Rattlers Roll Over Cedar Rapids.

Well if that was the last Timber Rattlers game I get to see this season I sure picked a good one. In front of 6,500+ fans the Rattlers cruised to an 11-1 victory. I didn't even think Fox Cities Stadium held that many people, but they packed em in for the last Sunday home game of the season. Jimmy Nelson started for Wisconsin and went seven innings, allowing just one unearned run to get his eighth win of the season.

Carlos Gomez was in town for the second of a four game rehab stint, and he contributed to the offensive outburst with a pair of hits before being lifted after the fifth inning. Cody Hawn and Jason Rogers both came up big for the Rattlers offense as well with three hits each. Nick Ramirez and Greg Hopkins also had multi-hit games and seven different players contributed RBIs.

Notes

- Former Brewers catcher Damian Miller was on hand to throw out the first pitch and sign some autographs. I had a chance to meet him quickly. Very nice guy. I love that the Rattlers bring some of the former big leaguers to town from time to time for Brewers Sundays.

- Gomez went five innings today after playing three last night. The plan is to ease him in to things. He is scheduled to play seven tomorrow night and then nine on Tuesday before heading to Milwaukee.

- Catcher Rafael Neda was the only Rattler starter without a hit. They racked up fifteen hits and avoided playoff elimination for another day. The six run outburst in the first was no fluke either, the whole team hit Cedar Rapids starting pitcher pretty hard.

- Fitting that in my last game of the year I got one of my favorite shots of the year. This is the definition of Nick Ramirez "wearing one" in the numbers.

This was likely my last game of the year. I had hoped to get down there tomorrow for Khris Davis bobblehead night but the "real job" is going to get in the way of that. So if today was my last time at Fox Cities Stadium for the year I'd like to thank the players, coaches and the amazing staff at Fox Cities Stadium for another great season. See you all next April!

Here are the rest of my photos from Sunday's game.

P.S. - I say likely my last game because I know Rickie Weeks is close to making his way back. I also know the Rattlers close out the season next weekend in Beloit. Not saying it's gonna happen, but a rehab appearance could tempt me to take a trip down to Beloit over the long Labor Day weekend.