ABOUT SUNDAY: The South Bend Silver Hawks beat the Timber Rattlers 11-3. Both Gerardo Parra and Brad Miller had two homers and five RBI to lead the Hawks to the win. Tony Barnette pitched seven innings and allowed three runs (two earned) for the win. The loss was the fourteenth straight loss for the Rattlers.
ANOTHER EARLY LEAD: Wisconsin scored single runs in the second and third innings to go in front 2-0. Gavin Dickey knocked in a run with a grounder in the second. Reed Eastley drove in a run with a double in the third. During the current losing streak, the Rattlers have had a lead in nine games.
EVAPORATED: The Silver Hawks scored twice in the top of the fourth to tie the game. Parra hit a three-run homer in the fifth. Miller homered on the next pitch after Parra’s long ball and the Hawks were up 6-2.
ONE LAST CHANCE: Wisconsin loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the sixth. Jamie McOwen hit a sacrifice fly to get the Rattlers to within 6-3. But, Barnette got a double play ball to end the inning. The Rattler would not get a base runner in the final three innings.
PARRA & MILLER: Parra is 11-for-22 (.500) in six games against the Timber Rattlers this season. Parra is hitting .330 on the season and is the leading active Midwest Leaguers in batting average. Christopher Pettit of Cedar Rapids and Brandon Buckman of Quad Cities have higher averages, but both have been promoted. Miller’s two homers yesterday gave him 16 for the season. He is tied with Michael Thompson of Burlington for the Midwest League lead in that category. Miller’s five RBI in Sunday’s game gives him 66 on the season and he is tied with Brennan Boesch of the league lead in ribbies.
THE EAST IS A BEAST: Wisconsin is 2-12 against Eastern Division teams at home this season. They are 7-23 against the other division overall in 2007.
RECORD AT HOME: The Rattlers are 12-31 on Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium this season. Wisconsin was 29-40 at home last season. Including today, the Rattlers have 25 home games remaining this season.
THE RECORD: The Midwest League record for consecutive losses is 15. Three teams are co-holders of the record. The 1958 Clinton Pirates, the 1975 Cedar Rapids Giants, and the 1986 Kenosha Twins are in the record book with 15 straight losses.
OPPOSING STARTER: Jordan Norberto was signed by the Diamondbacks as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic. Last season, he was 3-2 with a 3.09 ERA in 16 starts for the Missoula Osprey. He struck out 64 batters in 75-2/3 innings for the Osprey. In his last start, Norberto lost to Peoria on July 18 at home. Norberto allowed eight runs on ten hits in three innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out one. Norberto is making his first appearance against the Timber Rattlers and against an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.
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