ABOUT WEDNESDAY: The Rattlers beat the Swing of the Quad Cities 5-2. Carlos Peguero hit a three run homer in the top of the first inning to provide most of the Rattler offense. Starting pitcher Kyle Parker allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts for the win. The win was Wisconsin’s second straight.
IT’S A STREAK: The back-to-back wins gives the Rattlers their first winning streak since they won a season high three games in a row over Kane County from May 21-23.
TWO OUT RALLY: The Rattlers had two outs and nobody on base in the top of the first inning. Trevor Lawhorn and Reed Eastley each drew walks against Swing starter Elvis Hernandez. Peguero got ahead in the count 3-1 and smashed the next pitch for his fifth homer of the season.
IN AND OUT OF TROUBLE: Parker allowed the first two Swing hitters to reach in each of the first three innings. The Swing only scored in the bottom of the second on a single by Wilmer Alvarado after Luke Gorsett started the inning with a double. After the third inning, Parker allowed one hit and retired the final eight batters he faced in order.
FIND YOUR WAY BACK: Yesterday, Ricky Orta made his second relief appearance off the disabled list. He allowed one run on one hit and one walk with two strikeouts over 2-1/3 innings. Orta is scheduled to start Sunday at Cedar Rapids in the final game of the first half.
JUAN MORE: Rattler shortstop Juan Diaz had a single in the fifth inning. He has a hit in seven straight games. Diaz is 7-for-19 during the streak.
DAY GAMES: The Rattlers improved their record in day games to 5-18 with the win yesterday.
ANOTHER ROSTER MOVE: Infielder Gerardo Avila was placed on the suspended list before Wednesday’s game. Infielder Joe White, a 42nd round pick of the Mariners in 2006 out of Georgia Perimeter College, joins the team.
HOW MANY? There are fourteen players on the current Timber Rattler roster who were not with the team on Opening Day.
JUST A NOTE: The Swing use a tandem (or piggyback system) regarding their eight of their pitchers. They have two pitchers scheduled to pitch every game. The starter will go between four or five innings or 75 pitches. The next pitcher will begin an inning and go for four innings or 75 pitches. One pitcher starts and the other relieves. The next time that tandem's turn in the rotation comes up, the pitchers switch roles. For example the next time that the Brad Furnish/Tyler Herron tandem comes up in the Swing rotaion, Herron will start and Furnish will relieve.
OPPOSING STARTER: Brad Furnish was the second round pick of the Cardinals out of Texas Christian University in the 2006 draft. Furnish was 3-6 with a 3.94ERA in 15 starts with 68 strikeouts in 75-1/3 innings pitched for the State College Spikes in the New York-Penn League last season. In his last appearance, Furnish picked up the save with three scoreless innings at Cedar Rapids on June 10. He allowed one hit and struck out four against the Kernels. His last start was his only appearance against the Timber Rattlers. Furnish got a no decision in the second game of the double header on June 5. He gave up a pair of runs (one earned) on two hits in four innings and struck out nine.
ALSO SCHEDULED TO PITCH: Tyler Herron was a supplemental first round pick (46th overall) in the 2005 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals out of Wellington Community High School in Florida. Herron was 5-10 with a 4.67 ERA in 27 starts during his first two seasons of professional baseball. He has pitched for Johnson City (2005, 2006) and State College (2006) before starting this season with the Swing. Herron is 6-4 and has won his last six decisions. In his last outing, he pitched six shutout innings and allowed three hits in a start against Cedar Rapids on June 10. Herron also picked up the win against the Rattlers on June 5 in the second game of a double header with three innings of one-hit shutout ball. Herron struck out six Rattlers in that game.
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