This Date in Timber Rattlers History: September 13
September 13, 2005: The Rattlers lost 6–4 at South Bend in Game One of the Midwest League Championship Series. Wisconsin took a 1–0 lead in the top of the first inning as the Silver Hawks committed three errors. South Bend tied the game with a run in the bottom of
September 13, 2005: The Rattlers lost 6–4 at South Bend in Game One of the Midwest League Championship Series. Wisconsin took a 1–0 lead in the top of the first inning as the Silver Hawks committed three errors. South Bend tied the game with a run in the bottom of the first and took a 4–1 lead in the second on a homer by Mark Reynolds and a two-run homer by Emilio Bonafacio. The Rattlers were down 5–1 after three innings, but rallied in the fourth with a homer by Matt Tuiasosopo and an RBI single by Oswaldo Navaro. In the sixth Brent Johnson scored all the way from first on a single by Mike Wilson and an error on the play by right fielder Carlos Gonzalez. However, in the bottom of the seventh, Gonzalez doubled home an insurance run for he Silver Hawks and the Rattlers went down in order in the eighth and ninth innings to drop Game One.
2012: The Rattlers lost 5–1 to Fort Wayne at home in Game Two of the Midwest League Championship Series. The game had to be played in the afternoon due to the Green Bay Packers opening their 2012 season on a Thursday night in Chicago. The start of the Timber Rattlers game was delayed by just over an hour due to rain. Lee Orr homered in the second inning, but Nick Ramirez homered in the fourth to tie the game 1–1. The TinCaps scored twice in the fifth and added a two-run homer in the ninth from Duanel Jones. Wisconsin had two hits in the game: Cameron Garfield’s double in the second and Ramirez’s home run in the fourth. The series was tied 1–1.
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Jack Feller (Foxes 1959) made his MLB debut with the Detroit Tigers in a game against the Baltimore Orioles in a game on September 13, 1958.
Jim Breazeale (Foxes 1979) made his MLB debut with the Atlanta Braves in a game against the Houston Astros on September 13, 1969.
Jim Lehew (Foxes, 1960) made his MLB debut with the Baltimore Orioles in a game against the Cleveland Indians on September 13, 1961.
Mike Bovee (Foxes 1992) made his MLB debut with the Anaheim Angels in a game against the Kansas City Royals on September 13, 1997.
Ryan Feierabend (Timber Rattlers 2004) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays on September 13, 2006.