ABOUT TUESDAY: The Burlington Bees defeated the Rattlers 10-3 at Fox Cities Stadium. Burlington banged out thirteen hits and scored in double digits for the second game in a row.
DEEP SIX: The Bees led 2-1 heading into the top of the sixth inning. Rattler starting pitcher Paul Fagan gave up a double, a walk, and a single to the first three hitters of the inning to load the bases. Fagan walked the next batter, gave up an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to be forced from the game with the Rattlers down 5-1. Two runs scored on errors after reliever Nick Allen entered the game and two more scored on a long homer by Mario Lisson for a 7-run sixth to put the game out of reach.
STREAKS CONTINUE: Rattler third baseman Ron Garth singled in the fourth inning and drove in a run in the eighth. Garth is on an 8-game hitting streak and has driven in a run in five of his last six games.
ANOTHER STREAK: Rattler reliever Edgar Guaramato got into the game on Tuesday and gave up one run in two innings. Guaramato has allowed at least one run in each of his last five outings.
SLOW STARTS: In the month of May, the opponents have scored first in seventeen out of twenty-two games. The Rattlers record for May is 7-15.
BIG SCORES: Opponents have scored five or more runs 22 times this season. The Rattlers are 3-19 when opponents score more than five runs in a game.
SEASON RECORD: The Rattlers have slipped to a season low nine game under .500 (18-27).
HOME AIN’T SWEET: The Rattlers are 8-18 at Fox Cities Stadium this season. The Rattlers have not won a home series this season. They split 4-game series with Peoria and Southwest Michigan; were swept in a three game series with Cedar Rapids; dropped two of three games with Quad Cities; and dropped three of four to West Michigan, Dayton, and Burlington,
ON THE ROAD: The Timber Rattlers are 10-9 away from home this season, but have lost three straight road games.
ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Kane County Cougars are the Midwest League affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are 29-18 and in first place in the Western Division. In their most recent series, the Cougars swept a four game series with the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Cougars are on a seven game winning streak.
VS. KANE COUNTY IN ’06: The Timber Rattlers went 1-3 against the Cougars at Elfstrom Stadium last week. Wisconsin won the first game of the series, but the Cougars took the final three of the series.
PROSPECTING: BASEBALL AMERICA’S Top 30 List of Oakland prospects includes five members of the current Cougar roster. Pitchers Vince Mazzaro (#10), Jared Lansford (#12), and Jason Ray (#22) are joined on the list by infielders Justin Sellers (#17) and Jeff Baisley (#30). Craig Italiano, number eight on Oakland’s Top 30 list, is currently on the disabled list. The Cougars have fourteen members of the Oakland 2005 draft class on their current roster, not including Italiano. Lansford (2nd) and Mazzaro (3rd) are the highest of the ’05 draftees. Also from last year’s class are: Sellers (6th), Ray (8th), Trey Shields (9th), John Herrera (10th), Steve Kleen (11th), Baisley (12th), Mike Massaro (13th), Jeff Bieker (15th), Isaac Omura (17th), Anthony Recker (18th), Ron Madej (26th), and TJ Franco (30th).
OPPOSING STARTING PITCHER: Jared Lansford was a second round pick of the Athletics in 2005 draft out of Santa Clara High School. He was 0-1 with a 1.27ERA for the AZL Athletics in 2005. In 21-1/3 innings he struck out 20 and walked just five. In his last start, Lansford beat the Rattlers on May 19. In that game – his first against an affiliate of the Mariners – he gave up just one hit and no runs over six innings with three walks and four strikeouts. Earlier this season, he tossed a seven inning no-hitter against the Beloit Snappers on May 14 in the first game of a doubleheader at Pohlman Field. Lansford is the son of former major leaguer Carney Lansford.
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