WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLER GAME NOTES Wisconsin Timber Rattlers PO Box 7464 Appleton, WI 54912-7073 Phone: (920) 733-4152 Fax: (920) 733 -8032 Midwest League Affiliate of www.timberrattlers.com [email protected] the Milwaukee Brewers Game #100 Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (50-49, 12-17) @ Great Lakes Loons (57-41, 18-11); Monday, July 25, 2011; 6:05pm CDT/7:05pm CDT Probable Starting Pitchers Monday, July 25 @ Great Lakes RHP Matt Miller (3-4, 4.74) v. LHP Greg Wilborn (2-0, 2.35) 6:05pm CDT/7:05pm EDT Tuesday, July 26 OFF DAY Wednesday, July 27 @ Clinton RHP Maverick Lasker (1-3, 5.53) v. LHP Nate Reed (2-3, 3.86) 7:00pm CDT Thursday, July 28 @ Clinton RHP Jimmy Nelson (5-7, 4.19) v. RHP George Mieses (4-10, 5.00) 7:00pm CDT Friday, July 29 @ Clinton LHP Charly Bashara (4-3, 4.90) v. LHP Anthony Fernandez (3-3, 3.45) 7:00pm CDT 2011 SEASON AT A GLANCE ABOUT SUNDAY: The Timber Rattlers lost 5-1 to ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Great Lakes Loons Streak: W1 the Loons 8-6 in game two of a three game series at are the Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Last 5 Games 2-3 Dow Diamond. Great Lakes scored three runs in Dodgers. Lansing has been affiliated with the Dodgers Last 10 Games 4-6 2011 Best Mark: 46-38 the first inning and held the Timber Rattlers offense since entering the Midwest League in 2007. Great 2011 Worst Mark: 5-10 to three hits. Lakes became a Midwest League franchise when the First Half 38-32 Southwest Michigan Devil Rays left Battle Creek, KID IN THE HALL: Brooks Hall made the start for Second Half 12-17 Michigan for Midland, Michigan after the 2006 season. Home Record: 25-25 the Timber Rattlers yesterday and almost got out of Road Record: 25-24 The Loons have never won a Midwest League the first inning without a run scoring. The Loons Daytime Record: 15-15 championship, but have made the playoffs in each of Night Record: 35-34 had runners on first and third with no outs. Hall the last two seasons. Manager John Shoemaker is in retired the next two batters, but allowed a two-run Starters: 30-28 his first season at the helm of the Loons. Relievers: 20-21 single to Blake Dean, a walk, and a Steve Domecus Quality Starts: 40 RBI single. Hall kept the Loons off the board until THEIR SEASON SO FAR: Great Lakes finished the Saves/Chances: 28/39 Longest Win Streak: 7 allowing two runs in the sixth. In all, Hall went 5-1/3 first half of the season with a record of 39-30, but Longest Losing Streak: 5 (2x) innings, gave up five runs on nine hits, walked two, missed the playoffs as they finished a half game Rattlers Score First: 31-12 and struck out two. Opp. Score First: 19-37 behind the 38-29 Lansing Lugnuts for the Eastern Comeback Wins: 23 TWIN KILLINGS: The Timber Rattlers turned three Division Wild Card. They are 18-11 in the second half Lead Entering 8th: 34-3 straight inning ending double plays from the second for an overall record of 57-4 1. Tied Entering 8th: 2-8 through the fourth innings yesterday. Wisconsin Trail Entering 8th: 5-29 Lead Entering 9th: 34-2 has turned 90 double plays this season, the fourth AGAINST THE WEST: The Loons are 15-8 in 23 Tied Entering 9th: 1-7 most in the Midwest League in 2011. games against the Western Division in this season. Trail Entering 9th: 3-31 HELPING HAND: Chad Stang threw out a runner at They took two out of three in home series against Wins in last AB: 6 Burlington and Peoria in the first half. The Loons also “Walkoff” Wins: 2 the plate in the second inning after catching a flyball Opp. Wins in last AB: 18 for the first double play yesterday. The outfield took two of three at Cedar Rapids in the first half, but Opp. “Walkoff” Wins: 7 assist was the seventh of the season for Stang. dropped two of three at Quad Cities. In the second Extra Innings: 1-9 half, Great Lakes won two out of three games at both Double headers: 9-7 ASSIST MACHINE: The Timber Rattlers continue Clinton and Kane County. In the series prior to the Shutouts: 5-6 to lead the Midwest League