Captains end road trip with narrow loss
(Appleton, WI) - The Lake County Captains (19-15) finished their Wisconsin road trip with a narrow, 4-2 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (15-18) on Saturday. The Captains won three out of five games in their interdivision road swing despite dropping their last two at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities
(Appleton, WI) - The Lake County Captains (19-15) finished their Wisconsin road trip with a narrow, 4-2 loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (15-18) on Saturday. The Captains won three out of five games in their interdivision road swing despite dropping their last two at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.
The Captains and Timber Rattlers traded runs early on. Wisconsin grabbed the game's first run in the third inning.
Lake County evened the score in the top of the fourth.
Wisconsin quickly punched back with a run in the bottom half of the fourth to take a 2-1 lead. LG Castillo hit a one-out single,
Once again, the Captains countered.
After the scoring flurry, the game remained tied until the seventh inning when Wisconsin took the lead for good. With
Wisconsin added an insurance run in the eighth against
Timber Rattlers reliever
Rholl (0-1) suffered the loss after surrendering the go-ahead run in the seventh. The southpaw worked one inning and gave up one run on two hits with two strikeouts and no walks.
Olson, the Wisconsin starter, did not factor in the decision, but held Lake County to two runs over five frames. He also got some help from his catcher, Diaz, and his second baseman, Coca. The pair combined to catch three Captains stealing to end three consecutive innings from the second through the fourth. In the second, with the game still scoreless, the Captains had Berardi on first and
Burgos did not factor in the decision either, but the lefty gave the Captains four strong innings. He gave up two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and two walks. Lake County used four pitchers on Saturday between Burgos, Zach Draper, Rholl and Arias, all of whom are left-handed.
The Captains lost the final two games of their road trip and will have a day off for Mother's Day before returning to action on Monday night when they begin a seven-game homestand against the Fort Wayne TinCaps (three games) and the Bowling Green Hot Rods (four games). Game one is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at Classic Park.
Individual game tickets for all Captains games are on sale at the Classic Park box office, online at captainsbaseball.com and by phone at 440-954-WINS (9467). Mini ticket plans for the 2019 season are still available for great prices complete with several exclusive benefits. Information can be found at the Captains website www.captainsbaseball.com.