This Date in Timber Rattlers History: April 23
By: Christopher J Mehring
Tags: Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Baseball, Appleton Baseball History, Minor League Baseball

Here is a look at the games that were played — or not played — by the Timber Rattlers on April 23.

Aaron Ashby had 10K over five hitless, scoreless innings against Cedar Rapids on 4/23/19

1995: The Rattlers beat Cedar Rapids 4–0 at home.

1996: The Rattlers beat Beloit 6–5 in ten innings at home. Joe Mathis delivered a walkoff, RBI single in the bottom of the tenth.

1997: The Rattlers beat Rockford 11–8 on the road. Wisconsin scored eight runs in the third inning. The Cubbies scored eight runs in the seventh inning.

1998: The Rattlers beat West Michigan 3–2 at home. Wisconsin scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth.

1999: The Rattlers swept a home doubleheader from Beloit. Wisconsin won game one 5–0 and game two 3–1. In the nightcap, the Rattlers were one out away from the first no-hitter in team history, Ryan Bordenick broke up the no-hit bid with a two-out single in the top of the seventh.

2000: The Rattlers lost 3–0 to Peoria at home.

2001: The Rattlers lost 12–5 at Kane County.

2002: The Rattlers lost 6–2 to Clinton at home. Sean Peless hit a pair of solo homers for Wisconsin’s only runs.

2003: This was a scheduled off day.

2004: The Rattlers lost 4–1 to Burlington at home.

2005: The Rattlers beat Beloit 5–2 at home.

2006: The Rattlers lost 5–4 at South Bend.

2007: The Rattlers won 6–3 at West Michigan.

2008: The Rattlers lost 10–2 at South Bend.

2009: The Rattlers swept a doubleheader from Peoria at home. Wisconsin won game one 7–6 as Cutter Dykstra went 3-for-3 with two RBI and three runs scored. The Rattlers won game two 8–7. The Chiefs took a 7–6 lead with five runs in the top of the fifth, but Brett Lawrie hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning to put Wisconsin ahead to stay.

2010: The Rattlers lost 7–2 to Beloit at home.

2011: The Rattlers were swept in a doubleheader at Burlington. The Bees beat Wisconsin 3–1 in game one. In game two, Del Howell took a no-hitter into the bottom of the seventh inning. Tony Thompson broke up the no-no with a leado-off single in the bottom of the seventh and Jose Rivero drove in Thompson with a walkoff, RBI triple and the Bees won 1-0.

2012: The Rattlers lost 8–1 at South Bend.

2013: The Rattlers beat Quad Cities 9–1 at home. Wisconsin had fifteen hits in the game.

2014: The Rattlers won 6–4 at Burlington.

2015: The Rattlers lost 3–0 to Cedar Rapids at home. Wisconsin had one hit in the game, a bunt single by Brandon Diaz in the fourth inning. Stephen Gonsalves had eleven strikeouts over seven innings for the win.

2016: The Rattlers won 2–1 at Peoria.

2017: The Rattlers lost to Peoria 6–5 at home. The Chiefs scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning to erase a 5–3 Wisconsin lead.

2018: The Rattlers lost 6–2 to Clinton at home.

2019: The Rattlers split a home doubleheader with Cedar Rapids. Wisconsin won game one 9–0 as Aaron Ashby struck out ten over five hitless innings. Cedar Rapids had one hit in the game, a lead-off double in the sixth inning. The Kernels won game two 7–6. Cedar Rapids hit three homers in game two.

No former Papermakers, Foxes, or Timber Rattlers made their MLB debuts on April 23