Rattlers Fall In Peoria
Published on July 30, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
PEORIA, IL - The Peoria Chiefs have some kind of mojo against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at O'Brien Field. Friday's 5-2 Peoria victory gave they a 6-0 record against the Rattlers in their home stadium this season. The Chiefs are 12-1 in the last 13 games against the Rattlers. A pair of defensive miscues by Wisconsin in the bottom of the second inning gave Peoria all the runs they would need to beat the Rattlers.
The Chiefs (53-47 overall, 15-16 second half) loaded the bases against Wisconsin starter Damon Krestalude with a pair of singles to start the inning and a one out single. Krestalude looked like he would get out of the inning when he got George Matheus to fly out to shallow right to keep the runners where they were. Then, Hak-Ju Lee to send a chopper to first. But, the ball was mishandled by Hunter Morris and Lee reached first as the first Peoria run scored. Logan Watkins was next and his grounder to third snuck under the glove of Rattlers infielder Cutter Dykstra to allow two more runs to score for a 3-0 score.
Dykstra made up for his miscue in the field with a big swing in the top of the third. He stepped up with one out and a runner at first when he unloaded on a pitch from Peoria starting pitcher Frank Batista. The long two-run homer got the Rattlers (41-60, 15-18) to within 3-2. But, that was as close as Wisconsin would get.
Batista struck out five and did not allow another run over his five innings of work.
The score remained 3-2 until the bottom of the seventh inning. Rattlers reliever Santo Manzanillo gave up RBI singles to Mario Mercedes and Lee and the Chiefs went in front 5-2.
Wisconsin put together an attempted rally in the top of the eighth. Joey Paciorek singled to start the inning. Two outs later Hunter Morris and Chris Dennis drew walks against Peoria reliever Daniel Keefe to load the bases. But, Keefe got out of the inning and maintained the three run cushion.
The Timber Rattlers return home to start a seven game homestand on Saturday night with a game against the Clinton LumberKings. Eric Arnett (0-7, 6.06) is the scheduled starter for the Timber Rattlers. Clinton will counter with Erasmo Ramirez (7-4, 2.67) as their starting pitcher.
The first 1,000 fans into Time Warner Cable Field will receive a poster of recently promoted pitcher Kyle Heckathorn courtesy of Express Convenience Centers. There is also a FOX 11 Fireworks display after the game.
If you can't make it out to the stadium, tune in for the broadcast on AM1280, WNAM. The Miller Lite Pregame Show starts at 6:15pm. Game time on Saturday night is 6:35pm.
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