ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Timber Rattlers broke a six game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Wizards. Adam Moore had three hits and drove in two runs for the offense. Jose Escalona pitched five shutout innings for his sixth win of the season.
WHO WANTS MOORE? Moore had a pair of doubles, scored a run, and knocked in the final two runs of the game for the Rattlers. The Mariners sixth round pick out of Texas-Arlington is 9-for-20 during his current five game hitting streak.
DOUBLING UP: Chris Minaker, Jeff Flaig, and Travis Scott each had a pair of hits in the game.
SCORE FIRST; SCORE OFTEN: The Rattlers scored first for the first time in the series last night. When the Rattlers get the first run of the game, they are 25-21 this season.
WIZARD’S BANE: Escalona snapped a personal three game losing streak with the victory yesterday. He allowed five hits and walked a pair but struck out six without allowing a run. Escalona is 2-0 against Fort Wayne this season and gave up one run over ten innings against the Wizards this season.
FOUR OR LESS: Last night, four Rattler pitchers held their opponents to less than five runs for the fifty-second time this season. Wisconsin is 30-22 when they hold opponents under five runs.
CALL THEM THE BREEZE: Those four Rattler pitchers last night (Escalona, Roman Martinez, Austin Bibens-Dirkx, and Brian Kappel) combined to strikeout eleven Wizard batters in the game.
K-MACHINE: Kappel struck out two in his one inning of work to give him thirteen strikeouts over eleven innings in eleven appearances for the Rattlers. He had sixteen punchouts over 9-1/3 innings for Everett before his promotion to Wisconsin.
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Stevie Delabar was a 29th round pick of the Padres as a draft-and-follow out of Volunteer State (TN) Junior College in the 2003 draft. He spent all of last season with Eugene in the Northwest League and was 4-6 in sixteen starts with an ERA of 4.76. Delabar will be making his 22nd start of the season for the Wizards tonight. In his last start, on July 30, against Southwest Michigan, Delabar got a no decision. He pitched 5-2/3 innings and gave up four runs on seven hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Delabar, who has won three straight decisions, lost to the Rattlers at Memorial Stadium on April 28. Wisconsin got to him for five runs (one earned) on six hits over 3-2/3 innings with four walks and three strikeouts.
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