ABOUT SUNDAY: The Rattlers beat the Fort Wayne Wizards 19-10. Leury Bonilla drove in six runs, Joe White hit a grand slam, and Ron Garth had four hits to lead the offense. Justin Souza allowed one run over three innings for the win.
EARLY OFFENSE: The Rattlers scored five runs in the top of the first. White’s grand slam made it 5-0.
COULDN’T HOLD IT: Rattler starting pitcher Tony Butler allowed a run in the first and – after Garth hit a homer in the top of the second – five runs in the bottom of the second and the Wizards tied the game 6-6.
MR. EVERYTHING: Bonilla hit a three-run homer in the top of the third and the Rattlers were back in front 9-6. Bonilla also had a two-run single in the sixth and an RBI single in the eighth. Bonilla has played every position in the field except centerfield this season and picked up the save in the Rattlers Saturday night win over the Wizards.
BREAKING OUT: Bonilla had two RBI in the second half of the season before his six yesterday.
SLAMMIN’: White’s grand slam was the second of the season for the Timber Rattlers.
COULDN’T HOLD IT (PT II): The Wizards scored a run in the third and got three runs in the fourth to take a 10-9 lead. Butler allowed the run in the third and left after allowing the first two batters of the fourth to reach. Souza got the first two outs of the frame, but allowed a two-run double and an RBI single to let the Wizards take the lead.
COMEBACK: Alex Liddi tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth. Then, Bonilla put the Rattlers up 12-10 with his two-run single in the sixth. Blake Ochoa followed with a two-run double and it was 14-10. Wisconsin tacked on five more runs in the eighth.
SEASON HIGH: The Rattlers set a season high for runs (19) and hits (20) in yesterday’s game.
WORKING THE BULLPEN: In the first three games of this series, the Rattler bullpen has pitched 26 of the 34 innings. The Wizard bullpen has pitched 21-2/3 of the 34 innings.
FORT FUN: After scoring a total of three runs in their three consecutive losses at Dayton, the Rattlers have scored 34 runs and collected 45 hits in the first three games of this series with the Wizards.
THE HECK WITH TRENDS: Despite allowing five or more runs in all three games of the series, Wisconsin has won all three. The Rattler record when allowing five or more runs this season is now 7-45.
OPPOSING STARTER: Cory Luebke was the 63rd overall pick in the 2007 draft. The Padres selected him as a supplemental first rounder out of Ohio State University. He was 9-1 with a 2.03ERA in sixteen starts and was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Year in his final season with the Buckeyes. Luebke was 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA in eight appearances (three starts) for the Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League before joining the Wizards. On July 1, in his Midwest League debut, he allowed three runs on six hits over four innings and took the loss against Beloit. Luebke is making his first appearance against the Rattlers. He did face Everett twice this season and allowed one unearned run on two hits with seven strikeouts over four innings.
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