This Date in Timber Rattlers History: September 1

Pineda is almost perfect, Coulter feels like 22, Walkoff wins over Peoria

Michael Pineda was almost perfect on September 1, 2008. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

By Chris Mehring

September 1, 2021

September 1, 2008: The Rattlers won 5–0 at Quad Cities in the final game of the regular season. Michael Pineda retired 27 of 28 batters faced in the game and struck out fourteen for a complete-game, one-hit shutout. The only base runner for the River Bandits was Domnit Bolivar, who reached on an infield single with two outs in the fifth inning. Denny Almonte provided Pineda with all the runs he would need with a two-run single in the third inning. Danny Carroll scored two runs for the Rattlers. Wisconsin finished with a 56–80 record. This was the final game for Wisconsin as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

2014: The Rattlers lost 11–5 at Beloit in the final game of the regular season. Clint Coulter homered in his first two at bats of the game to give him 22 on the season to tie the single-season team record. Coulter’s second homer was in the third innig and put the Rattlers up 5–4. HOWEVER, the Snappers scored twice in the third on a home run by Michael Soto. Beloit kept pouring on the offense and pulled away from the Rattlers. Wisconsin finished with a 72–67 record. They would open the playoffs at home against Kane County on September 3.

2000: The Rattlers beat Peoria 7–6 at home. Ramon Carvajal broke a 5–5 tie with an RBI triple in the top of the ninth. Wisconsin rallied in the bottom of the ninth. Chris Snelling tied the game with a sacrifice fly. A dropped popup that would have been the final out of the ninth was dropped by the first baseman and Shawn McCorkle scored the run for a walkoff win.

1998: The Rattlers beat Peoria 7–6 in twelve innings. Jermaine Clark was 4-for-6 with a homer and two RBI for Wisconsin. Clark’s homer in the seventh tied the game 5–5 and his RBI, bunt single in the bottom of the ninth tied the game 6–6. Mike Marchiano drove in Clark with a walkoff, RBI single in the bottom of the twelfth to give Wisconsin the win.

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Chuck Oertel (Papermakers 1950 & 1951) made his MLB debut with the Baltimore Orioles in a game against the Washington Senators on September 1, 1958.

Fred Rico (Foxes, 1964) made his MLB debut with the Kansas City Royals in game one of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on September 1, 1969.

Ken Frailing (Foxes 1966, 1967, & 1968) made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox in a game against the New York Yankees on September 1, 1972.

Mike Squires (Foxes 1973) made his MLB debut with the Chicago White Sox in a game against the Kansas City Royals on September 1, 1975.

Justin Thomas (Timber Rattlers 2006) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Texas Rangers on September 1, 2008.

Jeremy Jeffress (Timber Rattlers, 2010) made his MLB debut with the Milwaukee Brewers in a game against the Cincinnati Reds on September 1, 2010.