ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers dropped their third straight game as the Burlington Bees won 6-4. Burlington broke open a 3-3 game with solo home runs by Brady Everett, Matt Morizio, and Michael Thompson in the fifth, sixth, and seventh innings.
FOLLOW THE LEADER: The Rattlers scored twice in the top of the second inning. Burlington scored two in the bottom of the second. Wisconsin scored a run in the top of the fourth. The Bees scored a run in the bottom of the fourth.
LEADING THE LEAGUE: Thompson’s home run in the seventh was his tenth of the season. He is tied with Brandon Buckman of Quad Cities and Juan Francisco of Dayton for the league lead in homers.
LEADING THE LEAGUE (PT II): Rattler starting pitcher Tony Butler walked one batter in five innings. He has walked 28 batters this season and is tied with three other pitchers for the lead in that category.
LEADING THE LEAGUE (PT III): The Rattlers committed three errors last night. They have committed 88 errors in 50 games this season. The Great Lakes Loons are second in the league in errors with 82.
IT’S BEEN A WHILE: The home runs by Morizio and Thompson came off Rattler reliever Brian Kappel. Those were the first two home runs allowed by a Wisconsin relief pitcher since May 19.
END OF A DROUGHT: Greg Halman’s double in the top of the eighth inning ended an 0-for-24 streak for him.
HOLD THOSE TIGERS: Today’s starting pitchers were teammates at Clemson before the 2006 draft. Burlington starter Josh Cribb was picked by the Kansas City Royals with the 227th pick of the ’06 draft. Seattle selected Steve Richard, the Rattler starter today, with the 231st pick of the ’06 draft.
OPPOSING STARTER: Cribb was an 8th round pick of the Royals in the 2006 draft out of Clemson. He was 9-0 with a 3.09ERA in 16 games (15 starts) in his final season with the Tigers. He went 2-6 in 13 games (six starts) with an ERA of 5.19 for Idaho Falls in the Pioneer League last season. In his last appearance for the Bees, Cribb allowed four runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 5-1/3 innings in a loss to Clinton on May 25. This is Cribb’s first appearance against the Timber Rattlers and his first appearance against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
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Is Truienfel ok? I noticed he hasn't been in the lineup for the past couple days.
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