This Date in Timber Rattlers History: August 18

August 18, 2018: The Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids 2–1 at home. Dylan File allowed a run and struck out nine over seven innings as the starting pitcher for Wisconsin, but had a no decision. Clayton Andrews pitched two scoreless innings of relief and kept the score tied 1–1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. Tristen Lutz reached on an error to start the inning. Chad McClanahan had a two-out single to keep the inning alive. Zach Clark followed with a walkoff, RBI single to score Lutz for the win.

2016: The Rattlers won 7–6 at Kane County. The Cougars scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning. Wisconsin came back on a solo homer by Alan Sharkey in the second and a two-run homer by Isan Diaz in the third. The Cougars added a run in the bottom of the fourth for a 6–3 lead. Sharkey tied the game in the sixth with a two-out, three-run home run. Diaz put the Rattlers ahead with an RBI single in the seventh. Corbin Burnes pitched three scoreless, hitless innings of relief with five strikeouts and turned the game over to Nate Griep for the ninth. Fernery Ozuna hit a lead-off trple in the bottom of the ninth, but Griep struck out the next three batters to save the game.

2013: The Rattlers won 4–3 in ten innings at Beloit. Wisconsin trailed 3–0 in the top of the ninth inning. They loaded the bases with one out on singles by Garrett Cooper, Parker Berberet, and Max Walla. Orlando Arcia tied the game with a two-out, three-run double. Cooper drove in Adrian Williams in the top of the tenth to put the Rattlers ahead and Taylor Wall pitched around a lead-off single in the bottom of the tenth for the win.

2009: The Rattlers beat Beloit 1–0 at home. Wisconsin scored a run in the bottom of the first inning. Josh Prince doubled. Pete Fatse sacrificed Prince to third. Brock Kjeldgaard drove in Prince with a single. Dave Bush made a rehabilitation start for the Timber Rattlers, his second of the season, and pitched three scoreless innings. Cody Scarpetta took over in relief and allowed two hits over six scoreless innings.

2006: The Rattlers won 7–5 in fourteen innings at Dayton. Wisconsin trailed 4–3 heading into the top of the ninth inning. Stan Posluszny, in his Timber Rattlers debut, had a two-out single to keep the game alive. Eddy Hernandez, who had a two-run home run earlier in the game, followed with a double to score Posluszny with the tying run. In the twelfth, Wisconsin took the lead on an RBI single by Ron Garth, but the Dragons tied the game on an RBI single by Adam Rosales. In the bottom of the thirteenth, the Dragons loaded the bases with one out, but Juan Colon got out of the inning with a 5–2–3 double play. Wisconsin took the lead for good in the fourteenth on RBI singles by Jeff Flaig and Adam Moore.

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