ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The South Bend Silver Hawks beat the Timber Rattlers 5-1. Cesar Valdez allowed an unearned run on two hits over seven innings for the win. South Bend broke a 1-1 tie with four runs (three unearned) in the top of the seventh inning. The loss was Wisconsin’s thirteenth in a row.
EARLY LEAD: The Rattlers manufactured an unearned run, with a little help from the Silver Hawks, in the bottom of the fourth. Kuo Hui Lo walked and stole second. With one out, Carlos Peguero struck out, but he reached and Lo took third on a passed ball. Alex Liddi’s sacrifice fly drove in Lo with the run.
BACK TO EVEN: The Silver Hawks scored the tying run in their next at bat. In the top of the fifth, Steve Mena was on third with one out. Rattler starting pitcher Anthony Varvaro fielded a grounder back to him and got Mena trapped in a rundown. However, Liddi’s throw to the plate was wild and Mena scored the tying run.
TOUGH BREAK: Rattler catcher Juan Beltran was at second with two outs in the bottom of the fifth. Calvin Beamon lined a pitch that looked like it was headed for right field. South Bend first baseman Brad Miller leapt and got a glove on the ball to deflect the ball into shallow right-center. Then, second baseman Matt Oxendine retrieved the ball and threw a strike to the plate and Beltran was out. The Rattlers managed just three hits in the game
AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT: Valdez and South Bend reliever Chad Beck retired twelve of the final thirteen Rattler hitters they faced to close out the game.
QUALITY START: Varvaro allowed one unearned run over six innings on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts for a quality start, but a no decision.
BREAKING THE TIE: Tyler Jones drove in the go ahead run with an infield single in the top of the seventh. Another botched rundown and a wild pitch later in the inning allowed three more runs to score.
THIRTEEN: The Rattlers have lost thirteen straight games. Wisconsin has not won since the second game of a double header on July 11. This is a new franchise record for consecutive losses.
OPPOSING STARTER: Tony Barnette was the 10th round pick of the Diamondbacks in the 2006 draft out of Arizona State University. He went 6-4 with a 3.89ERA in 15 starts for the Missoula Osprey of the Pioneer League in his first taste of pro ball. Barnette was third in the Pioneer League in strikeouts with 74 in 76-1/3 innings. In his last start for the Hawks, Barnette lost to Peoria on July 17. He allowed six runs on six hits over 6-1/3 innings with two walks and a strikeout. Barnette beat the Rattlers on May 4 in South Bend. He pitched eight innings and allowed one run on four hits and struck out six.
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