Rattlers Bat Come Alive

After being shut out on Saturday night, the Timber Rattlers bounced back in a big way on Sunday afternoon, topping the Quad Cities River Bandits 12-3. Brooks Hall (pictured below) started for the Rattlers and pitched his way in and out of trouble, allowing just one run in five innings of work. He escaped a bases loaded jam in the second, allowing only one run. Hall walked three and gave up five hits, but just the one run to earn his sixth win of the season.
Wisconsin took a brief lead in the first inning when T.J. Mittelstaedt cracked his tenth home run of the season to right field. Quad Cities tied it up in the top of the second, but the Rattlers would then pile on with four runs in the fifth, five in the sixth and two more in the seventh to cruise to a victory. Mittelstaedt would finish the day 3 for 5 with 4 RBI. Nick Ramirez (pictured below) also added 4 RBI, going 2 for 5 with a double.

Jason Rogers also chipped in three hits, including a double off River Bandits reliever Angel De Jesus that just missed leaving the yard. Mike Brownstein (pictured below) stayed hot with two more hits and Greg Hopkins and Brandon Macias both had multi hit games as well. Casey Medlen and Seth Lintz came on in relief of Hall to work the final four innings and preserve the victory for the Rattlers.

Wisconsin finishes up their series with Quad Cities tomorrow afternoon before hitting the road for a 7 game trip. The T-Rats return home on the 24th for the final home stand of the season. Here are my photos from Sunday's game.