Game Notes -- 6/22

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers dropped their ninth straight home game with a 7-6 loss to the Swing of the Quad Cities. Quad Cities led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth. Wisconsin scored a run in the fourth and five in the fifth to take a 6-5 lead. But, Quad Cities scored twice in the top of the sixth to take a 7-6 lead. They held on for the win.

BIG HIT SWING VERSION: Swing DH Christian Reyes delivered a two-out, three-run double in the top of the third inning to put Quad Cities up 5-0.

BIG HIT RATTLER VERSION: Joe White’s two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning put the Rattlers up 6-5.

BIG WALKS: Rattler reliever Drew Fiorenza retired the first batter he faced in the top of the sixth. A single was followed by back-to-back walks. Brian Kappel entered the game in relief of Fiorenza and walked in the tying run.

BIG SACRIFICE: Chris Grossman’s sacrifice fly off Kappel drove in the go ahead run.

LATE RALLY: The Rattlers trailed 7-6 with two outs and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth. Brad Furnish hit Carlos Peguero, gave up a double off the left field wall to Trevor Lawhorn, and walked White to load the bases. Swing closer Kenny Maiques entered the game and struck out Alex Liddi on three pitches to pick up his 15th save.

IN THIRDS: The winning pitcher (Kyle Sadlowski), the losing pitcher (Fiorenza), and the pitcher with the save (Maiques) all pitched just 1/3 of an inning.

KEEP THEM GOING: Carlos Peguero had an RBI single in the fourth inning last night. Peguero has at least one RBI in each of his last six games. Peguero had already extended his season high hitting streak to eight games with a second inning single.

FIRST TIME: Last night was the first time Rattler starter Kyle Parker allowed more than two earned runs in any of his appearances this season.

WELCOME BACK: Rattler outfielder Gavin Dickey made an appearance as a pinch runner in the eighth inning last night. It was the first time he has appeared in a game since May 20 against Lansing. Dickey is in tonight's starting lineup. He will bat ninth and play left field.

OPPOSING STARTER: Eddie Degerman was the fourth round pick of the Cardinals out of Rice in 2006. In his final season with the Owls, Degerman was 13-2 in 20 games (19 starts). He also struck out a Conference USA record 172 batters in his final collegiate season. He made nine starts for the State College Spikes of the New York-Penn League after signing with the Cardinals. Degerman was 2-3 with a 2.76 ERA and struck out 53 in 42-1/3 innings. He has faced the Rattlers twice this season and is 1-0. Degerman has allowed two runs (one earned) on two hits and has struck out 16 Rattlers while walking none in ten innings over two starts.

SECOND SWING PITCHER: Shaun Garceau is the second part of the pitching tandem for Quad Cities tonight. He was a 20th round pick of the Cardinals in the 2005 draft out of Royal Palm Beach (FL) High School. He did not pitch in 2006 due to an injury. Garceau is 1-0 in two relief appearances against the Rattlers this season. He has allowed six hits over seven shutout innings with eleven strikeouts.