAGE: The Rattlers left fifteen runners on base. Burlington left thirteen runners stranded.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Gilbert de la Vara gave up a two-out RBI double to Robby Hudson in the bottom of the seventh inning to allow the Rattlers to tie the game 3-3. It was the first blown save of the season in six opportunities for de la Vara.
SPELLING RELIEF: David Asher entered the game with one out and runners at first and third in the top of the ninth. He got pinch hitter Miguel Vega to ground into a 6-4-3 double play.
STREAK CONTINUES: Woerman extended his scoreless streak to 9-1/3 innings by working a scoreless eleventh. He has not allowed a hit in his last six innings.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Michael Penn was an 11th round pick of the Royals out of the University of Michigan in the 2005 draft. He was 7-2 with a 2.79ERA in fourteen starts for the Wolverines. Penn went 0-1 with a 5.09ERA in five starts for Idaho Falls in the Pioneer League last season. He won his last start for Burlington. On May 17, he allowed two runs on five hits over six innings against Lansing at Community Field. This is his first appearance against the Timber Rattlers and against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
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