Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
All the races are decided, and we've only got three teams playing their final game of the regular season. There will be no wrap tomorrow because there aren't any games. Peoria's playoffs start on Wednesday and I'll be here with coverage of their game with Cedar Rapids. Tennessee's quest for the title starts on Thursday at Huntsville. Iowa Cubs (72-72) The Iowa Cubs finished out their year with a 7-2...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 08/23/2009
Iowa Cubs (64-63) The Iowa Cubs were zapped by the New Orleans Zephyrs, 3-0. James Russell started and got no support on offense. He took the loss despite allowing only one run on three hits over five innings. He did have some problems throwing strikes, however, since he walked five. Russell struck out three. The I-Cubs only managed three hits tonight. Tennessee Smokies (29-27) The Smokies slipped...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Everyone lost tonight except, well you can probably guess who the only winning team was tonight. Iowa Cubs (64-62) The I-Cubs were battered by the Portland Beavers, 8-1. David Patton made a rehab start tonight for the I-Cubs, but it didn't go as well as the Big Z's did yesterday. Patton got the loss by allowing two runs over his 2.1 innings pitched. He gave up two hits, walked two and struck out one....
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Complete scoreboard Beloit 4 @Wisconsin 2: Beloit roughed up Wisconsin Timber Rattlers starter Jeff Suppan, totaling five hits and four earned runs off the rehabbing Milwaukee Brewers pitcher in collecting the Midwest League victory at Fox Cities Stadium on Saturday. @Quad Cities 3, Peoria 2 (10 innings): Ryde Rodriguez and patience are not frequent companions. That changed Saturday, when the Quad-Cities...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Complete scoreboard Wisconsin 1 @Peoria 0: Rattlers version | Chiefs version Beloit 7 @Cedar Rapids 5: “Yeah, it’s a rule,” Mosiello said. “He supposedly told him to get back in a couple of times, and he said (Amarista) told him no. It’s just that there’s a time when you’re an umpire that you’ve got to have a little judgment. When you’re making...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Complete scoreboard @Fort Wayne 4, Wisconsin 3: “It’s been a magical season up until this point,” Fort Wayne manager Doug Dascenzo said. “We just keep riding it, continue it on. Like we’ve always said, it’s a day-to-day thing. The guys don’t look at the record as much as they do that task at hand on every given day.” Clinton 7 @Lansing 5: Brian Van Kirk...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/13/2009
SCHEDULED STARTER LHP EFRAIN NIEVES: Selected by Milwaukee in the 7th round of the 2007 draft out of Puerto Rico Baseball Academy. LAST SEASON: Nieves went 6-3 with a 4.48 ERA in 16 games (11 starts) at Helena. He walked 10 and struck out 66 over 76-1/3 innings. AMONG THE LEADERS: Nieves was fifth in the Pioneer League in innings pitched and fifth in the Pioneer League in wins. STREAKING: Nieves won...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
West Michigan 11 @ Wisconsin 2: "(Gustavo Nunez) makes things difficult for a pitcher," said Timber Rattlers manager Jeff Isom, on the Whitecaps leadoff hitter that went three-for-four with a pair of RBI. "He got on in the first and all of a sudden they ended up with the first four hits in a row to start the game." @Quad Cities 2, Lansing 1 (10 innings); @Quad Cities 4, Lansing...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
SCHEDULED STARTER RHP CODY SCARPETTA: Selected by Milwaukee in the 11th round of the 2007 draft out of Guilford (IL) High School. LAST SEASON: Scarpetta started his first pro season with the Arizona League affiliate of the Brewers. He went 1-0 in six games (five starts) with a 0.57ERA and struck out 27 with eight walks over 15-2/3 innings. He did not allow a run over his final 15 innings in the Arizona...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
LHP DAN MERKLINGER: Selected by Milwaukee in the sixth round of the 2007 draft out of Seton Hall University. LAST SEASON: Merklinger went 7-9 with the West Virginia Power in 2008. He compiled a 5.75 ERA with 98 strikeouts over 97 innings. TURNAROUND: Merklinger lost his first five decisions last season. Before the South Atlantic League All-Star Break, Merklinger was 1-5. After the break, Merklinger...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
SCHEDULED STARTER RHP WILY PERALTA: Signed by Milwaukee as a non-drafted free agent out of the Dominican Republic on November 26, 2005. DEBUT SEASON: Peralta was 2-5 with a 6.63 ERA for the Arizona League affiliate of the Brewers in 2006. He made 14 appearances (six starts) in that season. MISSING TIME: Peralta did not pitch in 2007 due to Tommy John surgery. BACK ON THE HILL: Peralta started the...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
ABOUT SUNDAY: The Timber Rattlers defeated the Burlington Bees 10-8. Juan Sanchez and Brock Kjeldgaard each homered and had three hits to pace the Wisconsin 14-hit attack. FIRST TIME SINCE: Cody Adams pitched five innings and earned his first win since April 29. Adams allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits for his second win of the season. FIRST TIME SINCE (PT II): The Rattlers reached double...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
RHP CODY ADAMS: Selected by Milwaukee in the second round of the 2008 draft out of Southern Illinois University. SALUKI: Adams was 6-4 in 14 starts in his last season at SIU. He had an ERA of 3.75 and a pair of complete games. In his career at SIU, Adams went 21-13 with a 3.64ERA in 57 career appearances (36 starts). He went 11-5 as a sophomore in 2007. FIRST SINCE: Adams was the first Southern Illinois...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: The Timber Rattlers lost 9-7 to the Clinton LumberKings at Time Warner Cable Field. Clinton scored four times in the first and five times in the second off Wisconsin starting pitcher Efrain Nieves to grab a 9-0 lead. The Rattlers offense chipped away with two runs in the second, fourth, and fifth innings. Wisconsin added a run in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate, but...
Rattler Radio (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
From the game notes of the Clinton LumberKings... Clinton has stolen 11 bases in this series so far Three Clinton pitchers rank within the MWL top 10 in ERA Clinton is 11-9 in one run games
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