Kane Countyâ??s fast start stops Wisconsin
July 7, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Kane County Cougars scored three runs in the top of the first inning and they used four pitchers to keep the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in check for a 6-1 victory Tuesday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.
Kane County (47-34 overall, 11-2 second half) had runners at second and third with no outs against Wisconsin starting pitcher Devin Williams in the first inning when Cody Regis sent a grounder to first. Wisconsin came home and got the runner trapped between third and home. The runner was tagged for the first out, but stayed in the rundown long enough to allow the runner at second to make third and Regis to reach second.
Williams would throw two separate wild pitches to allow both runners on base to score with Marty Herum at bat. Herum would triple to get himself into scoring position. Colin Bray followed with a double to drive in Herum for a 3-0 lead.
Chuck Taylor made it 4-0 with a two-out RBI single off reliever Gian Rizzo in the fourth inning.
Wisconsin (28-55, 5-8) struggled to get anything going offensively against Cougars starter Wei-Chieh Huang. The right-hander out of Taiwan allowed two hits, but faced the minimum over his first four innings. That changed in the fifth.
Carlos Leal drew a leadoff walk. Alan Sharkey and Sthervin Matos each singled to put a Rattler on every base. Mitch Meyer followed with a walk to force in Leal. Huang regrouped to retire the next two batters and leave the bases loaded.
The Cougars padded their lead with single runs in the seventh and the eighth. Bray had a two-out RBI single off Tyler Linehan in the seventh. Regis had a two-out RBI single in the eighth.
Wisconsin had runners at the corners in the bottom of the seventh with one out. Tucker Neuhaus appeared to give the Rattlers a run with a sacrifice fly to left, but it was ruled that Sthervin Matos left third for the plate early and Matos was retired on an appeal play to end the inning.
Meyer went 2-for-2 with a walk and drove in the only Wisconsin run of the game.
The series between the Rattlers and Cougars moves to Kane County, Illinois on Wednesday night. Jon Perrin (0-0, 5.79) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Kane County has Ethan Elias (8-3, 2.61) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Game time is 6:30pm.
There are several ways to catch the action from Kane County. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:10pm. The broadcast may also be heard on Tune In Radio and IHeartRadio. Subscribers to MiLB.TV may watch the game on that platform with the Kane County announcers.
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