APPLETON, Wis. — The Beloit Sky Carp and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers battled for 17 innings Sunday afternoon and all the visitors could count on was a miserable bus ride home.
The host Timber Rattlers swept a doubleheader to leave the teams each with 3-3 records in the home-and-away series that started at ABC Supply Stadium last Tuesday.
On Sunday, Wisconsin won the seven-inning opener 1-0 and then trailed Beloit 5-2 heading to the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap. The Timber Rattlers not only tied the game, they won it 7-6 in 10 innings.
Beloit wasted a strong outing from starter Jake Brooks, who worked six innings and allowing six hits and two runs with four strikeouts.
The right-hander looked to be in good position for a win as Beloit battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to lead 5-2. The Sky Carp tied it in the third on a sacrifice fly by Emaarion Boyd and a solo home run by Jesus Hernandez.
Payton Green knocked in Wilfredo Lara with a run-scoring single in the fifth and Lara tagged a two-run triple in the sixth.
Wisconsin went to work against Beloit reliever Colby Martni in the seventh. Blayberg Diaz made it 5-3 with an RBI double and Blake BurkeÃÛèÖÊÓƵ RBI single cut it to 5-4. Jadher Areinama tied it with his sacrifice fly.
Beloit took the lead in the ninth when Hernandez stole second and catcher DiazÃÛèÖÊÓƵ throwing error allowed Lara to score from third. Wisconsin answered in the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Burke.
The Timber Rattlers loaded the bases in the 10th with Yhoswar GarciaÃÛèÖÊÓƵ fielderÃÛèÖÊÓƵ choice plating Jadher Areinamo with the game-winner. Xavier Meachem (1-1) took the loss.
The opener was a pitcherÃÛèÖÊÓƵ duel with Beloit outhitting Wisconsin 3-2, but failing to produce a run. Timber Rattlers starter Manuel Rodriguez went three scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks while striking out one. Reliever Anthony Flores (3-4) pitched the next three scoreless innings and picked up the victory. He allowed no hits, but walked five and fanned five. Jesus Broca tossed a scoreless seventh with a strikeout for his fourth save.
Luke Lashutka (0-3) was the hard-luck loser for Beloit, allowing just two hits and an unearned run in his five innings of work. He walked three and struck out one. Justin Storm pitched a scoreless sixth, despite walking three batters in the inning.
WisconsinÃÛèÖÊÓƵ second inning started with two outs before Yhoswar Garcia reached on a fielding error by shortstop Echedry Vargas. Kay-Lan Nicasia doubled to right to score Garcia for the gameÃÛèÖÊÓƵ lone run.
Beloit picked up two of its three hits to open the third inning as Micah McDowell and Wilfredo Lara both singled. Jacob Jenkins-Cowart flew out to center fielder Eduardo Garcia, who threw out McDowell trying to tag up and take third. Jesus Hernandez then flew out to Garcia to end the inning.
The Sky Carp also had the lead runner on in the fourth when Colby Shade walked off reliever Flores and immediately stole second base. Flores struck out Gage Miller and Connor Caskenette before walking Brock Vradenburg. Shade picked up his 30th steal at third and Vradenburg his 11th at second. Vargas walked to load the bases, but Flores struck out McDowell to end the inning.
Beloit had one last gasp in the seventh. With two outs, Jenkins-Cowart reached on a fielding error by reliever Broca. Two wild pitches sent the Sky Cap runner to third, but Broca retired Hernandez on a called third strike.
• FRIDAY: The Sky Carp broke up a 3-3 game with single runs in the seventh and eighth and a five-spot in the ninth in Appleton for a 10-3 win.
Trailing 2-0 heading to the top of the fifth inning, Eric Rataczak smacked a three-run home run to put Beloit on top 3-2.
The Timber Rattlers’ Eduardo Garcia tied the game with his 12th homer in the sixth, but Beloit went back on top in the seventh as Rataczak smacked a sacrifice fly to score Emaarion Boyd.
In the eighth, Gager MillerÃÛèÖÊÓƵ single to center scored Jay Beshears for a 5-3 lead.
In the ninth, both Garret Forrester and Gage Miller walked with the bases loaded to force in two runs. Beshears was hit by a pitch to score another; Brock Vradenburg grounded into a forceout that scored the ninth run. Ecedry Vargas made it 10-3 with an RBI single.
Karson Milbrandt started for the Sky Carp and allowed six hits and two runs in four innings. He walked three and struck out four. Brayan Mendoza (3-3) collected the win, allowing just one run on three hits in five innings. He walked three and struck out four.
• THURSDAY: The Sky Carp celebrated AmericaÃÛèÖÊÓƵ birthday in style Thursday night with a 12-5 win in front of a sellout crowd at ABC Supply Stadium.
