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Beloit Bombards Rattlers

Published on August 18, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Beloit Snappers put up a big number in the top of the third inning on Wednesday night and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers couldn't respond. Beloit scored eight times in the third inning to blow open a close game. Reggie Williams, who homered in the inning, had three hits and was a double shy of the cycle. Michael Gonzales drove in four runs and the Snappers moved to within a game of a playoff spot with their 14-7 win over the Rattlers at Time Warner Cable Field.

Beloit (62-55 overall, 25-23 second half) quickly got out of the gate. Williams tripled on the second pitch of the game. James Beresford was next and he singled in Williams for a 1-0 lead. Beresford would steal second and move to third on a fly out to left. Then, Rattlers starting pitcher Damon Krestalude threw a wild pitch to let Beresford score for a 2-0 lead.

Wisconsin (24-27, 50-69) scored an unearned run in the first. Scooter Gennett reached on an error. Two outs later, Hunter Morris doubled down the left field line to get Gennett home.

The Rattlers took the lead by scoring twice in the bottom of the second inning. They loaded the bases with one out on a single by D'Vontrey Richardson, a walk to Joey Paciorek, and a single by Michael Marseco. Gennett singled in the tying run and kept the bases loaded. Then, Kentrail Davis put Wisconsin in front with a sacrifice fly.

Beloit stormed back in the third inning. Krestalude walked the leadoff batter and gave up a single to the next hitter. The Rattlers starting pitcher got Steven Liddle to popout for the first out of the frame. The onslaught started with the next batter. Danny Rams doubled in both runners on base and the Snappers took a 4-3 lead. Then, Lane Ray doubled but, Rams only took third. Gonzales sent a high fly to medium center field for what appeared to be a routine out. However, centerfielder D'Vontrey Richardson lost the ball in the lights and the ball dropped in well to Richardson's right for a two-run double. Yorby Martinez followed with a single to put runners at the corners. Michael Harrington singled in Gonzales and chased Krestalude from the game.

Santo Manzanillo relieved Krestalude and gave up a three-run homer to Williams. That made six consecutive hits for the Snappers to turn a 3-2 Rattlers lead into a 10-3 Beloit advantage.

Ray doubled in a run in the sixth inning. Gonzales had a more conventional two-run double later in the inning. He would score on a single by Harrington and the Snappers were up 14-3.

Wisconsin got a single run in the sixth on an infield grounder and another run in the seventh inning on a wild pitch. Chris Dennis doubled in a run in the bottom of the ninth and Cameron Garfield followed with an RBI single, but the Rattlers would not get any closer.

Kane County and Clinton, the two teams tied for the two Western Division playoff spots in the second half, both lost on Wednesday night. So, the Rattlers are still only 3-1/2 games out of a playoff spot. However, Beloit is one game out and the Peoria Chiefs, who also won on Wednesday, is two games behind Kane County and Clinton.

Game two of the series between the Rattlers and the Snappers is Thursday night. Hiram Burgos (4-5, 3.86) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Pedro Guerra (1-0, 2.45) is set to go for the Beloit. Game time is 7:05pm.

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