Wisconsin Outlasts Snappers 9-7 in Ten Innings
BELOIT, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers started out hot, cooled off, and got going late to defeat the Beloit Snappers 9-7 at Pohlman Field on Saturday night. Yeison Coca homered and drove in three runs while Connor McVey homered, scored three runs, and drove in two runs for the
BELOIT, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers started out hot, cooled off, and got going late to defeat the Beloit Snappers 9-7 at Pohlman Field on Saturday night.
McVey put the Timber Rattlers (38-40 overall, 7-2 second half) in front with a one-out, solo home run in the top of the first inning.
Wisconsin poured on the offense in the top of the third as they sent ten men to the plate and knocked Beloit's starting pitcher
Later in the inning, Coca hit a long, two-run home run to right-center and the Rattlers padded their lead to 5-0. Coca's home run, his fifth of the season, was his first home run since May 13.
McIntyre walked the final two batters he faced and turned the game over to reliever
Beloit (28-48, 1-7) stormed back with four unearned runs after there were two outs in the bottom of the third inning.
Wisconsin added a run in the top of the fourth inning. McVey was on third and
The Snappers rallied in the fifth to tie the game. Salaman hit Farrar and walked Churlin before giving up a double to Ward. That ended Salaman's day.
The bullpens settled the game down at that point. Three Beloit pitchers combined to retire sixteen Timber Rattlers in a row from the final out of the fourth inning through the end of the ninth. Wisconsin's relievers set fifteen of sixteen Snappers hitters back to the bench after the double by Madden to the last out of regulation.
Wisconsin scored twice in the top of the tenth without a hit. Turang started the frame at second. McVey dropped a sacrifice bunt to third and the throw to first was wild. That allowed Turang to score and McVey to take second base. Fry moved McVey to third with a deep flyout to right. Coca got the insurance run home with a sacrifice fly and the Rattlers were up 9-7.
The loss was the sixth in a row for the Snappers.
Wisconsin's four-game winning streak matches their longest of the season. They also won four in a row from May 10 to May 14.
Game two of the series is Sunday afternoon at Pohlman Field.