Rattlers Win Third Straight by Beating Fort Wayne
FORT WAYNE, IN - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers trailed the Fort Wayne TinCaps 3-0 after two innings on Saturday night at Parkview Field. The Rattlers would rally to take the lead by the fifth inning and stretched their advantage into an eventual 8-4 win. The victory gave the Timber Rattlers
FORT WAYNE, IN - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers trailed the Fort Wayne TinCaps 3-0 after two innings on Saturday night at Parkview Field. The Rattlers would rally to take the lead by the fifth inning and stretched their advantage into an eventual 8-4 win. The victory gave the Timber Rattlers their first three-game winning streak of the season.
The TinCaps (13-16) were up 2-0 three batters into the game against Wisconsin starting pitcher Nelson Hernández.
Fort Wayne added to their lead in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by Rosario.
Wisconsin (11-17) rallied for two runs in the top of the third inning.
Hernández got into a jam in the bottom of the fourth inning as a single and a double by the first two TinCaps to bat in the inning put runners at second and third with no outs. But, he escaped without a run scoring. The first out was recorded on a fly ball to shallow center. Rosario was next and his liner down the third base line was caught by
The Rattlers bats responded in their next turn at the plate. Segovia, who had three hits in the game, and
Hernández settled in after the key double play in the fourth. He went 6-2/3 innings, the longest outing by a Timber Rattlers starting pitcher this season, and did not allow another run.
Wisconsin tacked on to their lead with two more runs - with a little help - in the top of the sixth.
Later in the sixth,
The Rattlers padded their lead in the ninth. Lutz drove in a run with a sacrifice fly for the first run. Later, Roscetti scored from third when a throw to second in an attempt to get Segovia on a stolen base attempt went wild.
The Timber Rattlers are 4-1 on their current road trip and have won six of their last eight games.
The final game of the series - and Wisconsin's road trip - is set for Sunday afternoon.