This Date in Timber Rattlers History: August 16
August 16, 2009: The Rattlers beat Beloit 3–1 at home. Daniel Meadows allowed an unearned run over seven innings for his thirteenth win of the season. Brock Kjeldgaard and Corey Kemp had RBI hits in the fourth inning for Wisconsin. Brett Lawrie hit a two-out, solo home run in the
August 16, 2009: The Rattlers beat Beloit 3–1 at home. Daniel Meadows allowed an unearned run over seven innings for his thirteenth win of the season. Brock Kjeldgaard and Corey Kemp had RBI hits in the fourth inning for Wisconsin. Brett Lawrie hit a two-out, solo home run in the bottom of the eighth for an insurance run for the Rattlers.
2012: The Rattlers won 6–5 at Beloit. Wisconsin had a 6–2 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning at Pohlman Field. Cameron Garfield had homered and driven in three runs for the offense and Mark Williams allowed two runs over 5–1/3 innings. Kevin Shackelford pitched 2–2/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen and turned the game over to STOSH! Wawrzasek for the bottom of the ninth. Wawrzasek walked Eddie Rosario with a runner on first and one out and gave up an RBI double to Miguel Sano. Another walk loaded the bases and Drew Leachman doubled to score two runs and suddenly the Snappers had pulled to within 6–5 and had runners at second and third with one out. An intentional walk reloaded the bases, but STOSH! escaped by striking out the next two batters to end the game!
2001: The Rattlers won 5–1 at Beloit. Clint Nageotte had eleven strikeouts and allowed three hits over seven innings to pick up the win for Wisconsin. John Castellano was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a homer, and three runs scored for the Rattlers.
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Ross Baumgarten (Foxes, 1977 & 1978) made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Texas Rangers on August 16, 1978.
Eric O’Flaherty (Rattlers, 2004 & 2005) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Oakland Athletics on August 16, 2006.
Mitch Haniger (Rattlers 2012 & 2013) made his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a game against the New York Mets on August 16, 2016.
Damien Magnifico (Rattlers, 2013) made his MLB debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in a game against the Chicago Cubs on August 16, 2016.