Rattlers Win 7-3 over Chiefs
PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the top of the seventh inning and went on to a 7-3 win over the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park on Sunday evening. The win allowed the Rattlers to stay within three games of a second
PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers broke a 1-1 tie with three runs in the top of the seventh inning and went on to a 7-3 win over the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park on Sunday evening. The win allowed the Rattlers to stay within three games of a second half playoff spot as the 2019 Midwest League season heads into its final two weeks.
Wisconsin (61-63 overall, 30-25 second half) took the lead with a two-out rally in the top of the second inning.
Abreu had a hand in keeping the Rattlers up in the bottom of the third inning.
The Chiefs (46-78, 16-39) tied the game in the bottom of the fourth.
Bennett, the 6th round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2019 draft out of the University of Louisville, went five innings in his first Midwest League start. He allowed one run on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts.
Wisconsin went back in front in the top of the seventh inning. Jesús Lujano started the inning with a single. Abreu followed with a single to put runners on first and second. McClanahan lined the next pitch from Peoria starter
McClanahan stole second to get into scoring position and Antonio Piñero cashed in both runners with a two-run single to put the Rattlers up 4-1.
Peoria got a run against Wisconsin reliever
The Rattlers doubled their lead in the eighth as they scored two runs without the benefit of a hit.
The Chiefs got a run in the eighth inning against
Wisconsin added one more insurance run in the top of the ninth. Piñero doubled to lead off the inning.
In the second-half playoff chase, the Rattlers picked up ground on the division leaders. The Clinton LumberKings defeated the Kane County Cougars 9-7 at Kane County earlier in the day. That win allowed Clinton to pull to within two games of the Cougars for the division lead. Wisconsin stayed three games behind the LumberKings for the second half Wild Card. The Rattlers are five games behind Kane County. There are fifteen games remaining in the regular season.
The win allowed the Rattlers to claim the season series from the Chiefs. Wisconsin is 10-7 versus Peoria with two games left between the two teams this season.
Game three of the series is Monday night at Dozer Park.