This Date in Timber Rattlers History: July 14

Coulter Slam, Drama with the SWING, Late wins at Peoria and vs Clinton

Clint Coulter greeted at the plate after his grand slam on 7/14/2014 (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

By Chris Mehring

July 14, 2021

July, 14, 2014: The Rattlers beat Quad Cities 8–4 at home. Clint Coulter hit a grand slam as part of a five-run fourth inning for Wisconsin to build a 7–1 lead. Johnny Davis was 4-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base for the Rattlers.

2005: The Rattlers beat Quad Cities 4–3 at home. Matt Lemanczyk hit a lead-off homer in the first inning and the SWING added two runs in the second for a 3–0 lead. Wisconsin scored single runs in the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth to take the lead. Brandon Green tied the game with an RBI single in the fifth and Oswaldo Navarro put Wisconsin ahead with an RBI single in the sixth. Steve Grasley allowed one hit over 3–1/3 scoreless innings of relef with six strikeouts for his seventh win of the season. But, the game was not without drama late. Lemanczyk walked to lead-off the top of the ninth. Rick Ankiel doubled with one out and Lamanczyk was thrown out at the plate: Chris Colton to Matt Tuiasosopo to Rob Johnson for the second out.

2003: The Rattlers won 4–3 at Peoria. Jon Nelson hit a lead-off home run in the top of the ninth inning to break a 3–3 tie. Nelson had two hits amd drove in two runs for Wisconsin.

1999: The Rattlers beat Clinton 11–10 at home in ten innings. PJ Williams was 4–for-6 with five RBI. Williams tied the game with a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth. A run-scoring wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the tenth let the Rattlers celebrate a walkoff win.

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Joe Wright (Papermakers, 1891) made his MLB debut with the Louisville Colonels in a game against the Brooklyn Grooms on on July 14, 1896.

Adam Jones (Timber Rattlers, 2004) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on July 14, 2006. Jones was 0-for-3 with a walk as the starting centerfielder for the Mariners.

Garrett Cooper (Timber Rattlers, 2013 & 2014) made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox on July 14, 2017. Cooper was 0-for-4 as the starting first baseman for the Yankees.