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Rattlers go big to win game and series at Peoria

By Chris Mehring
August 23, 2015

PEORIA, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers collected sixteen hits in a 9-5 victory over the Peoria Chiefs at Dozer Park on Sunday evening. Sthervin Matos had four hits and just missed the cycle while driving in three runs for Wisconsin. Blake Allemand joined Matos with four hits in the game which gave the Rattlers a victory in both this series and the season series over the Chiefs.

Wisconsin (43-81 overall, 20-34 second half) grabbed the lead in the top of the second inning. Tucker Neuhaus started the rally with a leadoff double. Matos was next and he tripled to the gap in right-center to send Neuhaus home. Greg McCall followed with an RBI single and the Rattlers lead 2-0.

The Timber Rattlers doubled their lead with two more runs in the top of the third. Allemand singled to start the inning and Neuhaus singled with one out to put runners at the corners. Matos hit an infield single to knock in Allemand. Later in the inning, Neuhaus scored on a wild pitch.

Peoria (68-55, 35-20) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the third inning. Darren Seferina singled with two outs and wound up on third after a double by Oscar Mercado. Paul DeJong sent both runners home with a double and Peoria was within 4-2.

Wisconsin used some trickery to add to their lead in the top of the sixth. Omar Cotto singled with two outs and Allemand singled - his third hit of the game - to move Cotto to third. Allemand broke for second with Elvis Rubio at the plate and drew a throw. Cotto took off for the plate and beat the throw home for a 5-2 lead.

Matos stepped in after Neuhaus singled in the top of the seventh and his bid for the first cycle in Timber Rattlers fell just short, but the result was perfectly acceptable. The Wisconsin third baseman cracked a deep drive to right that banged hard off the wall for an RBI triple and a 6-2 lead.

The Rattlers kept adding to their lead when they loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the eighth. Allemand drove in a pair of runs with a single, his fourth hit of the evening.

Matos came back to the plate in the top of the ninth and reached on a throwing error. McCall cashed the error into a run as he doubled off the wall in right to score Matos and the Rattlers were up 9-2 heading to the bottom of the ninth.

Devin Williams retired the first Peoria batter he faced in the ninth, but he allowed a single, walked a batter, allowed an RBI double, threw a run-scoring wild pitch , and gave up an RBI single. Scott Lieser came on to get the final two outs of the game.

Luke Curtis, the second of six Wisconsin pitchers in the game, picked up his team-leading eighth win of the year with 2-2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Matos and Allemand had just the second and third four-hit games of the season by a Timber Rattler. The only other four-hit game by a Rattler this season was when Carlos Leal had one at Burlington on April 10.

Wisconsin won the series two games to one over the Chiefs for their first road series victory since taking two of three at Dayton June 10-12.

The Timber Rattlers also took the season series with eight wins to seven for the playoff-bound Chiefs.

The Timber Rattlers return home on Monday night to start a series with the Burlington Bees. Angel Ventura (6-6, 3.22) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Jake Jewell (5-7, 4.93) is scheduled to start for the Bees. Game time is 7:05pm.

Monday night is a chance for you to add to your bobblehead collection. The first 1,000 fans to attend this game will receive a bobblehead of 2011 Timber Rattler and current Milwaukee Brewer Jimmy Nelson courtesy of Bumper-to-Bumper Auto Parts. Purchase an entrée at any Qdoba location in Appleton, Neenah, or Oshkosh on Monday and receive a ticket to the final Monday home game of the 2015 season as part of Qdoba Q*Monday sponsored by NASH FM 99.5 & 104.9.

If you can't make it out to Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Monday, there are several ways to catch the action. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel will televise the game beginning at 7:00pm. The radio broadcast of Monday's game is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Miller Lite Pregame Show at 6:45pm. 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: Luke Curtis (8-2)
LP: Landon Beck (0-1)

TIME: 2:59
ATTN: 2,805