This Date in Timber Rattlers History: June 10

Yadiel Rivera's Walkoff Homer in 2012, Five Homers in 2016, No game in 2001 because of....Brett Favre?

Yadiel Rivera leaps into home plate after a walkoff homer to beat Beloit on June 10, 2012. (Wisconsin Timber Rattlers)

By Chris Mehring

June 10, 2021

2012: The Rattlers beat Beloit 5–2 in ten innings at home. Yadiel Rivera hit a three-run, walkoff home run in the bottom of the tenth to move Wisconsin’s magic number to clinch a playoff spot to one. The Rattlers clinch a playoff spot about 45 minutes after the game when

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2016: The Rattlers won 18–9 at Kane County. Wisconsin hit five home runs in the game: Isan Diaz, Mitch Ghelfi, and Luis Aviles each hade one homer. Monte Harrison hit a pair of homers, including a grand slam in the eighth inning. Harrison had three hits, scored four runs, and collected five RBI in the game.

2014: The Rattlers lost 9–6 in 17 innings to Beloit at home. Wisconsin tied the game 5–5 in the bottom of the seventh inning on a two-out, grand slam home run by Taylor Brennan. Both teams scored in the fifteenth. Then, Beloit scored three runs in the seventeenth. Wisconsin’s defense committed six errors in the game. Game time was 5:01 and it ended at 12:07am on June 11.

2001: The Rattlers home game with Lansing was postponed due to poor field conditions. The Brett Favre Charity Softball Game was played in a steady rain earlier in the day and the field was in no condition for a baseball game.

Click here for the results of every Timber Rattlers Game played on June 10.