River Bandits Shut Out Rattlers 8-0
DAVENPORT, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were beaten 8-0 by the Quad Cities River Bandits Tuesday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park. Wisconsin hitters were held to six hits by three River Bandits pitchers in the game.Wisconsin (21-24) had opportunities early. Zach Clark singled to start the game, but was
DAVENPORT, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were beaten 8-0 by the Quad Cities River Bandits Tuesday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park. Wisconsin hitters were held to six hits by three River Bandits pitchers in the game.
Wisconsin (21-24) had opportunities early.
That would be the last scoring chance the Rattlers would have against Rodriguez. The right-hander pitched five innings, allowed two hits, and struck out nine.
Quad Cities knocked Wisconsin starter
The Rattlers got reliever Patrick Mushinski on the ropes in the top of the sixth inning as
Jake Meyers put the River Bandits up 5-0 in the sixth inning with a two-out, two-run double off Hitt.
Adams struck again with a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. He hit this home run off Matt Hardy.
The River Bandits scored their final run in the eighth inning on a two-out, RBI single by Julks.
The Rattlers tried to avoid the shutout in the ninth inning when
The shutout loss was the first suffered by the Timber Rattlers this season. They had played their first 44 games of the season without being shutout.
Wisconsin's three-game winning streak and Quad Cities' three-game losing streak both ended with the result on Tuesday.
Game three of the series is on Wednesday evening.
The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Pregame Show at 6:15pm. The broadcast is also available on the Tune In and IHeart Radio apps. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.