This Date in Timber Rattlers History: April 19

Christopher J Mehring
Rattler Radio
Published in
3 min readApr 19, 2020

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Here is a look at the games that were played — or not played — by the Timber Rattlers on April 19.

Brandon Macias had a good day with the bat on 4/19/12 at West Michigan

1995: This was a scheduled day off for the Timber Rattlers before they hosted Rockford in the first game at Fox Cities Stadium on April 20.

1996: The Rattlers won 4–2 at Burlington. David Ortiz (aka David Arias) hit two homers for Wisconsin in the game.

1997: The Rattlers beat Michigan 2–1 at home.

1998: The Rattlers lost 5–2 at Clinton.

1999: The Rattlers game at Michigan was rained out. The game was not rescheduled.

2000: The Rattlers won 5–1 at Quad City.

2001: The Rattlers lost 5–4 at Quad City. Wisconsin scored all of their runs in the bottom of the ninth inning.

2002: The Rattlers lost 5–0 to Cedar Rapids at home. Wisconsin was held to two hits in the game.

2003: The Rattlers lost 4–3 to Cedar Rapids at home in a game that had its start delayed by rain for 2–1/2 hours.

2004: The Rattlers lost 8–3 at Peoria. The Chiefs scored six runs in the seventh inning.

2005: The Rattlers game with Burlington was suspended with the score tied 2–2 with one out in the bottom of the second inning. The game is scheduled to resume on April 21.

2006: The Rattlers beat Southwest Michigan 4–3 at home. Two runs scored on an E5 in the bottom of the ninth to give Wisconsin a walkoff win.

2007: The Rattlers lost 3–2 at Beloit. The Snappers scored twice with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for the win. An E5 allowed the winning run to score.

2008: The Rattlers won 5–3 at Beloit. Wisconsin rallied from a 3–0 deficit with a run in the fourth and two runs in the seventh. Alex Liddi broke the tie with a solo homer in the eighth.

Alex Liddi

2009: The Rattlers game at Clinton was rained out.

2010: The Rattlers won 9–5 at Quad Cities.

2011: The Rattlers home game with Beloit was postponed by snow…Yes..Snow…on April 19.

2012: The Rattlers won 8–4 at West Michigan. Wisconsin scored five runs in the first inning. Brandon Macias had four RBI in the game.

2013: The Rattlers game at Clinton was rained out. This was the second straight rainout at Clinton.

2014: The Rattlers beat Great Lakes 5–2 at home.

2015: The Rattlers game at Peoria was rained out.

2016: The Rattlers lost 4–2 to Quad Cities at home.

2017: The Rattlers lost 6–3 at Clinton.

2018: The Rattlers lost 4–2 to Kane County in the final game of the three-game home series that was played at Dozer Park in Illinois.

2019: The Rattlers lost 4–3 at Clinton.

ALSO:
Carlos Peguero (Timber Rattlers, 2007) made his MLB debut with the Seattle Mariners in a game against the Detroit Tigers on April 19, 2011. Peguero entered the game as a defensive replacement for Ichiro in the top of the ninth inning.

Carlos Peguero with Seattle

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