ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Rattlers were leading the Kernels 12-11 with one out and a runner at second base in the top of the sixth inning. Then, severe weather hit the area and forced a suspension of the game.
GROUND RULES: The game will be picked up from the point at which it was suspended tonight at 6:00pm. The regularly scheduled game is set for nine innings and will follow the conclusion of the suspended game after a 30 minute break.
ALMOST THERE: Rattler outfielder Denny Almonte is 4-for-4 with two singles, a triple, and a home run. He is a double shy of the cycle. No Appleton baseball player has hit for the cycle since the team became the Timber Rattlers for the 1995.
ADDITIONALLY: Almonte has driven in six runs in the game so far. He had an RBI single in the first, a grand slam homer in the fourth, and an RBI triple in the sixth. That grand slam homer by Almonte was the first by a Timber Rattler since Joe White hit one at Fort Wayne on August 5, 2007.
FERTILE FIELDS: Since 1999, the Timber Rattlers have hit six grand slams in Cedar Rapids, more than in any other road location in the Midwest League. Other Timber Rattler Cedar Rapids Slams since 1999 belong to:
Bo Robinson (7/25/1999)
Damien Alvarado (7/31/2000)
Chris Collins (5/16/2002)
Jon Nelson (7/30/2003)
Michael Cox (7/10/2004)
RIDE MY SEE-SAW: Both teams had significant leads last night. Wisconsin scored once in the first, but the Kernels scored six times in the second inning off Rattler starting pitcher Nathan Adcock. Wisconsin rallied back with two runs in the third and seven times in the fourth to take a 10-6 lead. Cedar Rapids scored three times in the fourth and three times in the fifth for an 11-10 lead. Just before the delay Wisconsin retook the lead on an RBI triple by Almonte and the second sacrifice fly of the night by Juan Diaz.
THESE ARE BETTER DAYS: Joe Dunigan drove in a run with a double in the fourth inning. It was Dunigan’s first hit of the second half and ended an 0-for-28 drought.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Cedar Rapids Kernels are the Midwest League affiliates of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. They finished the first half with a record of 32-36 and out of the playoffs in the Western Division. The Kernels are 4-2 to start the second half of the season. Cedar Rapids is 21-19 at home this season.
CEDAR RAPIDS STARTING PITCHER FOR GAME TWO: Trevor Reckling was the 8th round pick of the Angels out of St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark, New Jersey in the 2007 draft. He pitched for the Arizona League affiliate of the Angels after signing. He went 3-1 with a 2.75 ERA in nine games (five starts) with 55 strikeouts in 36 innings pitched. Reckling has started twice against Wisconsin this season. He faced the Timber Rattlers for the first time on May 11 in Grand Chute. He tossed an eight-inning complete game in a 3-1 loss. He gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits with five strikeouts in the loss. On May 21, he pitched six shutout innings, allowed five hits, and got a no decision in a 1-0 Wisconsin victory. In his start prior to tonight, Reckling beat Quad Cities on June 21. He allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings and struck out ten. The win was the third consecutive victory for Reckling. The lefty has not lost since the May 11 game against the Rattlers. Reckling is 3-0 with three no decisions since that game.
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