Wisconsin Win Streak Ends with Shutout Loss to Beloit
GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were looking to make it five wins in a row with a victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Thursday Night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Cade Gibson and his teammates had other ideas. Gibson pitched seven scoreless innings
GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers were looking to make it five wins in a row with a victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Thursday Night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Cade Gibson and his teammates had other ideas. Gibson pitched seven scoreless innings with support from three home run and the Sky Carp beat the Rattlers 6-0.
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Beloit (18-17) scored first for the third straight game of the series. Josh Zamora hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the second inning for a 1-0 advantage.
Wisconsin starting pitcher Will Rudy retired the first two Sky Carp batters on two pitches in the third inning and it looked like the Rattlers hitters would get another crack at Gibson. However, Yiddi Cappe fouled off three two-strike pitches and beat out an infield single to keep the inning alive. Jake Thompson was next, and he singled to right on a 3-2 pitch. Then, Mark Coley II hit a long homer on a 2-0 pitch. Cameron Barstad followed with another long home run and the Sky Carp were up 5-0.
Osiris Johnson made it a 6-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the top of the fourth and neither team threatened for the remainder of the game.
Gibson needed 83 pitches to match his single-game high as a pro for innings. The lefty allowed four hits, walked two, and struck out three over his seven innings. Josh Ekness and Dale Stanavich both worked a scoreless inning out of the bullpen to hand Wisconsin its first shutout loss of the season.
Wisconsin (23-13) used a quartet of relievers to cover the final five innings after Rudy left the game. Jake Polancic tossed a perfect fifth inning with two strikeouts. Aaron Rund worked two scoreless innings with a walk and two strikeouts. Tyler Wehrle pitched the eighth inning with three strikeouts and an infield single. Craig Yoho pitched a 1-2-3 top of the ninth with two strikeouts.
Yoho has 31 strikeouts in sixteen innings pitched with the Rattlers this season.
The Sky Carp ended a six-game losing streak with their win on Thursday night.
Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field. Brian Fitzpatrick (2-1, 4.05) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Karson Milbrandt (1-2, 3.14) is set to start for the Sky Carp. Game time is 6:40pm CDT.
Children twelve and under may run the bases courtesy of Menasha Corporation and 95.9 KISS-FM after the game on Friday night.
If you can’t make it out to the ballpark, there are several ways to catch the action. The game will be televised on tv-32 starting at 6:30pm. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Community Blood Center Pregame Show at 6:20pm. Fans can also listen to the audio on the internet or watch the game on the Bally Live App.