Quad Cities sweeps doubleheader from Wisconsin

DAVENPORT, IA - The Quad Cities River Bandits defeated the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 8-1 in the nightcap to earn a sweep of Wednesday's doubleheader at Modern Woodmen Park. Bryan Muniz blew the game open with a three-run double in the fourth inning to put the game out of reach.

Wisconsin (40-80 overall, 17-33 second half) took the lead in the top of the first inning. Blake Allemand reached on a bunt single with one out. The hit extended Allemand's hitting streak to eight games. Tucker Neuhaus lined a double into the corner in right to score Allemand for a 1-0 advantage.

But, the Rattlers did not lead for long.

Quad Cities (77-42, 32-19) scored three runs on one hit against Wisconsin starter Kodi Medeiros in the bottom of the first. Drew Ferguson started the inning with a double and moved to third with one out on a wild pitch. Medeiros would walk Ramon Laureano and hit Bryan Muniz to load the bases before walking Jose Fernandez to force in Ferguson with the tying run. Ryan Bottger made it 2-1 with a sacrifice fly to right that scored Laureano and moved Muniz to third. Another wild pitch by Medeiros allowed Muniz to score and the River Bandits were up 3-1.

Medeiros walked Laureano again in the bottom of the third. Medeiros would leave after a stolen base by Laureano and a single by Muniz put runners at the corners. Luke Curtis took over and gave up a sacrifice fly to Fernandez that scored Laureano for a 4-1 lead.

Nathan Kirby took over in the bottom of the fourth inning and loaded the bases with one out on a single and two walks. Kirby would get a strikeout for the second out, but Muniz cracked a double to left-center to drive in all three runners and the River Bandits were up 7-1.

Dean Deetz, the starter for the River Bandits, allowed one run on four hits and struck out five over five innings to earn the win.

Quad Cities added one more run in the sixth inning. Kristian Trompiz reached on a dropped flyball to right. A single and a flyball to center put runners on the corners with one out. Laureano knocked in Trompiz from third with a fielder's choice.

Allemand had three of Wisconsin's six hits in the game and went 4-for-8 in the doubleheader. He is 14-for-32 during his hitting streak.

The Timber Rattlers are 1-13 in fourteen games against the River Bandits this season. They are 0-7 at Modern Woodmen Park in 2015. Quad Cities has outscored Wisconsin 75-25 this season.

The final game of the series is Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Eric Hanhold (0-3, 7.85) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Agapito Barrios (1-1, 1.06) is set to start for the River Bandits. Game time is 7:00pm. 

The radio broadcast of Thursday's game is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:40pm. The broadcast is also available on Tune In Radio and IHeartRadio. If you are a subscriber to MiLB.TV, the game is also available on that platform.

WP: Dean Deetz (2-1)
LP: Kodi Medeiros (4-3)

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