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Mattingly Delivers In The Clutch

May 4, 2008 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release


In his first game with his father in attendance since high school, Preston Mattingly put on a show for his dad as the Loons defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in front of 3,686 fans at Dow Diamond on Sunday afternoon by a score of 4-2.

The Loons struck first in the second when Travis Vetters launched an RBI-double off the left-center field wall to score Brian Mathews making it 1-0 in favor of the Loons.

Wisconsin answered in the fourth on Joe Dunigan's RBI double to tie the game at one.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Loons had runners on the corners, taking the lead when Preston Mattingly scored amidst a rundown of Erik Kanaby between first and second to give the Loons a 2-1 lead.

Wisconsin tied things up in the seventh when Edilio Colina grounded an RBI single to right to tie the ballgame at two.

In the bottom of the inning, the Loons struck back. With his father Don watching his son in a baseball game for the first time since his high school days, Mattingly lined a run-scoring single to center scoring Vetters making it 3-2 in favor of Great Lakes. Mattingly came around to score sliding under the tag of Wisconsin catcher Korey Feiner during Kenley Jansen's ground ball to first making it 4-2.

Loons starter Kyle Smit pitched well going five solid innings allowing a single run and striking out four. Matt Sartor (2-1) pitched two innings of relief in picking up his second win of the season before Bobby Blevins pitched two innings without allowing a run and picked up the save, his second of the season.

Juan Ramirez started for Wisconsin and pitched 6 2/3 innings allowing three runs while striking out nine but picked up the loss, dropping his record to 0-2.

The Loons improve to 13-16 while the Timber Rattlers fall to 10-16.

The Loons and Timber Rattlers meet again for game two of this three game series Monday night. Game time is 7:05pm from Dow Diamond where the Loons will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Steven Johnson is scheduled to start for Great Lakes. Tickets are available by calling 989-837-BALL or online at Loons.com.

The Great Lakes Loons are the second-year Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers and members of the Midwest League. For more information about the Loons, visit Loons.com or call 989-837-BALL.

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