MWL1 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

Scarpetta Is Baseball For 1-0

Published on August 18, 2009 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GRAND CHUTE, WI - A 1-0 score is getting to be old hat for Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher Cody Scarpetta. The Rattlers right-hander picked up the win as the Rattlers beat the Beloit Snappers 1-0 on Tuesday night at Time Warner Cable Field. Scarpetta has been involved in four 1-0 games this season and he is 3-1 in games with just a single run crossing the plate. On Tuesday, he pitched six innings in relief of Dave Bush and struck out six for his fourth win of the season.

Wisconsin (55-66 overall, 21-30 second half) scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. Josh Prince doubled to start the frame. A sacrifice bunt by Pete Fatse moved him to third base. Brock Kjeldgaard singled over the drawn in infield to send Prince home for the early advantage.

Bush, in his second rehab start for the Rattlers, pitched three scoreless and hitless innings. He walked one and struck out four before reaching his limit. Bush threw 37 pitches in the game before turning the game over to Scarpetta.

Beloit (48-74, 21-31) got a decent start from Daniel Berlind. The tall righty allowed one run on four hits over five innings, but he was tagged with his thirteenth loss of the season.

Scarpetta faced a jam in the top of the seventh inning. He gave up a one out triple to Nate Hanson that put the tying run on third base. Scarpetta rose to the challenge and struck out the next batter for out number two. A grounder to short ended the inning and kept the Rattlers up 1-0.

Scarpetta pitched a perfect eighth and a perfect ninth to nail down the Rattlers third straight win.

Wisconsin's victory pulled them out of the cellar in the Midwest League's Western Division and -- with Clinton losing 6-3 to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday night -- the Rattlers are just three games out of the second half Wild Card spot with 19 games left in the regular season.

The Timber Rattlers will be off on Wednesday before resuming their homestand on Thursday. The Cedar Rapids Kernels will be in town to start a four-game series. Game time on Thursday night is 7:05pm.

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