MWL1 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Burlington keeps Wisconsin from converting opportunities

Published on April 10, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


BURLINGTON, IA - The Burlington Bees defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 5-1 on a cool Tuesday evening at Community Field. The Rattlers had plenty of chances, but could not cash in for a big inning. Four Burlington pitchers allowed two hits and worked around nine walks with 13 strikeouts to end the Rattlers two game winning streak.

The Rattlers (2-3) had base runners on in all but one of the five innings worked by Burlington starting pitcher Sean Murphy. But, Wisconsin could not collect the key hit that they needed to go in front of the Bees.

Rattlers starting pitcher Andy Moye allowed one hit over three innings and struck out three.

Burlington (3-2) broke the scoreless tie with three runs in the sixth inning against Jacob Barnes and the Rattlers made some mistakes along the way.

Barnes walked Sean Jamieson on a 3-2 pitch to start the inning and committed a balk to move him to second base. One out later, Jamieson broke for third and Rafael Neda's throw appeared to beat the runner for the second out. But, Jamieson was ruled safe. Dusty Robinson followed with an RBI triple and the Bees were up 1-0.

Seth Lintz came on in relief of Barnes and walked the first batter he faced. Royce Consigli was next and - with the runner from first on the move - he hit a grounder to second that Carlos George booted for an error and a run scored. Chad Lewis extended the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single.

The inning could have been much worse, but the Rattlers turned an unconventional inning ending double play. Chi Fang Pan sent a fly ball to shallow left near the left field line as Consigli took off for third base. Ben McMahan raced over and looked like he would make the catch. Consigli headed back to second, but McMahan dropped the ball just inside the foul line. He alertly threw to third for the force on Consigli and Brandon Macias quickly threw to second to beat Lewis for a 7-5-4 double play.

It took a play that was almost as confusing for the Timber Rattlers to score a run in the top of the seventh. Wisconsin had runners at first and second with two outs and George at the plate. George swung and missed at strike three, but the ball popped away from Bees catcher John Nester. Nester's throw to first to retire George was wild and Macias, the runner at second when the play started, raced home to cut the lead to 3-1.

But, Burlington answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh. Lintz walked the first batter, hit the second batter, and a sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position. An error on a grounder to third was missed by Macias for an error to let in the first run of the frame. Lintz walked the next batter to load the bases.

Stephen Peterson came on and gave up an RBI single to Bobby Crocker before getting the final five outs.

Chadwin Stang had a double in the third and Macias had a single in the seventh to account for the only two Timber Rattlers hits of the night. Wisconsin stranded ten runners in the game and was 0-for-15 with runners in scoring position.

Game three of the series at Burlington is Wednesday night at Community Field. Matt Miller (0-1, 9.00) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. Burlington has Drew Granier (0-0, 2.25) is set to start for the Bees. Game time is 6:30pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM or timberrattlers.com starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:10pm.

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