8/01/2006

Game Notes for 8/1

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Beloit Snappers beat the Rattlers 7-6 for a four game sweep of Wisconsin at Pohlman Field. Eli Tintor hit a lead off home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 6-6 tie. David Shinskie pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his ninth save.

JUMPING AHEAD: The Rattlers scored three runs in the first inning against Snapper starting pitcher Ryan Mullins. Adam Moore drove in the first run of the game with a single. Kuo Hui Lo followed with a two-un single and the Rattlers were up 3-0 before the Snappers got to hit.

FALLING BEHIND: But, the Snappers scored twice in the bottom of the first against Rattler starter Paul Fagan. Then, after a Mike Saunders sacrifice fly padded the Rattler lead to 4-2 in the top of the second, the Snappers scored three times in the bottom of the second to take a 5-4 lead.

BACK TO EVEN: Beloit added a run in the bottom of the sixth to go up 6-4. Eddy Hernandez hammered a two-run homer with one out in the top of the eighth to tie the game 6-6. Hernandez has hit three homers in the second half and all three have either tied the game or put the Rattlers in front.

FULL COUNT: Tintor lifted a 3-2 pitch from Roman Martinez over the left field wall for what turned out to be the game winning homer in the bottom of the eighth.

SLOPPY DEFENSE: The teams combined for seven errors last night: Beloit (4), Wisconsin (3).

JULY ON THE ROAD: The Rattlers were 4-13 away from Fox Cities Stadium last month.

MILK PAIL STANDINGS: By sweeping the series from the Rattlers, Beloit has taken a commanding 5-2 lead in the Milk Pail Series over the Rattlers. Beloit needs to win only one of the remaining four games between the teams to claim the Milk Pail trophy for the second year in a row.

SEASON LOW: The loss yesterday dropped the Rattlers to 39-69 on the season. This is a season low twenty-nine games under .500 for the season.


ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Fort Wayne Wizards are the Midwest League affiliate of the San Diego Padres. The Wizards did not qualify for the playoffs in the first half. They are currently 20-18 and lead the Dayton Dragons by ½ game for the second half wild card spot in the Eastern Division. Fort Wayne is 51-54 overall this season. The Wizards are managed by former Milwaukee Brewer Randy Ready.

VS. WIZARDS IN ’06: The Rattlers took three of four from the Wizards at Memorial Stadium in Fort Wayne in a series from April 25-28. Fort Wayne won the first game of the series 13-4. The Rattlers won the final three games of the series by scores of 7-3, 11-6, and 6-3.

PROSPECTING: BASEBALL AMERICA’s Top 30 list of Padre prospects has two current members of the Wizards on it. However, Matt Bush (#13) and Kyle Blanks (#15) are both on the disabled list. Two other members of the list pitchers Joel Santo (#16) and Fabian Jimenez (#29) were recently traded to the Chicago Cubs organization. The Wizards have five members of the 2006 Padre draft class on their current roster. Pitchers Wade LeBlanc (2nd round) and Nathan Culp (4th) are joined by infielders David Freese (9th) and AJ Davidiuk (29th) and outfielder Michael Campbell (20th).

OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Jarrett Gardner was signed by the Padres off the roster of the Lincoln Saltdogs of the independent American Association and sent to Fort Wayne on June 30. He was originally a 19th round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox out of Arkansas in 2003. He was 22-19 with a 4.03ERA in 67 games (55 starts) in the Red Sox organization. Gardner was 2-2 with a 2.38 ERA for the Saltdogs before signing with the Padres. He beat Clinton at Memorial Stadium in his last start. On July 27, he allowed one run on five hits over seven innings to beat the LumberKings. This is his first appearance against the Rattlers and against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

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