Davis Powers Cedar Rapids Past Wisconsin
GRAND CHUTE, WI - Jaylin Davis homered twice for the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Thursday night to lead them to a 6-3 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Davis, who hit three homers in a game on May 16 against Peoria, has
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Davis started the Cedar Rapids second inning with his eighth home run of the season and the game was tied 1-1.
Davis gave the Kernels (24-16) the lead in the top of the fourth.
The Kernels pulled away with three runs in the top of the sixth against Rattlers reliever
The home run by Orimoloye was the only run the Rattlers scored off Cedar Rapids starting pitcher
Wisconsin rallied for two runs with in the bottom of the ninth inning. Orimoloye and Mario Feliciano had consecutive RBI singles with two outs, but Wisconsin would get no closer.
Game two of the series is scheduled for Friday night.
Friday night is Pirate Night at the ballpark! A pirate from the Caribbean will be here to meet fans and the first 1,000 fans to enter the stadium will receive an eyepatch from North Shore Bank.
Friday is also an Arty's Old Fashioned Friday with WIXX. Arty's Old Fashioned drinks will be available to fans 21 and over for $3 on an Arty's Old Fashioned Friday.
Stick around after the game to enjoy the first FOX11 postgame fireworks display of the season. Children 14 and under may participate in Kids Run the Bases thanks to Menasha Corporation after the fireworks display.
If you can't make it to the stadium, the radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Pregame Show at 6:15pm. The broadcast is also available on TuneIn Radio, IHeartRadio, and MiLB.tv.