Rattlers Suffer from Pangs of Negret
DAVENPORT, IA – Juan Carlos Negret was a one-man fireworks show for the Quad Cities River Bandits on Monday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Negret had four hits, including two homers, and drove in seven runs to lead the Bandits to an 11-1 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in
DAVENPORT, IA – Juan Carlos Negret was a one-man fireworks show for the Quad Cities River Bandits on Monday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Negret had four hits, including two homers, and drove in seven runs to lead the Bandits to an 11-1 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the series finale between the two teams.
Wisconsin (5-4 second half, 31-42 second half) took the lead in the top of the third inning. Terence Doston drew a lead-off walk. Robert Moore followed with a single to center and Doston took third on the play. Matt Wood got Doston home with a grounder to the right side of the infield and the River Bandits could only get the out at second base.
The River Bandits (3-6, 35-40) used the long ball to take a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth. Negret hit his first homer of the game on the first pitch he saw from Cameron Wagoner in the bottom of the fourth. This one was a two-run homer to give the Bandits a 2-1 lead. Wagoner retired the next two batters before giving up a solo homer to Shervyen Newton.
Cayden Wallace added to the Quad Cities lead with an RBI single in the fifth. A double by Carter Jensen moved Wallace to third base and moved Wagoner out of the game.
Then, Negret launched a 1-2 pitch from reliever Michele Vassalotti to left-center for a three-run homer and a 7-1 lead.
Quad Cities poured on the offense in the seventh and eighth innings. In the seventh, Herard Gonzalez and Kale Emshoff had back-to-back RBI doubles against reliever Brannon Jordan. In the eighth, Negret got one more crack and he doubled in two more runs for an 11-1 lead.
Joe Gray Jr had three hits to lead the Rattlers offense. Ernesto Martinez Jr had two hits and extended his current hitting streak to nine games.
Moore’s single in the third inning moved his on-base streak to 21 games.
The teams split the six-game series. However, the River Bandits win on Monday clinched the season series between the teams with six meetings left between Wisconsin and Quad Cities. The Bandits are up 13-5 in the season series.
The Timber Rattlers return home to host the Beloit Sky Carp on Tuesday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Alexander Cornielle (0-1, 5.61) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. The Sky Carp have named Alex Williams (2-2, 3.97) as their starter. Game time is 6:40pm.
Timber Rattlers players and coaches will wear special jerseys as part of Military Appreciation Night for this game. The jerseys will be in online auctions at this link. The auctions, with half of the jerseys in one and the other half in another, start Tuesday morning, and will end on Sunday, July 9. The first auction ends at 6:30pm CDT with the second ending at 7:00pm CDT next Sunday.
There is a ticket special for active or retired military personnel of two complimentary tickets with a military ID as part of Military Appreciation Night.
Tuesday is also a Bang for Your Buck Night courtesy of NEW Manufacturing Alliance makes the night complete with Cher-Make hotdogs and 16-ounce Pepsi Products for $2. Fans who are 21 or older may purchase 16-ounce domestic beers for $2. Stick around after the game for a super-sized postgame fireworks display to celebrate America!
If you can’t make it out to the ballpark, the broadcast is on AM1280 WNAM starting with the Community Blood Center Pre-Game Show at 6:20pm. Fans can listen on the radio, on the First Pitch app, or at this link. The internet video feed is available to subscribers of Bally Live, too.