ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers beat the Bees 5-3. Chris Minaker homered and drove in a pair of runs for Wisconsin. The Rattlers scored four times in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 3-1 deficit for their second straight win over the Bees.
PUSHING ZEROES: Four Rattler relievers combined to toss five scoreless innings last night. That quartet of pitchers – Roman Martinez, Juan Colon, Lance Beus, and Austin Bibens-Dirkx – did not allow a hit, did not walk a batter, and struck out two. Wisconsin’s bullpen has not allowed a run in nine innings of work in this series. It has been 10-1/3 innings since a Wisconsin reliever last gave up a run.
FIRST MWL WIN: Martinez picked up his first Midwest League victory with two scoreless innings last night. Martinez was 0-2 in nineteen appearances for Wisconsin last season and 0-4 in his first nineteen appearances for the Rattlers in 2006.
THE OPPOSITE: Wisconsin has scored six runs against the Burlington bullpen in their eight innings of work.
NEED SOME ICE? There were six hit batsmen in the game last night. Both pitching staffs hit three batters. Jeremy Jirschele was hit twice by Rattler pitchers.
RATTLER RALLY: Burlington starting pitcher Chris Nicoll left after six innings and gave up one run on three hits. In the seventh, Wisconsin went to work against on the Bees bullpen. Robby Hudson and Alex Gary reached against Yovany Damico. Mike Saunders singled in the first run of the inning to get the Rattlers to within one run. Then, Cody Harkcom entered the game. Minaker’s sacrifice fly tied the game. Limonta doubled in Saunders to put Wisconsin in front for the first time in the game. An RBI single by Travis Scott plated the final run of the inning.
TWO NIGHTS IN A ROW: Limonta has driven in the go ahead run in back-to-back games against the Bees. On Thursday night, it was a ninth inning homer. Last night it was the seventh inning RBI double.
STEALING BASES: Saunders stole two bases last night to give him seventeen on the season. Saunders is Wisconsin’s active leader in the stolen base category. Only Luis Valbuena – with 21 – has more steals for the Rattlers this season.
GETTING TWO: After losing nine straight games from June 29-July 7, Wisconsin has won at least two games in each of their last four series.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Erik Cordier was a 2nd round pick in 2004 out of Southern Door High School in Brussels, Wisconsin. He missed all of 2005 with an injury. Cordier was 2-4 with a 5.11ERA in eleven starts for the AZL Royals in 2004. He began 2006 with Idaho Falls in the Pioneer lead and went 1-0 in three starts. He struck out nineteen over sixteen innings for the Chukars. He is 1-1 since joining the Bees. In his last start for Burlington, Cordier pitched five shutout innings to beat Kane County at Elfstrom Stadium. He gave up three hits and walked four but picked up the win. This is his first appearance against the Rattlers, but he faced the AZL Mariners twice in 2004 going 0-1 allowing five runs (two earned) over 8-2/3 innings.
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