Hot Rods Speed By Rattlers
Published on June 9, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Bowling Green Hot Rods were rude guests in the first Wisconsin Timber Rattlers home game since May 24. Mark Thomas homered, doubled, and drove in six runs to lead the Hot Rods to a 17-5 win at Time Warner Cable Field.
Wisconsin (21-37) scratched out a couple of runs in the bottom of the first inning. A walk to Cutter Dykstra and an infield single by Scooter Gennett put two runners on base. The duo pulled a double steal with Khris Davis at the plate to move up a base. Dykstra would score on a wild pitch. Gennett came in later in the inning on an error.
Timber Rattlers starter Nick Bucci got into trouble with two outs in the top of the third inning. Brett Nommenson singled in a runner from second base. Ryan Wiegand followed with a bloop single to left. Then, Thomas drove a 1-2 pitch from Bucci into the Bowling Green bullpen beyond the fence in left-center. The three-run homer put Bowling Green up 4-2.
Wisconsin did not threaten to score against Hot Rods starting pitcher Kyle Lobstein again until the bottom of the fifth inning. D'Vontrey Richardson reached on an error and Scooter Gennett singled one out later. An error on the play put Richardson on third base. Khris Davis got the Rattlers to within a run on a sacrifice fly. Wisconsin left Gennett stranded and they would get no closer.
Bowling Green (24-33) scored six times in the top of the sixth inning against Wisconsin reliever Santo Manzanillo. The first three batters reached on a pair of singles and a walk. Ty Morrison drew a bases loaded walk to force in a run. Chris Murrill followed with an RBI single. After an out was recorded on a force out at the plate, Manzanillo balked to allow Morrison to score. Nommenson concluded the scoring in the inning with a three-run homer to put the Hot Rods up 10-3.
Richardson singled to drive in two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and cut into the Bowling Green lead. But, the Hot Rods were not done.
They put seven more runs on the board in the top of the seventh. To add insult to injury, all seven runs scored after there were two outs against Wisconsin reliever Jose Sanchez. Murrill singled in the first run. Two more singles loaded the bases. Sanchez walked Ryan Wiegand to force in another run. Thomas cleared the bases with a double. Gabe Cohen doubled in Thomas and chased Sanchez from the game. Julio Cedeno greeted Andy Sauter, the fourth Wisconsin pitcher of the game, with an RBI double to push the final run of the game across the plate.
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