This Date in Timber Rattlers History: July 3

July 3, 2014: The Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids 5–3 at home. Wisconsin scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 4–0 lead. Tyler Alexander (5IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 4K) had the win and Tyler Williams (4IP, 4H, R, 6K) had the save.

2011: The Rattlers won 5–4 at Beloit. Wisconsin trailed 4–2 through seven innings, but tied the game on RBI singles by Nick Shaw and Cody Hawn. In the ninth, Franklin Romero tripled and scored on a passed ball. Greg Holle tossed a 1–2–3 bottom of the ninth for his 17th save of the season.

2003: The Rattlers won 12–2 at Quad City. Wisconsin racked up 21 hits in the game. Corey Harrington went 5-for-6 and Jon Nelson was 4-for-6 with two RBI while Tomo Aoki and Carlos Arroyo each had three RBI. Juan Sandoval pitched eight shutout innings to pick up the win.

2001: The Rattlers lost 3–1 at Kane County. Clint Nageotte took a 1–0 lead into the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to a solo homer by John Castellano in the fourth inning. Nageotte gave up one hit (a double to Josh Willingham in the fifth inning) and had twelve strikeouts over seven innings, but he left the game after a single and a one-out catcher’s interference put two runners on in the bottom of the eighth. Tim Burton relieved Nageotte and got ahead of Adrian Gonzalez with two quick strikes, but Gonzalez hit the next pitch out of the stadium for a three-run home run.

2000: The Rattlers lost 1–0 to Kane County at home. Craig Anderson pitched a nine-inning, complete game with five strikeouts, but took the loss when Matt Frick’s RBI single in the top of the fourth scored the only run of the game.

1995: The Rattlers lost 6–5 at Burlington. Kyle Towner hit the first grand slam home run in Wisconsin Timber Rattlers history. However, the Bees erased the early lead and broke a 5–5 tie on a two-out, RBI, walkoff triple by Jeff Poor in the bottom of the ninth.

Click here for the results of all Timber Rattlers games played on July 3.

Steve Shifflet (Foxes, 1989 & 1990) made his MLB debut on July 3, 1992 with the Kansas City Royals in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers.