Rattler History...Since 2000

Here is how the Timber Rattlers have fared on May 31 since 2000

2000: The Rattlers were rained out in Clinton. Rattler record on this date: 27-23

2001: The Rattlers lost 3-2 to Peoria at home. Aneuris Diaz drove in a pair of runs in the fourth and broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single in the eighth. Dan Floyd drove in one Rattler run with a triple and scored the other on a wild pitch. Rattler record after this game: 30-21.

2002: The Rattlers won 4-2 at Dayton in a game that started at 9:57 EDT after a 2 hour and 57 minute rain delay. Greg Dobbs hit a two-run homer in the first inning. Jason Rainey hit an inside-the-park home run later in the game. Juan Done (6IP) and Ramon Royce (3IP) combined to wrap that game up at 12:48am EDT. Rattler record after this game: 27-26

2003: The Rattler home game with West Michigan was rained out. Rattler record on this date: 28-24

2004: The Rattlers won 18-7 at Peoria. This game was scoreless until the fifth. The Rattlers scored six times in the fifth and seven times in the sixth. Josh Womack had three RBI. Adam Jones, Evel Bastida, Chris Collins, Brent Metheny, and Chris Colton all had two RBI in the game. Ryan Feierabend allowed five runs (three earned) over seven innings for his sixth win. Rattler record after this game: 22-28

2005: The Rattlers lost 11-4 at Cedar Rapids. The Kernels scored once in the first and six times in the second inning. Aaron Jensen allowed nine runs over four innings for the loss. Rattler record after this game: 30-22

2006: The Rattlers lost 6-3 at Burlington. The Bees snapped a 2-2 tie with a pair of runs in the fifth. Not much else to report here. Rattler record after this game: 19-33

2007: The Rattlers lost 5-4 to the Bees at home. The Rattlers scored twice in the first on three straight doubles (Kuo Hui Lo, Leury Bonilla, and Carlos Peguero). But, Burlington had a 5-2 lead after the top of the fifth. Burlington held on for the win. Rattler record after this game: 16-36

A 2-4 record with two rainouts and a near-rainout. The game in Dayton in 2002 was one of the longer rain delays I've sat through before a game was actually played. But, the Rattlers won, swept the series from the Dragons, and came home above .500. An okay day in Rattler history.