Wisconsin v. Burlington 2012 in review

The Timber Rattlers and the Burlington Bees will play in a first round playoff series.  The Rattlers – thanks to their three-game sweep of the Bees – finished the season series 10-9.

The games and links to the boxscores of those games will be later in the post.  First, a tale of the tape in the head-to-head matchup:

OFFENSE:
RUNS:
Wisconsin: 72
Burlington: 65

DOUBLES:
Wisconsin: 23
Burlington: 24

HOME RUNS:
Wisconsin: 14
Burlington: 14

AVERAGE:
Wisconsin: .245
Burlington: .226

SLG PCT:
Wisconsin: .388
Burlington: .362

STOLEN BASES/CAUGHT STEALING:
Wisconsin: 15/11
Burlington: 18/4

PITCHING:
ERA:
Wisconsin: 3.34
Burlington: 3.47

STRIKEOUTS:
Wisconsin: 144
Burlington: 163

WALKS:
Wisconsin: 72
Burlington: 46

BURLINGTON STAT LEADERS vs. WISCONSIN (Active players):
AVG: Max Muncy – .448 (13-for-29)
HR: Muncy & Nick Rickles – 2
RBI: Wade Kirkland & Royce Consigli – 7
SB: Bobby Crocker – 2
SO: Drew Granier – 34

WISCONSIN STAT LEADERS vs. BURLINGTON (Active players):
AVG: Chadwin Stang – .357
HR:  Stang & Ben McMahan – 3
RBI: McMahan – 9
SB:  Stang – 6
SO: Chad Pierce – 17

SAVES/SAVE OPPORTUNITIES:
Wisconsin: 7/11
Burlington: 5/5

DEFENSE:
ERRORS:
Wisconsin: 15
Burlington: 15

GAME ONE STARTING PITCHERS:
Wisconsin: Jacob Barnes
vs. Burlington: 0-2; 2 games, 1 start, 9.1IP, 6H, 3R, 5BB, 9K

Burlington: Tanner Peters
vs. Wisconsin: Has not faced Wisconsin

GAME TWO STARTING PITCHERS:
Wisconsin: Chad Pierce
vs. Burlington: 1-1, 3 games, 1 start, 13.2IP, 12H, 6R, 7BB, 17K

Burlington: AJ Cole
vs. Wisconsin: 0-1, 1 game, 1 start, 5.0IP, 5H, 3R, 2HR, BB, 5K

GAME THREE STARTING PITCHERS:
Wisconsin: David Goforth
vs. Burlington: 2-0, 4 games, 4 starts, 22.0IP, 16H, 7R, 6ER, 11BB, 9K

Burlington: TBA

TIMBER RATTLERS vs. BURLINGTON, 2012 GAMES:
4/9: Wisconsin 6 @ Burlington 2 WP: Goforth LP: Perlman
4/10: @Burlington 5, Wisconsin 1 WP: Powers LP: Barnes
4/11: @Burlington 3, Wisconsin 2 WP: Granier LP: Miller SV: Tyson

4/17:  Burlington 5 @Wisconsin 1 WP: Granier LP: Miller
4/17:  @Wisconsin 2, Burlington 0 WP: Gagnon LP: Joseph SV: Harvey
4/18: @Wisconsin 10, Burlington 6 WP: Toledo LP: Powers

5/16: @Wisconsin 5, Burlington 4 (10) WP: Toledo LP: Frankoff
5/17:  Burlington 8,@Wisconsin 3 WP: Alcantara LP: Miller
5/18: @Wisconsin 5, Burlington 3 WP: Toledo LP: Murphy SV: Harvey

6/22: @Burlington 2, Wisconsin 1 WP: Urlaub LP: Cravy
6/23: @Burlington 8, Wisconsin 5 WP: Tyson LP: Peterson SV: Joseph
6/24: @Burlington 5, Wisconsin 4 WP: Mye LP: Pierce SV: Urlaub

7/31: @Wisconsin 5, Burlington 3 WP: Pierce LP: Lamb SV: Strong
8/1: Burlington 3 @Wisconsin 1 WP: Frankoff LP: Cravy SV: Joseph
8/2: @Wisconsin 3, Burlington 1 WP: Semmelhack LP: Cole SV: Shackelford
8/3: Burlington 1 @Wisconsin 0 WP: Macias LP: Barnes SV: Joseph

9/2: Wisconsin 4 @Burlington 2 WP: Goforth LP: Granier SV: Strong
9/3: Wisconsin 6 @Burlington 1 WP: Thompson LP: Hassebrock SV: Suter
9/3: Wisconsin 8 @Burlington 3 WP: Manzanillo LP: Mota SV: White

Tomorrow morning, I’ll have a post up on the one playoff series that was played between these teams.