ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers beat the Bees 6-5. Johan Limonta homered twice and drove in four runs in the game for Wisconsin. Limonta’s second homer was a lead-off blast in the top of the ninth inning to break a 5-5 tie.
LIMONTA’S BIG NIGHT: The Rattler first baseman had a double to go along with his pair of homers. Limonta boosted his average from .235 to .256 with his three hits. Limonta also became just the second Rattler this season to connect for two homers in a game. JB Tucker hit a pair of homers at Beloit on April 11.
BIG STEAL, BIG HIT: Kuo Hui Lo singled with two out in the seventh and stole second to get into scoring position. Adam Moore delivered an RBI single to tie the game 5-5.
HOW DO YOU SPELL RELIEF? Harold Williams and Brian Kappel combined to toss three perfect innings out of the Rattler bullpen last night. Williams pitched a pair of shutout innings with five strikeouts and got the win. Kappel earned his second save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth and a pair of strikeouts.
I GOT IT! NO, I GOT IT! There were five lead changes in last night’s game. Wisconsin was up 1-0 in the first. Then, the Bees went up 2-1. Wisconsin went up 4-2, but the Bees rallied for a 5-4 lead. Limonta’s homer in the ninth was the final lead change of the night.
MORE THAN FIVE: Including last night, Wisconsin has scored five or more runs in a game thirty-one times this season. They are 24-7 in games in which they score five or more.
MORE THAN FIVE (PT II): Last night was also the fifty-first time this season the Rattlers have allowed five or more runs. Wisconsin is 9-42 when they allow five or more runs.
TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: The Rattlers and Bees have played ten games this season. Five of the games have been decided by one run. The Rattlers have won three of those one run games. Also, Wisconsin and Burlington have gone to extra innings three times this season. The Rattlers have won two of those extra inning games.
TWO FROM WISCONSIN: The Bees have two players on their roster from the Badger State. Infielder Jeremy Jirschele, a native of Clintonville, has been with the Bees all season ad was a 30th round pick in the 2005 draft out of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Pitcher Erik Cordier was a 2nd round pick in 2004 out of Southern Door High School in Brussels, resides in Sturgeon Bay. Cordier will make the start against the Timber Rattlers on Sunday.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Chris Nicoll was a third round pick of the Royals in the 2005 draft out of the University of California-Irvine. He was 0-3 in seven starts for Idaho Falls of the Pioneer League in his first professional season last year. He beat the Rattlers on May 23 at Fox Cities Stadium by allowing one run on two hits over seven innings with no walks and four strikeouts. In his last start for the Bees, Nicoll lost at Fort Wayne on July 16. He went six innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on nine hits with four walks and two strikeouts.
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