Wisconsin wins in eleven at Clinton
August 31, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
CLINTON, IA - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scratched out a 5-4 win over the Clinton LumberKings Monday night at Ashford University Field. Tucker Neuhaus drove in a pair of big runs and Sthervin Matos preserved the victory with a fine defensive play to end the game.
Estarlyn Morales put Clinton (42-90 overall, 16-47 second half) in front in the first inning. Brock Hebert started the LumberKings first with a double and was at third base with two outs. Burt Reynolds drew a walk and Morales followed with an RBI single to right on a 1-2 pitch from Wisconsin starting pitcher Eric Hanhold.
Wisconsin (49-83, 26-36) came back to tie the game in the top of the second inning. David Denson walked to start the inning, stole second, and went to third on a wild pitch. The wild pitch by Clinton starting pitcher Lukas Schiraldi was his 23rd of the season. Matos drove a single to center to send Denson home with the tying run.
Hebert started the Clinton third inning with a double to right. He took third on a deep fly to left. Pat Leyland got Hebert home with a grounder to short and Clinton was back in front.
Wisconsin tied the game in the fifth inning without a hit off Schiraldi. Greg McCall drew a walk, Matos was hit by a pitch, and Mitch Meyer walked to load the bases. Neuhaus hit a sacrifice fly to right with one out and McCall scored the run to make it 2-2.
The Rattlers needed just one hit to score two runs in the top of the sixth against reliever Pat Peterson. Jake Gatewood drew a walk with two outs. McCall followed with a single to right to put runners on the corners. Matos smashed a hard grounder off the glove of Clinton first baseman Kristian Brito for an error and Gatewood scored the go-ahead run.
Then, Matos and McCall pulled a double steal for the second run of the inning with McCall scoring after Matos drew the throw by stealing second.
The LumberKings came back in the bottom of the seventh against reliever Luke Curtis. Chris Mariscal was hit by a pitch to start the inning. An error with one out denied Wisconsin a chance to get Mariscal at second on a force play and Austin Cousino reached on the play. A wild pitch by Curtis moved the runners into scoring position. Leyland singled to center to drive in the tying runs.
The game remained tied until the eleventh inning. Matos singled with one out. Meyer and Aviles followed with singles to load the bases for Neuhaus, who drove in Matos with a sacrifice fly to center to give the Rattlers a 5-4 lead.
Scott Lieser, who got the final two outs in the bottom of the tenth, struck out the first two Clinton batters in the bottom of the eleventh. But, Austin Cousino wasn't done. The LumberKings centerfielder tripled to center and the tying run was at third for Gianfranco Wawoe.
Wawoe hit a sharp grounder to the hole at short. Gatewood made a good pick, but his throw to first was low. Matos, playing just his seventh game at first base this season, made the scoop and held on for the final out as the throw beat Wawoe.
The final game of the series is scheduled for Tuesday night at Ashford University Field. Cody Ponce (2-1, 1.21) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Zack Littell (3-6, 3.65) is set to start for the LumberKings. Game time is 6:30pm.
The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:10pm. The broadcast is also available on Tune In Radio and IHeartRadio.
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