Wisconsin Wins 1-0 on a Tenth Inning Walkoff Sac Fly

GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Dayton Dragons were scoreless through nine innings thanks to outstanding pitching from both sides. Both teams had a chance in the tenth inning, but it was the Rattlers who got the run and won the game 1-0 on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium.

Wisconsin starting pitcher Christian Taugner allowed four hits over six scoreless innings. Three of the hits were to Andy Sugilio and one was to Mark Kolozsvary, but no Dragon runner made it past second base against Taugner. The right-hander walked two and struck out four while collecting his ninth quality start of the season.

Patrick McGuff was the Dayton starting pitcher and he held Wisconsin to two hits, two walks, and a hit batsman while striking out three over five scoreless innings. No Rattler runner made it to third base with McGuff on the mound.

The relievers were just as solid through regulation. Michael Petersen took over for Taugner in the top of the seventh and found himself in a jam with runners at first and second with one out. Petersen escaped the inning when he got pinch-hitter Malik Collymore to ground into an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play.

Wendolyn Bautista relieved McGuff to start the Wisconsin sixth inning and allowed two hits with six strikeouts over his first four innings.

Dayton (43-52 overall, 12-15 second half) had their best chance to score happen in the tenth inning;. Kolozsvary started the inning at second base with Clayton Andrews taking over on the mound for Petersen. Alejo Lopez dropped a bunt that Andrews fielded and threw to third base, but Gilbert Lara appeared to miss the tag on Kolozsvary to leave the Dragons with runners at first and third with no outs. Andrews, the 17^th round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2018 draft, kept the game scoreless by striking out Collymore, getting Jose Garcia on a popup, and striking out Sugilio.

Wisconsin (43-52, 12-14) started their half of the tenth inning with pinch-runner Gabriel García at second base. Zach Clark bunted García to third base to bring Payton Henry to the plate. Henry hit a fly to medium right field and Sugilio made the catch. García tagged from third and scored the winning run as the throw was offline.

This was the second walkoff RBI for Henry this season. He had an RBI single with two outs in the tenth inning against Burlington on May 20.

The Timber Rattlers have won five of their last six games.
 
The final game of the series with Dayton is Friday night. Nelson Hernández (9-5, 4.64) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers. Hunter Greene (3-7, 4.69) is set to start for the Dragons. Game time is 7:05pm.
The Fastest Man Alive is running all the way from Central City to the Fox Cities to start Superhero Weekend at Neuroscience Group Field on Friday night. The Flash will be available to meet fans before and during the game. The first 500 children (ages 12 & under) to attend this game will receive Flash wristbands from North Shore Bank. 

The American Heart Association is teaming up with ThedaCare, Ascension, Gold Cross Ambulance , Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region and the Timber Rattlers to demonstrate FREE Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR). Everyone is invited to learn this life-saving skill!

Arty's Old Fashioned drinks will be available to fans 21 and over for $3 on an Arty's Old Fashioned Friday with WIXX. Stick around after the game to enjoy a FOX11 postgame fireworks display. 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 out to the ballpark, there are many ways to catch the action. The radio broadcast is on AM1280, WNAM starting with the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino Pregame Show at 6:45pm. The broadcast is also available on the Tune In and IHeart Radio apps. Subscribers to MiLB.tv can watch the game over the internet.