Lineup and Game Notes for May 6, 2019
By: Christopher J Mehring
Tags: Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Brewers Prospects, 2019 Timber Rattlers, Game Notes

The Timber Rattlers are back home and they are ready to face the Fort Wayne TinCaps tonight. First pitch is 6:35pm. The broadcast starts at 6:15pm with the Papa John’s Pizza Pregame Show on AM1280, WNAM and on the TuneIn Radio App. The broadcast is also streaming live for subscribers on MiLB.tv.

Starting Pitchers:

FW: Ramon Perez

WIS: Scotty Sunitsch

Game Notes:

SUNDAY AFTERNOON: The Great Lakes Loons beat the Timber Rattlers 4–1 at Dow Diamond. The win gave the Loons their ninth straight win. Wisconsin has now lost four in a row. The Loons won the game despite going just 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranding ten runners.



SOLO SHOTS: Wisconsin starting pitcher Max Lazar pitched well, but was victimized by a pair of solo home runs. Niko Hulsizer hit a one-out blast in the first inning. Dan Robinson hit a lead-off homer in the bottom of the fifth. Lazar struck out seven over 4–2/3 innings in the game. He has 35 strikeouts on the season and is fifth in the league in that category.



MISSED OPPORTUNITIES: Wisconsin stranded eleven runners in the game. They left nine runners on base in the first five innings. The Rattlers left runners on second and third in the first and third, a runner at first in the second, a runner at second in the fourth, and the bases loaded in the fifth. Wisconsin did not score in any of those innings and stranded eleven total runners.



RUN WILD: Wisconsin stole three bases on Sunday. Yeison Coca stole two bases in a game for the third time this season. Coca has eleven stolen bases this season and is tied with Reggie Pruitt of Lansing for the Midwest League lead in steals.



TOUGH TRIP: Wisconsin started the road trip to Lansing and Great Lakes with two wins at Lansing, but lost the final four games of the swing through Michigan. The Rattlers were outscored 27–18 on the trip. They were 39-for-191 (.204) in the six games on the road.

HOME SWEET HOME: Wisconsin is at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium for the next nine games. They will host Fort Wayne, Lake County, and Kane County between now and May 15. The Rattlers are 7–5 at home this season.

EAST MEETS WEST: The West holds a slight edge over the East in through the first six days of interdivisional play with a 24–22 record.

ABOUT THE FORT WAYNE TINCAPS: Fort Wayne joined the Midwest League when the Kenosha Twins moved to Indiana for the 1994 season. The franchise was originally called the Fort Wayne Wizards and they remained an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins through the 1997 season. Fort Wayne has been affiliated with the San Diego Padres since 1998. The franchise changed its name to the TinCaps when they moved to Parkview Field for the 2009 season. Fort Wayne won the Midwest League pennant in 2009 and has lost in the Midwest League Championship Series in 2012 and 2017. Anthony Contreras is in his fourth season as the manager of the TinCaps.

PROSPECTING IN THE SERIES: MLB Pipeline puts four active Rattlers on their list of Top 30 Brewers Prospects: Brice Turang (#3), Aaron Ashby (#9), Je’Von Ward (#23), and Adam Hill (#27). Pablo Abreu (#20) is currently on the Injured List. MLB Pipeline places three active TinCaps on their Top 30 list of Padres prospects: Xavier Edwards (#14), Tucupita Marcano (#21), and Blake Hunt (#30). Ryan Weathers (#10), the son of former MLB pitcher David Weathers, is currently on Fort Wayne’s Injured List.

ALL-TIME SERIES:

Rattlers Record v. Fort Wayne: 80–70–1

Regular Season: 77–69–1

Playoffs: 3–1

Home: 36–36–1

Road: 44–34