Clinton Wins Wild, Extra-Inning Game Over Wisconsin
GRAND CHUTE, WI - Friday's game at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Clinton LumberKings had a little bit of everything. In the end, the LumberKings outlasted the home team 9-7 in ten innings.Clinton (45-34 overall, 6-3 second half) jumped to a 3-0
GRAND CHUTE, WI - Friday's game at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Clinton LumberKings had a little bit of everything. In the end, the LumberKings outlasted the home team 9-7 in ten innings.
Clinton (45-34 overall, 6-3 second half) jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning against
The LumberKings padded their lead with three more runs off Davies in the third inning. Helder started the inning with a single. Costello followed with an RBI double. Later in the inning, Keegan McGovern hit a two-run homer and Clinton was up 6-2.
Davies left after three innings. He allowed six runs on ten hits with no walks and no strikeouts.
The Timber Rattlers rallied to take the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning by scoring five runs.
Harrison was next and he singled to put runners on the corners. Lara scored on fielder's choice off the bat of Rob Henry to cut the deficit to one run.
Sandoval and Herrera became involved in an altercation after the play and the shoving match lead to the benches and bullpens clearing. Both catalysts were ejected from the game.
The relievers kept the game tied 7-7 through nine innings. Clinton's
In the tenth inning, the LumberKings scored twice to take the lead. Larsen started the inning at second under the new extra inning format against
Zach Scott, who was the replacement for Sandoval, sent a line drive to medium left and Larsen tagged to try and score. Rob Henry's throw was just a little off line and Larsen scored the go-ahead run on the sacrifice fly.
The LumberKings are 8-2 in extra innings under the new rules this season. The Rattlers are 2-2 in extra innings in 2018.
Game three of the series is scheduled for Saturday night.
Stacey Hennessey presents Wisconsin's annual Star Wars™ Night and there is no need to go rogue to attend Saturday's game. Players and coaches will wear Star Wars-themed jerseys during the game. The jerseys are being auctioned at TimberRattlersAuctions.com and the proceeds will go to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Charity Foundation to benefit Make-A-Wish© Wisconsin. There will also be plenty of characters from the movies for you to meet before and during the game. Tundraland presents the postgame fireworks celebration. After the fireworks, children 14 and under may run the bases courtesy of Meijer. It's all part of a North Shore Bank Family Night with WIXX.
If you can't make it out to the ballpark, 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. Saturday's game will also be televised on CW-14 in Green Bay and My-24 in Milwaukee starting at 6:30pm. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.