This Date in Timber Rattlers History: June 8

Big Papi Walkoff Homer in 1996

David Ortiz as a Timber Rattler in 1996 (Brad Krause)

By Chris Mehring

June 8, 2021

1996: The Rattlers swept a home doubleheader from Kane County. Wisconsin won game one 10–3. The Rattlers won the nightcap 3–2 in eight innings. In game one, Greg Wooten struck out six and moved his record to 7–0 with a complete game victory as he was backed up by ten

1996: The Rattlers swept a home doubleheader from Kane County. Wisconsin won game one 10–3. The Rattlers won the nightcap 3–2 in eight innings. In game one, Greg Wooten struck out six and moved his record to 7–0 with a complete game victory as he was backed up by ten hits from the offense. In the nightcap, Kevin Gryboski pitched an eight-inning complete game and moved his record to 5–0 when David Arias hit a walkoff home run in the bottom of the eighth to break a 2–2 tie.

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2011: The Rattlers beat Lake County 14–2 at home. Wisconsin scored six runs in the first, a runs in the second, and four runs in the fourth to take an 11–0 lead. The Rattlers rang up 20 hits in the game, including four home runs with one each from TJ Mittelstadt, Cody Hawn, Nick Shaw, and Chris Dennis. Mittelstaedt had four hits and scored four runs.

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