ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Chiefs beat the Timber Rattlers 5-2. Matt Camp’s two-out, two-run double in the bottom of the second inning gave Peoria a 2-1 lead. Robert Hernandez went six innings for the win and allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits. Alex Maestri protected the lead with three scoreless innings for his fourth save.
EARLY LEAD: For the second game in a row, the Timber Rattlers scored a run in the first inning. Gavin Dickey, who homered to start Monday’s game, doubled to start last night’s game. A one out single by Reed Eastley gave the Rattlers a 1-0 lead.
NEWS ON LO: Kuo Hui Lo went 0-for-4 and saw his 7-game hitting streak come to an end. The Rattler outfielder had two assists last night and he now leads Wisconsin outfielders in assists with eight. Lo also committed two errors, but neither error led to a Peoria run.
CHANCES: The Rattlers only went down in order twice last night. Hernandez struck out the side in the second and Maestri worked a 1-2-3 seventh. The Rattlers had nine hits and left eight runners on base in the game.
FERNANDEZ GOES FOR FIVE: Rattler catcher Jair Fernandez went 2-for-four with a pair of singles and a stolen base last night. He set a new season high for his hitting streak at five games. Fernandez is 7-for-18 during the current streak.
KEEPING IT UNDER CONTROL: Wisconsin pitchers walked two batters last night. When Nate Samson drew a two out walk in the bottom of the second inning, it was the first walk by a Rattler pitcher in 21 innings.
MISSED ON FOUR: The Rattlers had their three-game winning streak snapped last night. It was the third time this season the Rattlers lost when they were going for a fourth straight win.
HISTORIC AT BAT: Last night, two native Italians faced each other for the first time as professionals in a North American baseball game. In the top of the ninth inning, Rattler third baseman Alex Liddi faced Maestri. The Chief reliever, who is from Visbera, got the better of Liddi, who is from San Remo, with a strikeout.
OPPOSING STARTER: Jake Renshaw was the 10th round pick of the Cubs in the 2006 draft out of Ventura (CA) Junior College. Last season, Renshaw split time between Mesa (Arizona League) and Boise (Northwest League). He went 1-4 in 12 games (11 starts) with an ERA of 4.87. On June 22 of this season, Renshaw pitched 6-1/3 scoreless innings and beat the Beloit Snappers at Pohlman Field. He gave up three hits, walked one, and struck out eight in that game. He is 2-0 in two starts against the Rattlers this season. Renshaw pitched the first game of a double header on May 13 and the first game of a double header on May 28. Renshaw has given up five runs on nine hits over 11-2/3 innings with four walks and eleven strikeouts in his two starts against the Rattlers.
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