ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Timber Rattlers lost 8-4 at Kane County. The Cougars were up 7-0 in the game before the Rattlers rallied to make it close. Tony Butler took the loss as he allowed five runs (two earned) on four walks in 3-1/3 innings. Four Cougar batters drove in a pair of runs each and Henry Rodriguez pitched five scoreless innings for the win.
A SMALL VILLAGE: The Rattlers left eleven runners on base last night.
ADVENTURES IN BASERUNNING: Two Timber Rattler base runners were caught stealing last night. Two others were picked off first base.
LONG NIGHT AT THE YARD: The 3:28 minute game was the longest game of the season for the Timber Rattlers. There were also two delays last night that totaled 1:15.
CRUCIAL ERROR: There were two outs and none on when Greg Dowling reached on a two-out error. That error was followed by a walk, an RBI double by Alex Valdez and a two-run single by Larry Cobb. All three runs in the inning were unearned.
LIGHTS OUT: There were two power outages last night at Elfstrom Stadium. Half the lights in the stadium went out right after a Timber Rattler pitching change in the bottom of the sixth. They went out again just before the third pitch of the bottom of the eighth. Just before the lights came back on at full power, the rain started falling harder and that led to a rain delay.
THREE DOORS DOWN: Kuo Hui Lo and Carlos Triunfel both had three hits in the game. In the two games at Kane County, Lo was 7-for-8. Triunfel has five three-hit games this season. Triunfel leads the Rattlers in multi-hit games with 13.
SWITCHING CATCHERS: Rattler catcher Juan Beltran left the game just before the bottom of the third inning after taking a warm up pitch from Butler off a thumb. Danny Santin relieved Beltran.
OPPOSING STARTER: Alex Maestri was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Cubs in January of 2006. Maestri went 4-3 with a save and an ERA of 3.80 in 22 relief appearances for the Boise Hawks in 2006. Maestri is making his third start of the season tonight. He made ten relief appearances to start the season for the Chiefs. In his last start, Maestri lost to the Beloit Snappers on May 20. He allowed four runs (two earned) on three hits in 3-2/3 innings with a walk and three strikeouts. This is Maestri’s first appearance against the Timber Rattlers. He was 1-0 in two relief appearances against Everett, Seattle’s Northwest League affiliate, in 2006. He allowed one run on six hits over 6-1/3 innings.
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