ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Chao Kuan Wu tripled in Mike Saunders with a two-out triple down the first base line in the top of the eleventh inning to give Wisconsin a 3-2 lead. Edgar Guaramato pitched a scoreless bottom of the eleventh inning for his fifth save.
FIRST START JITTERS: Rattler lefty Harold Williams made his first start as a Timber Rattler last night. In the first inning, he walked two batters, throwing fifteen pitches – only four strikes, but got out of the inning with no runs scoring. After he settled down, Williams made it 4-2/3 innings allowing one run on three hits with four walks and four strikeouts.
HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF? Ruben Flores gave up one run on two hits over 3-1/3 innings. Had he not given up the tying run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a two-out single by Flint Wipke, Flores was in line for the win. Jeff Gilmore worked two perfect innings out of the bullpen and got his first victory of the season.
CLUTCH HITTING: Cedar Rapids starting pitcher Stephen Marek gave up a lead off double to J.B. Tucker in the top of the second inning. Then, he retired the next thirteen batters he faced. The Rattlers didn’t get another hit until Tucker lined a home run over the left field wall with one out in the seventh inning.
SITUATIONAL HITTING: Ron Garth drove in his team leading 17th run of the season with an infield ground out in the top of the eighth to give the Rattlers a brief lead.
WINNING HITTING: Wu chopped a triple down the first base line and into the right field corner with the go ahead run in the top of the eleventh. The triple was very similar to the triple by Mike Saunders in the game on Friday afternoon.
WORKING OT: The Rattlers won their first extra-inning game of the season with the victory yesterday. The Rattlers are now 1-2 in extra frames 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.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Robert Mosebach was the 9th round pick of the Angels in the 2005 draft out of Hillsbourogh Community College in Florida. Last season, Mosebach went 3-3 with a 4.57 ERA for Orem in the Pioneer League. Mosebach made fifteen appearances (thirteen starts) and struck out 52 hitters in 65 innings pitched. Mosebach got a no decision against the Rattlers on April 15 at Fox Cities Stadium. He was hit on the left ankle with a line drive in the bottom of the fourth inning and left a few batters later. He gave up two hits and two unearned runs in the game. His last time out, Mosebach beat South Bend at Veterans Memorial Stadium. He pitched eight shutout innings and scattered seven hits while striking out six.
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