Postgame thoughts (August 14, 2011)

He's got it!

Wisconsin 12, Quad Cities 3
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• Now, THAT is how you follow up getting shutout!
• Before getting to the offense, let’s hear it for Brooks Hall.
• I believe that I have used the made up word “Pitchability” and the old west prospector word “Gumption” to describe Hall.
• Both words still stand after today.
• Bases loaded w/ no outs in the 2nd: one run; two on in the 3rd: 0 runs; leadoff 2B in the 4th: 0 runs; 1 out 2B in the 5th: 0 runs
• Very nice.
• Speaking of very nice, TJ Mittelstaedt officially broke out of his slump today.   Before this game, he was 1-for-34 with one RBI for the month of August.  Today: 3-for-5 with a homer, and four RBI.
• By the way, Mittelstaedt with 10 homers and 20 stolen bases this season.
• Nick Ramirez also drove in four runs on Sunday and continues to scald the baseball.
• Jason Rogers double in the sixth would have been a homer…if the wall in left were 8′ high.
• I think that Rogers has hit at least four – maybe five – balls off the top tier of the wall in left field at home.  He’d be at about nine or ten homers on the season.
• But, that doesn’t matter when you can beat out infield singles to let the go ahead score!
• Rattlers hitting with runners in scoring position on Sunday: 9-for-16.
• Rattlers w/ RISP and 2 outs on Sunday: 6-for-9
• I’ll need to check with someone, but I think that’s pretty good.
• Seth Lintz with 9-2/3 scoreless innings over seven outings for the Rattlers.
• Oh, Lintz w/ four walks and nine strikeouts in those 9-2/3 innings.
• I also saw a 94mph in there for him, too.
• Miller Time on Monday afternoon.
• Enjoy the highlights.