Rattler History...Since 2000

Here is how the Timber Rattlers have fared on May 27...since 2000.

2000: The Rattlers won 7-2 at Dayton. The team meeting helped. A four run seventh inning pushed the Rattlers out to a 7-2 lead. Seven different Rattlers had an RBI and JJ Putz pitched seven innings and scattered eight hits for the win. Rattler record after this game: 24-23.

2001: The Rattlers lost 3-0 at West Michigan. Pablo Arias tossed eight shutout innings and gave up four hits. Matt Walker homered, tripled, and scored twice. Rattler record after this game: 27-20

2002: The Rattlers lost 14-3 in Battle Creek to the Battle Cats. Michigan had 18 hits, the Rattlers committed three errors. Corey Freeman's third inning homer was the highlight for Wisconsin. Kerry Hodges was 5-for-5 and Randy Rojas drove in four runs for Michigan. Rattler record after this game: 23-26

2003: The Rattlers lost 2-0 at Fort Wayne. Paul McAnulty had a two-run single in the third inning off Cesar Jimenez. But, the story was Fort Wayne starter Brian Whitaker. He took a no-hitter into the ninth inning. Tomo Aoki drew a lead-off walk. Tim Merritt was retired on a fly ball to right. Then, Dustin Delucchi singled to break up the no-no. Dale Thayer came into the game and got the final two outs. Rattler record after this game: 26-23

2004: The Rattlers lost 1-0 at Quad Cities. The SWING got a homer by Dusty Gomon off Nibaldo Acosta in the bottom of the second inning, one of only three hits allowed over seven innings by Acosta. Adam Harben and Julio DePaula combined on the five-hit shutout. Rattler record after this game: 20-26

2005: The Rattlers won 12-5 at Quad Cities. Sebastien Boucher homered and drove in three runs. Marshall Hubbard also drove in three runs. Rick Ankiel homered for the SWING off Jason Snyder, but Snyder got the victory. Rattler record after this game: 28-20

2006: The Rattlers won 8-6 at Kane County. Nick Prosise hit a homer and drove in four runs for Wisconsin. The Rattlers scored three runs in the ninth inning to rally from a 6-5 deficit. Rattler record after this game: 19-29

2007: The Rattlers split a doubleheader at Peoria.

GAME ONE:
The Rattlers lost 4-1. The Chiefs scored four runs (one earned) in the third inning off Kyle Parker. Parker pitched a complete game in a losing effort.

GAME TWO:
The Rattlers won 3-1. Dylan Johnston homered in the first inning off Justin Souza. Kuo Hui Lo drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning. In the sixth, Carlos Peguero hit a ball out of the stadium to right that wound up rolling down the street and may still be going. Rattler record after this game: 16-31

The Rattlers are 4-5 on May 27...since 2000. Weird day. Against: Almost no-hit, shutout two other times, and blown out in Michigan. For: Big win in Dayton, 9th inning comeback in Kane County, and a loooooooong home run in Peoria. At least May 27 is memorable.