Wisconsin Earns Doubleheader Sweep of Chiefs with 5-3 win in Game Two
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Peoria Chiefs 5-3 in game two of Tuesday's doubleheader at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to pick up a doubleheader sweep and their third straight win.
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Peoria Chiefs 5-3 in game two of Tuesday's doubleheader at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium to pick up a doubleheader sweep and their third straight win.
Wisconsin (55-58 overall, 24-20 second half) jumped to the lead with two runs two batters into the bottom of the first inning.
The Chiefs (43-70, 13-31) scored on a two-out, solo home run in the top of the second.
Peoria loaded the bases with one out against Hill in the third inning, but he minimized the damage.
The Rattlers retook the lead in the bottom of the third on a fluky play.
Later in the third,
Hill got the first out of the fourth inning, but gave up a bunt single to
Howell jump-started a Timber Rattlers rally in the fifth inning with his third hit of the day. Howell singled with one out and stole second. Fry followed with a double to left and Howell scored his third run of the day to push Wisconsin's lead back out to two runs.
The Timber Rattlers took three of four from Peoria in the series. That allowed Wisconsin to finish their eight-game homestand with a 4-4 record.
Fry's double was his 37th of the season for Wisconsin. He is tied with Karl Thompson for fourth for the most doubles in a season by a Rattler. Fry had been tied with David Ortiz for fifth on that list prior to this afternoon.
The Rattlers are on the road to Burlington, Iowa on Wednesday for the first game of a three-game series against the Bees at Community Field.