MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps outslug Rattlers, 11-5

Published on June 10, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


GRAND CHUTE, Wisc. - Chris Bisson had his second four-hit game in as many days, leading the TinCaps to an 11-5 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Friday at Fox Cities Stadium. Rymer Liriano had three hits and stole three bases.

As a team, the TinCaps pounded out 17 hits.

Fort Wayne dashed out to an early 3-0 lead. Bisson roped a two-out, two-run single in the second to open the scoring, then Luis Domoromo hooked a solo homer inside the right-field foul pole in the third.

Wisconsin rallied to within a run on two occasions, but Fort Wayne scored an unearned run in the eighth on Jake Blackwood's RBI single in the eighth. In the ninth, two TinCaps reached on errors and Bisson drove them both in with a triple. He later scored on a fielder's choice to make it 11-5.

The Timber Rattlers committed five errors in the game.

TinCaps LHP Jeff Ibarra (1-2) picked up the win in relief, delivering a perfect seventh inning while Wisconsin RHP Brooks Hall (2-1) absorbed the loss.

Fort Wayne improved to 27-33 with the win; the Timber Rattlers fell to 32-29.

The TinCaps continue the series against the Timber Rattlers (Class-A Milwaukee Brewers) in a Saturday at 7:35 p.m. ET. LHP Andrew Werner (1-5) takes the ball against Wisconsin RHP Dan Britt (3-1).

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