This Date in Timber Rattlers History: June 2

A walkoff for a split in 2014, Marchiano plays hero in 1998, Colton has a big game in 2004

Francisco Castillo tries to escape his teammates after a walkoff sacrifice fly against Quad Cities on June 2, 2014 (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

By Chris Mehring

June 2, 2021

June 2, 2014: The Rattlers split a pair of home games with Quad Cities. The River Bandits won the conclusion of the suspended game from June 1 by a score of 7–4. Wisconsin won the regularly scheduled game 4–-3 in seven innings. In the conclusion of the game from June 1, Wisconsin scored two runs on a single by Francisco Castillo in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game 4–4. In the top of the ninth, Brett Booth hit a lead-off homer for the River Bandits and they would add two more runs. In the regularly scheduled game, Quad Cities scored all three of their runs on solo homers with Tyler White hitting a pair including one to tie the game in the sixth. Wisconsin won on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Castillo in the bottom of the seventh. ALSO: Aramis Ramirez appeared in both games for the Rattlers on a rehab assignment from the Brewers. Ramirez was 0-for-2 in the suspended game and 2-for-4 in the regularly scheduled game.

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June 2, 1998: The Rattlers beat Beloit 5–4 in ten innings at home. Mike Marchiano went 4-for-5 with two RBI, including a bases-loaded RBI single in the bottom of the tenth for Wisconsin’s walkoff win.

June 2, 2004: The Rattlers won 7–5 at Lansing. Chris Colton tripled, homered, and drove in four runs for Wisconsin. Colton had a three-run homer in the second inning. His RBI triple in the sixth inning broke a 4–4 tie. Wladimir Balentien and Brent Metheny also homered for Wisconsin.

Tyler Cravy(Timber Rattlers, 2011, 2012) made his MLB debut onJune 2, 2015.

Click here to see results of all Timber Rattlers games played on June 2.