This Date in Timber Rattlers History: July 21

July 21, 1998: The Rattlers beat Clinton 6–5 at home. Claudio Liverziani hit a two-run, pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the eighth inning to push Wisconsin past the LumberKings. Gil Meche allowed five runs on nine hits, but struck out nine in seven innings for a no decision.

2014: The Rattlers beat Dayton 5–4 in eleven innings at home. Wisconsin had a 2–1 lead heading into the eighth inning. Taylor Williams allowed a run on three hits and struck out nine over 6–2/3 innings. Tyler Alexander got the final out of the seventh and the first out of the eighth, but gave up a walk, a single, and a three-run homer to Gabriel Rosa to let Dayton take a 4–2 lead. Alexander hit the next batter (Jonathan Reynoso) and that led to a bench-clearing incident in which Alexander, David Denson, Reynoso and Jose Ortiz were ejected. Wisconsin rallied to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh. Taylor Brennan grounded into a double play that let a run score and Steve Halcomb, who replaced Denson after the ejection, doubled in a run. In the eleventh, Jose Pena singled to knock in the winning run for a walkoff victory.

1999: The Rattlers swept a home doubleheader from Kane County. Wisconsin won game one 2–1 and game two 4–2. In game one, Juan Silvestre drove in two runs with a double in the first inning and Scott Atchison allowed one run on three hits with nine strikeouts over 6–1/3 innings for the win. In game two, Wisconsin rallied from a 2–1 deficit with three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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Dick Colpaert (Foxes, 1962) made his MLB debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game against the Houston Astros onJuly 21, 1970.