Rattlers Beat Kernels 5-2 for Fourth Straight Win
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are playing some of their best baseball of the season. The Rattlers defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-2 on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium for their fourth straight win. Wisconsin has held their opponents to six runs
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers are playing some of their best baseball of the season. The Rattlers defeated the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-2 on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium for their fourth straight win. Wisconsin has held their opponents to six runs while committing just one error during their current winning streak.
The Rattlers (29-32) responded with a two-out rally to tie the game in the bottom of the first inning.
Wisconsin took the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth.
Cedar Rapids rallied for a run in the top of the fifth inning against starting pitcher
McInerney and Harrison teamed up to get the Rattlers an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth. McInerney reached when Lewis threw wildly to first after a grounder to short for what should have been the final out of the inning. Harrison made the Kernels pay for the miscue by lining a double into the corner in left and McInerney raced home to score.
Orimoloye manufactured a final insurance run for the Rattlers in the eighth inning. He reached second on an infield single and a throwing error, stole third, and scored on a wild pitch for a three-run cushion.
Taugner left the game in the hands of the bullpen after the fifth inning and relievers
The win was the fourth straight for the Timber Rattlers.
Game two of the series is scheduled for Saturday night, which is the night the Timber Rattlers will be renamed the Wisconsin Brats for Bratoberfest! The Brats have named
Fans may bid on the Brats jerseys in an online auction at timberrattlersauctions.com until 8:30pm on Saturday.
The Jerry Schneider Band will be performing in front of the stadium to get everyone in the proper mood for Bratoberfest. If you are one of the first 1,000 fans to enter this game, you will receive a Timber Rattlers baseball hat courtesy of Grifols. After the game, Tundraland presents fireworks and children 14 and under may run the bases courtesy of Meijer.
If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are many ways to catch the action. 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. Fans with Spectrum cable may watch the game on CW14 starting at 6:30pm. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.