This Date in Timber Rattlers History: May 17
May 17, 2005: The Rattlers won 17–8 at Lansing. Marshall Hubbard went 5-for-6 with two homers, and seven RBI to lead Wisconsin’s 17-hit attack. The Rattlers scored in seven of the nine innings of the game.
May 17, 2005: The Rattlers won 17–8 at Lansing. Marshall Hubbard went 5-for-6 with two homers, and seven RBI to lead Wisconsin’s 17-hit attack. The Rattlers scored in seven of the nine innings of the game.
May 17, 2004: The Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids 9–6 at home. Tom Oldham had thirteen strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter over seven scoreless innings. Wladimir Balentien hit a pair of homers and drove in five runs for Wisconsin.
May 17, 2019: The Rattlers won 14–9 at Burlington. Wisconsin trailed 9–1 heading into the eighth inning. The Rattlers scored seven runs in the eighth and six runs in the ninth. Here is the story of the comeback with interviews and highlights, including a big home run by Gabriel Garcia in the eighth and Je’Von Ward’s three-run triple in the ninth that put the Rattlers ahead of Burlington. The highlights and the story of the comeback as told by the Timber Rattlers players are in the podcast below.
Click here for the results of every Timber Rattler game played on May 17.
Appleton Professional Baseball Alumni to make their MLB debuts on May 17:
Jordan Zimmerman (Rattlers, 1997)
Allan Simpson (Rattlers, 1998, 1999)
Austin Bibens-Dirkx (Rattlers, 2006)