MWL1 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Rattlers end road trip with 10-2 loss at Kane County

Published on April 27, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GENEVA, IL - The Kane County Cougars collected fourteen hits to defeat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 10-2 Sunday afternoon at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark. Jake Hannemann and Will Remillard did most of the damage for the Cougars. Kane County swept the three game series from Wisconsin.

The teams each scored a run in the first inning, but in different ways.

Wisconsin (10-12) loaded the bases as Kane County starting pitcher Jen-Ho Tseng hit leadoff batter Johnny Davis with the first pitch of the game and walked the next two. Clint Coulter grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to get Davis home with a 1-0 lead.

Kane County (17-6) got a leadoff single by Hannemann and he took second on an error. Yasiel Balaguert singled with one out to drive Hannemann in to tie the game.

The Cougars broke the tie in the fourth inning with four runs on five hits off Rattlers starter Barrett Astin. Danny Canela started the inning with an infield single and he went to second on a throwing error. Remillard followed with a single to put runners on the corners. Daniel Lockhart was next and he singled to knock in Remillard for a 2-1 lead. Jordan Hankins made it four straight singles, but his sharp hit to right forced Remillard to stop at third.

Astin looked like he might get out of the inning as he got Shawon Dunston, Jr, to ground into a force play at the plate. But, Hannemann singled with two outs to drive in a pair of runs and the Cougars were up 4-1.

Astin threw a wild pitch on the first pitch to the next batter and Dunston scored from third for a 5-1 advantage.

Tseng recovered from his shaky start and to hold the Rattlers off the scoreboard through the remainder of his start. The Taiwanese righty allowed one hit and struck out seven over his five innings.

Wisconsin tried to rallied against Kane County reliever Tyler Bremer in the top of the sixth inning. Clint Coulter and David Denson singled to start the inning. Taylor Brennan singled with one out to load the bases. Bremer got out of the inning with a strikeout and a grounder to third.

Kane County added onto their lead in the bottom of the sixth. Remillard homered, his first as a professional, to start the inning. Lockhart and Hankins followed with singles and Dunston grounded into a force play at second base. Dunston would steal second base to get into scoring position and Hannemann drove in both Lockhart and Dunston to make the score 8-1. Hannemann finished the day with three hits and four RBI.

The hit by Hannemann drove Astin out of the game. The Rattlers starter gave up eight runs on twelve hits over 5-1/3 innings. Tyler Linehan got the final two outs of the sixth.

Wisconsin got back on the board in the top of the seventh. Johnny Davis reached on an error to start the inning. He was still at second base with two out. Coulter lined a double to center to drive in Davis and the Rattlers were down 8-2.

Coulter extended his current hitting streak to seven games with a 2-for-4 day on Sunday. Coulter is 12-for-27 during the hitting streak.

Kane County tacked on two more runs against Linehan in the seventh. A walk and a double brought Remillard back to the plate with two runners in scoring position and no outs. Remillard doubled to knock in both runners and give Kane County their ninth and tenth runs of the game. Remillard also had three hits while driving in three runs for the Cougars on Sunday.

Wisconsin ended their seven game road trip with a 1-6 record. They have fallen two games under the .500 mark for the first time this season.

Kane County won their fifth straight game thanks to Sunday's victory. They have the best record in the Midwest League at 17-6.

The Timber Rattlers return home to start a seven-game homestand. Wisconsin will face the Burlington Bees in the opening game of the homestand on Monday night. The Timber Rattlers have Victor Diaz (0-1, 3.46) as their scheduled starting pitcher. Burlington plans to send Clint Sharp (0-2, 3.93) to the mound. Game time is 6:35pm.

Monday is a Qdoba QMonday at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Purchase a lunch entrée at either Qdoba location in Appleton (3813 E. Calumet Street or 4343 W. Wisconsin Avenue) on Monday and receive a ticket to any Monday home game during the 2014 season.

If you can't make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to catch the action. MyNEW 32's Sports Showdown will televise the game starting with their pregame show at 6:00pm. The radio broadcast may be heard on AM1280, WNAM or IHeartRadio starting with the pregame show at 6:15pm. Subscribers to MiLB.TV may watch the internet broadcast.

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