in outfield assists. One-run game 18-16 start of the set with the Rattlers, Great Lakes swept a Scoring 4 or less: 25-33 Wisconsin has 37. Peoria is second in the league three game series from Beloit. Scoring 5 or more: 25-16 with 34 outfield assists. Allowing 4 or less: 42-12 ALL TIME SERIES: Since 2007, the Timber Rattlers Allowing 5 or more: 8-37 NICE DEBUT: Pitcher Seth Lintz made his Midwest League debut yesterday. He tossed a scoreless, and Loons have met 25 times. Wisconsin is 10-15 in hitless eighth inning with a walk and a strikeout. the series, including 4-8 at Down Diamond. The teams RATTLERS IN JULY have never met in the post season. Date Opp. W/L SCORE VS. THE EAST: Wisconsin is 10-13 in 23 games 7/1 @CR L 8-5 against the Eastern Division. They are 5-6 in road GREAT LAKES PROSPECTING: The Baseball 7/2 @CR W 6-3 games. America’s Prospect Handbook listed three current 7/3 @BEL W 5-4 ON THE ROAD: The Rattlers are in the midst of a 7/4 @BEL W 11-8 (11) members of the Great Lakes roster as top 30 7/5 @BEL W 8-3 9-game road trip that takes them from Lansing to prospects in the Los Angeles organization. Pitcher 7/6 KC L 10-7 Great Lakes to Clinton. Wisconsin is 25-24 in road Zach Lee, a first round pick of the Dodgers out of 7/7 KC W 11-5 games this season. McKinney (TX) High School in the 2010 draft, is the 7/8 KC L 6-1 MEET THE NEW GUY: Infielder Nick Ramirez joins highest rated prospect on the Loons roster at #2. 7/9 @QC L 4-0 the Timber Rattlers tonight. Ramirez, the 4th round Outfielder Leon Landry, a third round pick last year out 7/10 @QC L 6-5 (11) of LSU, is #11. Pitcher Garrett Gould (#18), a second 7/11 @QC L 4-1 pick of the Brewers in the 2011 draft, was hitting .369 with eight homers and 30 RBI in 23 games at round pick in 2009, is also a top 15 prospect. 7/12 OFF DAY 7/13 WMI L 7-5 (11) Helena before the promotion. Ramirez, who was 7/14 WMI W 2-1 named the Pioneer League Player of the Week on GREAT LAKES STARTING PITCHER: Greg Wilborn th 7/15 WMI L 5-4 July 18, hit .291 with nine homers and 49 RBI in 58 was selected in the 18 round of the 2009 draft by the 7/16 SB L 5-4 games in his final season at Cal State Fullerton. In Dodgers out of Louisiana-Laf ayette. WIlborn spent 7/17 SB L 7-6 (14) 2009 in Ogden, the Pioneer League affiliate of the 7/18 SB W 9-3 his three year career with the Titans, Ramirez 7/19 OFF DAY appeared in 164 games, hit 35 home runs, and Dodgers, and was 2-1 with a 7.45ERA in 12 games. In 7/20 @LAN L 6-5 (12) drove in 155 runs. 2010, he split time between Ogden (4-0, 2.06ERA in eight starts) and Great Lakes (4-2, 3.26ERA in seven 7/21 @LAN L 5-4 MAKING MOVES: Cody Hawn has been placed on 7/22 @LAN W 7-2 starts). Wilborn started this season with Rancho the disabled list retroactive to July 21 to make room 7/23 @GL W 8-6 Cucamonga, the California League affiliate of the 7/24 @GL L 5-1 for Ramirez. Dodgers and was 2-3 with a save and a 6.85ERA in 12 7/25 @GL RATTLER PROSPECTING: There are three games (six starts). He rejoined the Loons in late June 7/26 OFF DAY members of the active Timber Rattler roster who are 7/27 @CLN and is 2-0 with a 2.35ERA and 30 strikeouts in 23 7/28 @CLN rated as top 30 prospects in the Milwaukee system innings pitched over five starts. In Wilborn‟s start prior 7/29 @CLN by Baseball America in their 2011 Prospect to this evening, he allowed a run on three hits and 7/30 BUR Handbook. Pitchers Jimmy Nelson (#10) and Matt struck out six for \aT winIMBER over Beloit onRATT July 20. LERWilborn 7/31 BUR Miller (#13) are the highest ranked Rattlers on the has never faced the Rattlers, but he allowed a run on list. Pitcher Maverick Lasker (#28) is the other six hits and struck out nine over six innings against current Rattler rated by BA. Helena, Milwaukee‟s Pioneer League affiliate, on July 22, 2010. TONIGHT’S STARTER RHP MATT MILLER: Selected by Milwaukee in the 5th round of the 2010 HONORS: Miller tied for the Pioneer League lead in winsf with seven and draft out of the University of Michigan. was seventh in the Pioneer League in ERA (4.06).