ABOUT MONDAY: Burlington beat the Rattlers 12-5. The score was 6-5 Burlington heading into the seventh inning. The Bees put the game away with three runs in the seventh and three more in the eighth.
DOUBLE DIGITS: Burlington got to ten runs or more for the first time this month yesterday. It was only the third time they have reached double digits in the run column this season. Burlington also had eighteen hits yesterday, which is a new season high. That hit total raised their team batting average from .216 to .223. Burlington passed the Southwest Michigan Devil Rays in the team batting average rankings and is now in 13th place in the league.
FAMILIAR PROBLEM: The Rattlers loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the second inning after tying the game 4-4. However, the Rattlers could not push any more runs across the plate in the inning. The Rattlers are hitting just .167 (7-for-42) with the sacks full in 2006.
RATTLER BATTERS: Ron Garth had a base hit and an RBI yesterday. He is on a 7-game hitting streak and has knocked in at least one run in four of his last five games. Jeffery Dominguez was 1-for-5 yesterday and is 9-for-17 in his last four games.
TEN OFF THOMAS: Rattler starting pitcher Justin Thomas gave up ten hits over five innings yesterday. It was the first time as a pro he has given up ten hits in a game. Thomas took the loss yesterday because he gave up a solo homer to Miguel Vega in the top of the fifth inning that put the Bees in front 5-4.
BULLPEN STRUGGLES: Rattler reliever Jeff Gilmore gave up a homer to Antonio Sabatini in the sixth inning and four runs total over two innings. Gilmore has allowed three homers in his last 3-1/3 innings. Rollie Gibson gave up three runs in the eighth after walking the lead off batter. In fifteen relief appearances this season, Gibson has retired the first batter he faced just five times. The last times Gibson has entered a game the first batter he faced reached base. He has walked that first batter seven times and given up a pair of singles during the current streak.
WELCOME BACK: Catcher Nick Prosise was activated from the disabled list after yesterday’s game. The Rattlers are back to a full complement of players with the activation. Prosise was hitting .235 in six games before getting hurt with a high ankle sprain at Fort Wayne on April 26.
ROUGH STRETCH: The Rattlers are 2-8 in their last ten games. That is the lowest winning percentage for the team over any ten game period this season.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Chris Nicoll was the 3rd round pick of the Royals out of California-Irvine in the 2005 draft. He was 0-3 with a 3.62ERA in seven starts for Idaho Falls in the Pioneer League in 2005. In his last start, Nicoll got a no decision against the Lansing Lugnuts at Community Field on May 18. He allowed one run on three hits and struck out seven as the Bees picked up the win. In his six starts this season, Nicoll has only allowed more than one run once. That was when he gave up a pair of runs in a loss to Dayton on May 1. This is Nicoll’s first appearance against the Rattlers and also his first against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
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