ABOUT SATURDAY: The Timber Rattlers swept Quad Cities with a pair of 2-0 wins in a doubleheader. Three Wisconsin pitchers allowed three hits in the first game. Three Wisconsin pitchers allowed one hit in the second game.
GAME ONE RECAP: Rattler starter Phillippe Aumont pitched four hitless innings in his professional debut. Michael Pineda allowed three hits in two innings and got the win. Ryan Moorer pitched a scoreless inning for the save. Gavin Dickey and Blake Ochoa each had an RBI for the Rattlers.
GAME TWO RECAP: Rattler starter Donnie Hume pitched five scoreless innings, struck out five, and allowed only a one-out double in the fifth. Shawn Mortimore and Shawn Kelley each worked a scoreless inning with Kelley picking up the save. Eddy Hernandez and Gerardo Avila had the RBI for the Rattlers.
AUMONT UPDATE: The only two runners to reach against the #1 pick of the Seattle Mariners in his pro debut were Adron Chambers on an error to start the bottom of the first and Domnit Bolivar on a one out walk in the second. He retired the final eight batters he faced before
reaching his pitch limit.
NOT TO BE OUTDONE: Hume made his pro debut yesterday, too. The game two starter for the Rattlers walked Justin Roberson to start the bottom of the first. Then, he retired the next thirteen batters of the game. A one out double by Bolivar in the fifth inning was the only hit of the game for the River Bandits.
SHUTOUT TOTALS: The Timber Rattlers had four shutouts all of last season. The fourth shutout of 2007 was a 1-0 win on the final day of the season. So, dating back to last season, the last three Timber Rattler wins have been via the shutout.
CONSECUTIVE DONUTS: The last time the Timber Rattlers tossed two straight shutouts was June 28-29, 2004. The Rattlers defeated the Dayton Dragons in Appleton by identical 6-0 scores. The winning pitchers were Tom Oldham and Jason Mackintosh.
ONE HIT? ALL THEY GOT WAS ONE HIT?: The fewest hits allowed in a game last season by the Rattler pitching staff was two. That was a 2-0 loss at Beloit on July 20 with Tony Butler, Justin Souza, and Keith Renaud as the hurlers.
YOU WANT OFFENSE? Gerardo Avila, Daniel Carroll, and Gavin Dickey each have at least one hit in each of the first three games. Carroll has stolen a base in three straight games, too.
JUST FOR REFERENCE: The last time the Timber Rattlers were above .500 at any point of a season was April 12, 2006. The Rattlers beat Beloit 7-1 to move their record to 4-3.
QUAD CITIES STARTER: Blake King was a 44th round pick of the Cardinals in the 2005 draft out of Eastern Oklahoma State College. He signed as a draft-and-follow before the 2006 draft. He made three starts against the Timber Rattlers in 2007 and was 0-2 with an 8.68ERA. He started last season in Quad Cities, but was moved to Batavia in the New York-Penn League in late June.
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