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Kjeldgaard Connects for Game Winner

June 10, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GRAND CHUTE, WI - Brock Kjeldgaard's three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers a 7-4 win over the Kane County Cougars on Wednesday night. Kjeldgaard had four RBI on the night to help the Rattlers to their second straight win.

Kane County (36-23) jumped to the early lead with three runs in the first inning off Timber Rattler starting pitcher Dan Merklinger. Steve Kleen drove in a run with a sacrifice fly and Grant Desme made it 3-0 with his eleventh home run of the season.

The Rattlers (28-31) responded with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first. Cougars starter Anthony Capra walked the first two batters of the inning. Then, Corey Kemp doubled in the first run and Kjeldgaard drove in the second with a sacrifice fly. Capra would walk two more batters in the inning, but the Rattlers would leave the bases loaded.

Petey Paramore led off the top of the fifth inning with a homer to left and the Cougars pushed their lead to 4-2.

Wisconsin strung together four straight hits against Kane County reliever Scott Deal in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game. Kjeldgaard started the inning with a double. John Delaney singled to put runners on first and third. Michael Vass singled to knock in Kjeldgaard. An RBI single by Jose Duran sent Delaney home with the tying run.

Brandon Ritchie relieved Merklinger with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. He helped set the stage for Kjeldgaard's game winner by keeping the Cougars off the scoreboard over 2-1/3 innings.

The winning rally in the bottom of ninth started against Jamie Richmond with a lead off single by Juan Sanchez. Michael Marseco sacrificed Sanchez to second with a two-out bunt. Kemp was intentionally passed and that was it for Richmond.

Justin Murray entered the game and struck out Chris Dennis for the second out. Murray got ahead of Kjeldgaard 1-2. But, the big Canadian lined his ninth home run of the season just inside the foul pole in left for the game-winning, three-run homer.

The game-ending homer was the first by a Timber Rattler since Gavin Dickey hit a lead-off homer in the bottom of the tenth inning to beat Quad Cities 4-3 on June 5, 2008.

Game two of the four game series is Thursday night. Wisconsin will send Daniel Meadows (9-1, 3.40) to the hill as the scheduled starting pitcher. Kane County counters with Shawn Haviland (4-2, 3.45). Game time is 7:05pm.

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