The Carp provided plenty of fireworks as they took advantage of 10 hits and 13 walks.
Beloit opened the scoring with three runs in the third inning on just one hit — Micah McDowellÃÛèÖÊÓƵ RBI single — as they drew five walks.
The Sky Carp added a two-run homer in the third inning by Jay Beshears to make it 5-0. They tacked on a sacrifice fly by Connor Caskenette and an RBI single from Beshears in the fourth.
After the Timber Rattlers cut it to 7-3 in the seventh, the Sky Carp capped the scoring with five runs on just three hits in the eighth, including a two-run homer by Jacob Jenkins-Cowart.
Beshears was 3-for-5 with a run scored and three RBIs. Micah McDowell went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBIs.
Brandon White (3-3) threw five scoreless innings to earn the win for Beloit, while Jack Sellinger threw the final two frames.
Garret Forrester was the lone Sky Carp with multiple hits, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.
• UP NEXT: The Sky Carp return home on Tuesday for the first of a six-game series against Dayton at 6:05 p.m.
• SUNDAY’S BOXSCORES:
Game 1
WISCONSIN 1, BELOIT 0
Beloit…000 000 0 — 0 3 1
Wis……010 000 x — 1 2 2
BELOIT (ab-r-h-rbi) — Hernandez, 2b, 3-0-0-0; Shade, cf, 2-0-0-0; Miller, 3b, 3-0-0-0; Caskenette, c, 2-0-1-0; Vradenburg, 1b, 2-0-0-0; Vargas, ss, 2-0-0-0; McDowell, lf, 3-0-1-0; Lara, dh, 3-0-1-0; Jenkins-Cowart, rf, 2-0-0-0. Totals: 22-0-3-0.
WISCONSIN (ab-r-h-rbi) — E.Garcia, cf, 3-0-0-0; Burke, dh, 2-0-0-0; Areinamo, ss, 3-0-0-0; Baez, 3b, 2-0-0-0; Hall, 1b, 1-0-0-0; Y.Garcia, lf, 3-1-0-0; Nicasia, rf, 1-0-1-1; Torres, c, 3-0-0-0; Guilarte, 2b, 3-0-1-0. Totals: 21-1-2-1.
E: Vargas, Torres, Broca. DP: Wis. 3. LOB: Beloit 7, Wis. 8. 2B: Nicasia. SB: Shade 2 (30), Vradenburg (11), Guilarte (9), Hall (3).
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Beloit, Lashutka (L,0-3) 5.0-2-1-0-3-1; Storm 1.0-0-0-0-3-0. Wis., Rodriguez 3.0-3-0-0-0-1; Flores (W,3-4) 3.0-0-0-0-5-5; Broca (S,4) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1.
WP: Broca 2. T: 1:57.
Game 2
WISCONSIN 7, BELOIT 6
Beloit…020 120 001 0 — 6 7 0
Wis……200 000 301 1 — 7 11 3
BELOIT (ab-r-h-rbi) — Hernandez, lf, 4-1-1-1; Rataczak, dh, 4-0-0-0; Green, ss, 4-0-1-1; Forrester, c, 5-0-0-0; Beshears, 3b, 5-0-0-0; Shade, rf, 3-1-3-0; Vradenburg, 1b, 4-1-0-0; Lara, 2b, 4-3-2-2; Boyd, cf, 3-0-0-1. Totals: 36-6-7-5.
WISCONSIN (ab-r-h-rbi) — E.Garcia, ss, 4-0-1-0; Burke, 1b, 4-0-1-2; Nicasia, pr, 0-0-0-0; Areinamo, 3b, 4-1-3-1; Perez, dh, 4-0-0-0; Baez, 2b, 5-0-1-0; Y.Garcia, cf, 5-1-1-1; Hall, lf, 3-2-2-0; Alastre, rf, 3-2-0-0; Diaz, c, 4-1-2-3. Totals: 36-7-11-7.
E: Areinamo, Figueroa, Diaz. DP: Beloit 2, Wis. 1. LOB: Beloit 10, Wis. 10. 2B: Shade, Diaz. 3B: Lara. HR: Hernandez (4). SF: Boyd, Aareinamo, Burke. SB: Lara (12), Hernandez (3), Hall 4). CS: E.Garcia.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Beloit, Brooks 6.0-6-2-2-1-4; Martin 0.2-3-3-3-1-1; Centala 2.1-1-1-0-1-2; Meachem (L,1-1) 0.1-1-1-0-0-0. Wis., Gillis 2.0-1-0-0-0-1; Cruz 3.0-4-3-2-1-2; Rund 1.0-2-2-2-1-1; Seppings 2.0-0-0-0-2-0; Figueroa (W,2-1) 2.0-0-1-0-1-3.
HBP: Hernandez by Figueroa; Garcia by Brooks. T: 3:07. Att.: 4,205.
