This Date in Timber Rattlers History: July 20

Lucas Erceg made his Timber Rattlers debut on July 20, 2016 and was 3-for-6 with run scored. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers/Ann Mollica)

By Chris Mehring

July 21, 2021

July 20, 2016: The Rattlers beat Fort Wayne 14–6 at home.Wisconsin outhit the TinCaps 21–9 in the game. Lucas Erceg made his Timber Rattlers debut and was 3-for-6 and Max McDowell was 3-for-3 with two doubles and four RBI. Mitch Ghelfi had four hits and Luis Aviles Jr. homered for the Rattlers. Fort Wayne had a 5–0 lead after scoring five runs in the third inning, but the Rattlers scored four runs in the third and eight runs in the fourth to grab the lead.

2019: The Rattlers home game with West Michigan was postponed due to a severe thunderstorm that knocked out power in Northeastern Wisconsin.

2003: The Rattlers won 3–2 at Quad City. Garry Harris tied the game 2–2 with a two-out, two-run home run in the fifth and Carlos Arroyo hit a solo homer with two outs in the sixth to put Wisconsin ahead. Juan Sandoval scattered seven hits over seven innings for the win and Renee Cortez retired all six batters he faced to close out a Timber Rattlers win.

2002: The Rattlers beat Beloit 6–1 at home. Eddie Menchaca drove in three runs and Juan Done struck out ten over seven scoreless innings for Wisconsin.

1997: The Rattlers beat Clinton 4–0 at home. Justin Kaye walked seven, but struck out nine over five scoreless, hitless innings for the win. Allan Westfall pitched the final four innings for the save. The only hit for the LumberKings was a seventh inning single by Adam Cross. Claudio Liverziani had two hits and scored two runs for Wisconsin.

Click here for the results of every Timber Rattlers game played on July 20.