MWL1 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Clutch Hits Get Rattlers Doubleheader Split

Published on July 26, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


SOUTH BEND, IN - Michael Marseco and D'Vontrey Richardson each delivered two-out RBI doubles in the top of the seventh inning to provide the winning margin in the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-3 win over the South Bend Silver Hawks on Monday evening at Coveleski Stadium. The clutch hits made a winner out of Wisconsin pitcher Hiram Burgos, who was making his first Midwest League start. The win got the Rattlers back to .500 on the second half of the season, earned them a split in the doubleheader, and gave them a series win over the Silver Hawks

Chris Dennis started the scoring with a line drive home run to right field with one out in the top of the second inning. Later in the inning, Austin Stockfisch singled in a run and Wisconsin (41-57 overall, 15-15 second half) led 2-0.

Burgos was sailing along, but he got into a spot of trouble in the bottom of the fourth inning after David Nick singled and Bobby Borchering doubled to put runners on second and third with none out. A sacrifice fly by Matt Davidson got a run home, but that was all the Hawks got in the fourth.

In the fifth, Matt Helm lined the first pitch to the gap in right-center. Right fielder Kentrail Davis made a long run and had the ball in his glove, but he could not control it and the ball slipped out as he fell to the warning track. Helm wound up at second base. Tyson Van Winkle went to the plate to drop a sacrifice bunt, but he got much more.

The bunt went down the third base line. Burgos fielded the ball and threw wildly to first. The ball rolled into the South Bend bullpen and Helm scored the tying run. Van Winkle made it around to third base with no outs. But, Burgos would strand Van Winkle there and the game went to the sixth inning tied 2-2.

The Rattlers got a leadoff single from Cutter Dykstra in the top of the seventh and a sacrifice bunt moved him to second. But, Dykstra got caught in a rundown between second and third on a grounder back to mound off the bat of Stockfisch. Dykstra was out and Stockfisch was standing on first with two outs. A wild pitch moved Stockfisch to second base. Then, Marseco caught the Silver Hawks off guard by lining a 2-0 pitch over the head of the left fielder for a double to score Stockfisch with the go ahead run.

Richardson broke an extended slump with a line drive to the gap in right-center to send Marseco home with an insurance run.

Jon Pokorny came on to pitch the bottom of the seventh inning and retired the first two batters. But, a single by Victor Estevez extended the game. Estevez took second on defensive indifference and scored on a single by Keon Broxton to bring Nick to the plate as the winning run.

Nick hit a two-run homer in the first game of the doubleheader that provided the winning margin for South Bend. But, the Wisconsin closer did not mess around with Nick. Pokorny struck out Nick on three pitches for his tenth save of the season.

The Timber Rattlers are off on Tuesday. They return to action on Wednesday in Illinois against the Peoria Chiefs. Game time at O'Brien Field is 7:00pm. Tune in for the broadcast on AM1280 WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40pm

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