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Speed Slays Dragons

July 24, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GRAND CHUTE, WI - Derrick McPhearson's speed was the difference. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers outfielder raced home from first base after a throwing error to score the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh inning on Friday night. Wisconsin's 5-4 win over the Dayton Dragons at Time Warner Cable Field stopped a three-game winning streak in its tracks. McPhearson had two hits, scored a pair of runs, and drove in a run for Wisconsin.

Brett Lawrie gave the Rattlers the lead in the first inning with a sacrifice fly. But, the Dragons responded in the second inning with a two-out solo homer by Tony Brown.

Wisconsin (47-49 overall, 13-13 second half) went up 3-1 in the bottom of the second. Michael Vass reached on an error. McPhearson followed with an RBI double to left center and took third on the throw to the plate. Juan Sanchez knocked in Sanchez with an infield single and Wisconsin was up by a pair of runs.

Pete Fatse made it a 4-1 Rattlers with an RBI triple in the bottom of the fourth.

Wisconsin starting pitcher RJ Seidel, who was making his Timber Rattlers debut, worked through 4-1/3 innings and struck out seven while allowing the one run on five hits.

Dayton (40-57, 12-15) pulled a little closer in the top of the sixth inning with a pair of runs of Liam Ohlmann. Cody Puckett reached on a bunt single and moved up to third on a throwing error. An RBI grounder by Kevin Coddington knocked in Puckett. Then, Tony Brown and Kevyn Feiner had back-to-back doubles to make the score 4-3. But, Ohlmann got out of the inning without another run.

Efrain Nieves worked two scoreless frames and turned the game over to Brandon Ritchie for the top of the ninth.

But, Feiner singled to start the inning. A sacrifice bunt moved him to second and a wild pitch allowed him to go to third. Ritchie would strike out Miguel Rojas, but a walk to Carlos Mendez brought up Byron Wiley for a lefty-lefty battle. Wiley singled to right on a 1-1 pitch and Feiner scored the tying run.

The teams went to extra innings. Nick Tyson pitched a scoreless tenth and a scoreless eleventh for the Timber Rattlers.

In the bottom of the eleventh, McPhearson singled off the glove of third baseman Carlos Mendez with one out. The single by McPhearson was the first hit by a Rattler since the seventh inning. Dayton pitchers had retired 13 Timber Rattlers in a row up to that point.

Sanchez was next and he dropped a bunt single down the third base line. Pitcher Mark James fielded the ball near the foul line, turned, and fired wildly to first. McPhearson sped around the bases and scored the winning run without a play.

The Rattlers start a six-game road trip on Saturday night with a game at O'Brien Field against the Peoria Chiefs. Cody Scarpetta (2-6, 3.06) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Midwest League affiliate of the Chicago Cubs will counter with Jeff Beliveau (4-3, 3.82). Game time is 6:30pm.

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