This Date in Timber Rattlers History: August 9

August 9, 2016: The Rattlers beat Kane County 7–6 at home. Trevor Mitsui gave the Cougars a 6–2 lead after he homered in the top of the ninth. HOWEVER, Wisconsin rallied with five runs in the bottom of the ninth inning! Troy Stokes, Jr. drove in the first run with a single. The Rattlers loaded the bases on a double by Lucas Erceg and Jonathan Oquendo being hit by a pitch. Luis Aviles, Jr. drew a bases loaded walk to force in Stokes. Erceg scored on a wild pitch and Wisconsin was only down 6–5. Cody Clark entered the game and got the first out of the inning on a strikeout. Clark then walked Natanael Mejia, who was 1-for-15 on the season, to load the bases for Trent Grisham, who doubled to right to score the tying and winning runs for Wisconsin’s walkoff win.

2018: The Rattlers beat Burlington 5–4 in eleven innings at home. Gilbert Lara put Wisconsin up 3–2 with a two-out, three-run double in the fourth inning. The Bees tied the game in the eighth and took the lead in the tenth. Wisconsin rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the tenth on an RBI grounder by Payton Henry. Clayton Andrews worked out of a bases-loaded, one out jam in the top of the eleventh. In the bottom of the eleventh, Tristen Lutz doubled, but Eddie Silva, who started the inning at second only made it to third base. KJ Harrison won the game with a walkoff sacrifice fly to left that was dropped for good measure.

2008: The Rattlers beat Kane County 2–1 in eleven innings at home. Wisconsin had a 1–0 lead after six scoreless innings from Michael Pineda and an RBI single in the sixth by Alex Liddi. The Cougars tied the game with a two-out, RBI single by Justin Frash in the top of the eighth and the game went to extra innings. Joe White doubled to lead-off the bottom of the eleventh and Juan Diaz followed with a single to score pinch-runner Edilio Colina for the walkoff win.

2005: The Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids 6–5 in eleven innings at home. Wisconsin had a 5–2 lead, but the Kernels scored three runs in the top of the eighth to tie the score. Mike Wilson, who entered the game as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning, singled to leadoff the bottom of the eleventh. Oswaldo Navarro sacrificed Wilson to second base. An error by second baseman Alexis Casilla on a grounder off the bat of Josh Womack allowed Wilson to score the winning run.

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Gene Walter (Foxes, 1990) made his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in a game against the Houston Astros on August 9, 1985.

Ken Cloude (Timber Rattlers, 1995) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Chicago White Sox on August 9, 1997.