GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Burlington Bees defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 3-2 on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in the first game of a three-game series. Keiner Pina drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the top of the eighth.The Rattlers
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Burlington Bees defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 3-2 on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in the first game of a three-game series. Keiner Pina drove in the go-ahead run with an RBI single in the top of the eighth.
The Rattlers (18-23) took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the third inning. Nick Roscetti started the inning with a double and took third on a wild pitch. Joantgel Segovia drove in Roscetti with a single. Tristen Lutz was next and he tripled to the corner in right to send Segovia home for a 2-0 lead. Lutz would try to score on a slow grounder to third off the bat of Demi Orimoloye, but he was thrown out at the plate. The Rattlers would not threaten to score again.
Burlington (17-21) came back with a run in the top of the third. Torii Hunter Jr. tripled with one out and scored on a grounder to short off the bat of Pina.
Jo Adell tied the game for the Bees with a two-out solo home run in the top of the sixth.
Wisconsin starting pitcher Christian Taugner left after six innings. He allowed two runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
Burlington took the lead in the top of the eighth inning against reliever Robbie Hitt. Leonardo Rivas doubled to start the inning. Pina singled with one out to score Rivas and the Bees were up 3-2.
Brett Hanewich relieved for the Bees and retired Wisconsin in order in the eighth and ninth innings to close out the win for his second save of the season.
The loss dropped the Timber Rattlers to 4-8 in games decided by one run.
Wisconsin is 4-13, including a 1-7 record at home, against the Bees since the start of the 2017 season.
Game two of the series is Saturday afternoon. Zach Davies will make the start for the Timber Rattlers as part of his rehabilitation assignment for the Milwaukee Brewers. Simon Mathews is scheduled to start for the Bees. Game time is 1:05pm.
Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress, a 2010 Timber Rattler, is having a great season and the first 1,000 fans to attend this game can receive his bobblehead courtesy of Hoffman Planning, Design, & Construction, Inc. Curious George is planning to be at this game and the PBS Kids' Character is looking forward to meeting his fans. After the game, children 14 and under may run the bases courtesy of Meijer. It is all part of a North Shore Bank Family Day with WIXX.
If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to follow the action. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Pregame Show at 12:45pm. The broadcast is also available on the Tune In and IHeart Radio apps. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.
