ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Timber Rattlers beat the Kernels 11-6. Andre Lamontagne pitched four shutout innings of relief to pick up the win as the Rattlers rallied from a 6-4 deficit. Khris Davis and Sean Halton each had a pair of hits for Wisconsin. Halton, Scooter Gennett, and Chris Dennis each had a pair of RBI in the game. The Rattlers set a season high for runs scored with their 11 runs last night.
THERE WAS EVEN MORE RUNNING: The Timber Rattlers turned the tables on the Kernels on Wednesday. Wisconsin stole three bases (D’Vontrey Richardson, Davis, and Michael Marseco) and Cedar Rapids had just one last night. In the first two games of the series, Cedar Rapids had nine steals to zero for the Rattlers.
QUICK START: Wisconsin scored three times in the first inning. Halton’s two-out, two-run single drove home the final two runs of the frame.
ARNETT UPDATE: Eric Arnett, the first round pick of the Brewers in the 2009 draft, got the start last night. He pitched two scoreless and hitless innings to begin, but he allowed four runs with two outs in the third. After the Rattlers tied the game in the bottom of the third, Arnett gave up a two-run homer in the top of the fourth. In four innings against the Kernels, Arnett gave up six runs on five hits with two walks and a strikeout. Arnett allowed a pair of home runs in the game.
ALMOST PERFECT: Lamontagne entered the game in the top of the fifth inning and gave up a single to the first batter he faced. After that, he retired the next 12 batters he faced.
BACK IN FRONT FOR GOOD: The Rattlers scored three times in the bottom of the fourth to go up 7-6. Gennett and Dennis had RBI doubles and a pair of wild pitches let Dennis score the go ahead run. Wisconsin scored two more runs in the fifth and David hit his first homer of the season in the eighth to account for the final score.
SILVER STREAKS: Davis extended his hitting streak to nine games. Dennis is now on a seven game hitting streak. Davis has the longest hitting streak on the team in 2010 and is 16-for-38 (.421) in his last nine games. Dennis is 9-for-26 (.364) on his streak.
YOUR FACT OF THE DAY: The Rattlers have won two games in a row. This is the second two-game winning streak of the season for Wisconsin.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Beloit Snappers at the Midwest League affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. They are 8-7 and in third place in the Western Division. In their most recent series, the Snappers dropped two out of three games to the Quad Cities River Bandits at home.
2009 SEASON SERIES: Wisconsin and Beloit split a 14 game series last season. The Rattlers were 5-3 against the Snappers at Time Warner Cable Field in 2009. Wisconsin won the final three games played in Grand Chute last year. The Snappers swept the Rattlers at Pohlman Field over Labor Day weekend in the final three games played between the teams last season.
COMPARE AND CONTRAST: The Timber Rattlers are hitting .280 as a team. They have scored 86 runs (5.7/game) and hit 9 home runs. The Snappers are hitting .233 as a team. They have scored 52 runs (3.5/game) and hit 9 home runs. Wisconsin pitchers have a team ERA of 4.29 while allowing a total of 80 runs (5.3/game) this season. Beloit pitchers have a team ERA of 2.46 while allowing 46 runs (3.1/game). The Timber Rattler defense has committed 26 errors. The Snappers defense has committed 13 errors. Wisconsin is 5-4 at Time Warner Cable Field this season. Beloit is 3-3 on the road this season.
PROSPECTING: Baseball America’s Prospect Handbook placed four members of the current Beloit roster on their list of Top 30 Prospects in the Minnesota Twins organization before the 2010 season. Outfielder Aaron Hicks is the #1 prospect in the Minnesota organization. Outfielder Angel Morales (#8) is also a top 10 prospect. Pitcher Ben Tootle (#28) and infielder James Beresford (#30) are also on the list.
BELOIT STARTING PITCHER: RHP Liam Hendriks was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of Australia in 2007 by the Twins. In 2007, Hendriks was 4-2 with a 2.05ERA for the Gulf Coast League Twins. He missed all of 2008 with an injury and began the 2009 season with Elizabethton in the Appalachian League. Hendriks went 2-0 in three starts with Elizabethton and was promoted to Beloit. As a Snapper, Hendriks went 3-5 in 11 starts with a 3.51ERA and 62 strikeouts over 66-2/3 innings. In his start prior to this evening, Hendriks pitched six shutout innings, struck out eight, and allowed four hits against Clinton on April 18. In three starts this season, Hendriks had pitched 17 shutout innings, allowed six hits, and struck out 20 while walking just one. Hendriks has faced the Timber Rattlers once. On August 16 at Time Warner Cable Field he allowed three runs on eight hits over 7-2/3 innings. Hendriks struck out eight, but took the loss.
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