Rattlers Close Road Trip With 7-2 Win at Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ended their eleven-game road trip with a 7-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Perfect Game Field on Thursday night. Nelson Hernandez tossed another solid game and the offense delivered key hits when they were needed.Wisconsin (24-30) scored a run in
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers ended their eleven-game road trip with a 7-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Perfect Game Field on Thursday night.
Wisconsin (24-30) scored a run in the first and a run in the second to take a 2-0 lead. Cedar Rapids starting pitcher
Cedar Rapids (25-26) tied the game in the third inning on a two-out, two-run single by
The game remained tied until the top of the sixth inning.
Timber Rattlers starting pitcher Nelson Hernández allowed one more hit after the single by Miranda in the third. He would go six innings, allow four hits, walk one, and strike out five to put himself in position for his seventh win of the season.
Wisconsin tacked on some insurance in the ninth inning. The frame started with Morrison being hit by a pitch and
A wild pitch by Kernels reliever
Benoit pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to close out the game.
Hernández won his sixth straight decision and tossed his seventh quality start of 2018 with his performance on Thursday night. He is tied with
Wisconsin ended the road trip with a 4-7 record. They were 2-2 at Quad Cities, 1-3 at Kane County, and 1-2 at Cedar Rapids.
The Timber Rattlers return home to host the Kane County Cougars on Friday night.
The first 500 children ages 14 & under will receive a Timber Rattlers eye-patch from North Shore Bank as part of Pirate Night. The first 1,000 fans to attend this game will receive a poster of Timber Rattlers pitcher
Arty's Old Fashioned drinks will be available to fans 21 and over for $3 on an Arty's Old Fashioned Friday with WIXX. Stick around after the game to enjoy a FOX11 postgame fireworks display. Children 14 and under may participate in Kids Run the Bases thanks to Menasha Corporation after the fireworks display.
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 6:45pm. The broadcast is also available on the Tune In and IHeart Radio apps. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.