ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers knocked out 18 hits as they defeated the Peoria Chiefs 15-3. Kuo Hui Lo four hits and scored four runs to lead the offense. Gavin Dickey had three hits (missing only the double for a cycle) and drove in three runs. Jamie McOwen had three hits and drove in four runs for the Rattlers.
STREAKS: The Rattlers have matched their season high winning streak a three. Wisconsin has won three straight games two other times this season. Another streak that is happening is that Wisconsin has won four consecutive road games.
FOUR MORE AND FOUR MORE: Lo has two other 4-hit games this season. Last night was the second time this season he has scored four runs in a game. Lo is currently on a 7-game hitting streak. He is 16-for-30 (.533) during this streak.
ALL BUT TWO: The Rattlers scored in every inning except the fourth and the ninth. The fourth inning was the only frame in which Wisconsin went down 1-2-3.
QUICK START: Dickey hit the fourth pitch of the game out of the park for his first home run of the season. Dickey also had a triple and a single, only missing a double for what would have been the first cycle in Rattler history.
NEW SEASON HIGHS: The 15 runs and the 18 hits set new team highs for the 2007 Rattlers.
STRIKING UP THE BAND: Justin Souza worked four innings for the Rattlers in an emergency start last night. He allowed three runs (two earned) on five hits. The Rattlers led 7-3 after the fourth, but Souza left the game after reaching his pitch limit.
WELCOME TO THE CLUB: Shawn Kelley and Keith Renaud got into the game last night on their first day with the Rattlers. Kelley, a 13th round pick in the 2007 draft, worked two scoreless innings for his first professional victory. Renaud, 10th round pick in the 2007 draft, retired all six batters he faced over the seventh and eighth innings.
WELCOME BACK: Rollie Gibson first action since returning to the team was a scoreless ninth inning to finish off the Chiefs. Gibson got a strikeout to end the game.
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN: Reed Eastley got into the game in the bottom of the ninth inning as a defensive replacement for catcher Jair Fernandez.
ABOVE .500: The Rattlers are 3-2 in the second half. This is the first time they have been above .500 in a half since they were 4-3 seven games into the first half of 2006.
OPPOSING STARTER: Robert Hernandez was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Venezuela by the Cubs in 2005. Last season, Hernandez went 5-2 with an ERA of 3.20 in 14 appearances (five starts) for the Arizona League affiliate of the Cubs. Over 39-1/3 innings he walked 16 and struck out 18 for the Mesa Cubs. Hernandez took a loss in his last appearance, a start at Beloit on June 21. He allowed two runs on three hits over five innings. This is his first appearance against the Timber Rattlers and his first appearance against a farm team of the Seattle Mariners. Last season, Hernandez did not face Seattle’s Arizona League affiliate.
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