Game Notes for 8/6

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Snappers pounded the Rattlers 14-4. Erik Lis drove in six runs and Beloit had twenty hits in the game.

THREE HIT CLUB: Lis, William Luque, Edward Ovalle, and Matt Betsill all had three hits in the game.

BIG FLIES: Each team had three homers last night. Lis and Juan Portes had three run homers and Eli Tintor had a solo shot for the Snappers. Rattler catcher Adam Moore’s solo homer in the sixth was his first professional homer. Ron Garth’s solo homer in the eighth was his seventh of the season and he leads the Rattlers in homers. Chris Minaker’s two run home run in the third was his first Fox Cities Stadium homer.

DOWN EARLY: The first five Snapper batters of the game reached base against Rattler starting pitcher Paul Fagan. Lis and Tintor each had RBI singles with the bases loaded to put the Snappers up 2-0. After Wisconsin turned a 5-2-3 double play, Portes hit his homer and the Rattlers were down 5-0 before they ever got to the plate.

NOT A GOOD OMEN: The biggest deficit Wisconsin has rallied from this season is four runs. They have done that twice.

GREAT CROWD: Wisconsin had its biggest home attendance of the season last night. The crowd of 6,993 was the second highest attendance for a Rattler game at Fox Cities Stadium. The record is 7,722 on July 25, 2003.

IN FRONT OF MANY: The Rattlers have drawn more than 5,000 fans to a home game seven times this season. They are 3-4 in those seven games.

MEET THE NEW GUY: Relief pitcher Cory Koliscak is the newest member of the Rattlers. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Radford University in Virginia in 2005. Koliscak spent last season with Everett in the Northwest League. He started 2006 with the Mariners Arizona League affiliate.

OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Yohan Pino was signed as a non-drafted free agent in 2004 out of Venezuela by the Twins. He was 9-2 with a 3.72ERA in 12 starts for Elizabethton in the Appalachian League in 2005. His first 34 appearances for the Snappers in 2006 were out of the bullpen and he was 8-2 with three saves in a relief role. Pino beat the Rattlers on July 28 at Pohlman Field. He allowed a lead off single to Chris Minaker in the top of the first inning and retired the next eighteen batters in a row. In his last appearance, Pino came out of the bullpen and allowed one run on five hits over 2-1/3 innings against Dayton at Pohlman Field on August 2.