Rattlers Drop Home Finale 7-2 to Beloit
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers dropped their final home game of the 2017 season as the Beloit Snappers grabbed an early lead and went on to win 7-2 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Friday night. The loss kept the Rattlers from recording their
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers dropped their final home game of the 2017 season as the Beloit Snappers grabbed an early lead and went on to win 7-2 at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium on Friday night. The loss kept the Rattlers from recording their first home sweep of the season.
Beloit (63-72 overall, 31-35 second half) took the lead in the top of the third inning.
The Snappers added to their lead in the top of the fifth inning against reliever
Beloit made it 7-0 in the sixth inning with reliever
Wisconsin (57-78, 31-36) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the sixth against Beloit starter
Altamirano would get the final out of the sixth inning and turn the game over to the bullpen. He struck out seven in the game.
Bandy, who joined Wisconsin on Thursday for a rehabilitation assignment from the Brewers, was scheduled to catch seven innings for Wisconsin on Friday and he would leave the game after catching the top of the seventh. Bandy was 1-for-2 with a double on Friday night. He went 2-for-5 with two doubles, a walk, and a hit batsman in his two games with Wisconsin.
The Rattlers, who won the first two games of the series, loaded the bases with one out again in the bottom of the eighth inning as
Beloit and Wisconsin split their 18-game season series as each team had nine wins.
Wisconsin ended their home schedule 26-43 in 69 games.
The Timber Rattlers hit the road for their final three games of the 2017 season. They will face the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park in the three-game series with game one on Saturday night.
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