ABOUT SUNDAY: The Rattlers lost 2-1 in ten innings to the Bees at Community Field in Burlington, Iowa. A throwing error by Wisconsin reliever Lance Beus allowed the winning run to score.
FINISHING OFF A SERIES: The Rattlers have lost the last game of a series six times in a row. This season, Wisconsin is 7-19 in the final game of a series.
THINK HE LIKES TO START? Rattler starting pitcher David Asher set a career high for innings pitched for the third start in a row. Yesterday, he gave up one run over seven innings on two hits with a pair of walks and a pair of strikeouts. In his three starts for Wisconsin, Asher has pitched eighteen innings allowed two runs on nine hits with ten strikeouts. As a reliever for the Rattlers, Asher pitched 26-1/3 innings, allowed 33 hits, and 13 earned runs.
MAKING HIS FIRST START: Juan Guzman made the start at second base for the Rattlers yesterday. He went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and scored the only Rattler run. By starting at second base, Guzman became the fifth different Rattler to make a start at second this season.
GOING THE EXTRA MILE: The Rattlers and Bees played four extra inning games this season. The teams split the four extra inning games.
CLOSE, TOO CLOSE: Wisconsin and Burlington played six games that were decided by one run. They split those six games.
SPLITSVILLE: The Rattlers wound up with a split in the four game series at Burlington over the weekend. The two games the Rattlers lost were 1-0 on Thursday and yesterday’s 2-1 ten inning defeat. Wisconsin has a split in their last two series.
LONG GONE: The Rattler pitching staff has given up a homer in each of the last five games.
ROSTER MOVE: Outfielder Kevin Reynolds was sent to Everett, the Northwest League affiliate of the Mariners, after the team arrived back at Fox Cities Stadium last night. Reynolds spent two short stints with the Rattlers this season, hitting .206 in fourteen games.
AFTER A CENTURY: The Rattlers played their 100th game of the season yesterday. They are 37-63. Last year, Wisconsin was 54-46 after 100 games. In 2004, the team was 44-56 after playing their 100th game.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The South Bend Silver Hawks are the Midwest League affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are the defending Midwest League Champions. The Hawks did not qualify for the playoffs in the first half, but they are off to a 20-9 record in the second half. They have a 6-1/2 game lead on Fort Wayne for the top Eastern Division playoff spot in the second half and a 7 game lead on Dayton for the second half Wild Card in the Eastern Division. South Bend has an overall record of 53-42.
VS. SOUTH BEND IN ’06: The Rattlers and Hawks split a four game series at Coveleski Regional Stadium in South Bend April 21-24. Wisconsin won the first game of the series 6-3. The Hawks won the next two games by scores of 9-7 and 5-4. The Rattlers won the final game of the series 8-4.
PROSPECTING: BASEBALL AMERICA’s Top 30 list of Diamondback prospects has no members of the current Silver Hawk roster on it. However, Justin Upton, the top overall pick in the 2005 draft did not sign with the Diamondbacks until after the list had been published for the season. Upton made his professional debut with the Hawks against the Timber Rattlers on April 21. In the series against Wisconsin, Upton was 4-for-16 with a pair of RBI. Including Upton, the Hawks have seven members of Arizona’s 2005 draft class on their roster. There are no 2006 draftees on the South Bend roster.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Adam Howard was a 44th round pick out of Walters State (TN) Junior College in 2004. He split time between Yakima of the Northwest League and South Bend last season. In Yakima he made thirteen starts and was 4-5 with a 4.29ERA. With the Hawks, Howard was 2-2 in twenty appearances (one start) with a 2.56ERA. In his last start for the Hawks, he went seven innings against Peoria and gave up one unearned run on two hits with four walks and seven strikeouts for a no decision. Howard made two relief appearances against the Rattlers earlier this season. He pitched a total of three innings without allowing a hit or a run and striking out three.
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