The Green Bay Gamblers play their first home game of the regular season on Tuesday when they welcome the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders to the Resch Center.

In their last game, the Gamblers scored an overtime goal to beat the Chicago Steel 2-1. After a scoreless first period, Milan Kutsevich registered his first goal of the season in the opening minutes of the second period to give the Gamblers a 1-0 lead. It would stay that way until the closing minutes of the third period when the Steel scored to force the game into overtime. The Gamblers ended the contest when Holden Pajor scored with under two minutes to go to give the team the extra point. Joey Slavick earned the win as the goaltender, stopping 33 of the 34 shots he faced.

Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers won the game 17-14 over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday afternoon, but suffered another significant loss on the injury front.

The Packers struck first in the second quarter on a two-yard route by Matthew Golden, only to have the Buccaneers tie it up on the next drive. Trey Smack gave the Packers the lead and what ultimately became the final margin of victory when he drilled a 58-yard field goal at the end of the half to make it 10-7 at the break.

The two teams traded touchdowns in the second half as well, with Jordan Love connecting with Tucker Kraft early in the third while the Buccaneers scored their own touchdown early in the fourth quarter. The Packers' defense had to make a play in the end to secure the win and even their record at 2-2.

The Packers were able to run the ball better on Sunday with 86 rushing yards, led by Kaleb Johnson's 42 yards and Chris Brooks' 30 yards. Love was 22-30 for 197 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The win was overshadowed by Edgerrin Cooper's injury, who may now be out for the season with a torn Achilles. 

The Packers will try to climb above .500 for the first time this season on Sunday when they host the Chicago Bears for a noon kickoff. 

The Green Bay Gamblers have a win to their name entering their Tuesday night home opener after sneaking past the Chicago Steel on the road Saturday night.

After a scoreless first period, Milan Kutsevich registered his first goal of the season in the opening minutes of the second period to give the Gamblers a 1-0 lead. It would stay that way until the closing minutes of the third period when the Steel scored to force the game into overtime. The Gamblers ended the contest when Holden Pajor scored with under two minutes to go to give the team the extra point. 

Joey Slavick earned the win as the goaltender, stopping 33 of the 34 shots he faced.

The Gamblers open their 2026 home slate Tuesday night against Cedar Rapids at 7:05 p.m. at the Resch Center. 

The quest for the U.S. Open Cup was short for the Green Bay Glory after dropping their match on Saturday 2-1 to Bavarian United at Aldo Santaga Stadium at UW-Green Bay.

Bavarian took a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute before the Glory were able to knot it up at one apiece when they scored just a few minutes later. It would stay that way until the 77th minute, when Bavarian scored on a free kick just inside the box.

The Green Bay Packers look to get back to .500 on Sunday when they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road at noon.

The Packers had a forgettable home opener last Thursday, losing to the Atlanta Falcons 35-14. The Falcons outrushed the Packers 294-17, with Bijan Robinson rushing for 194 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries. Love had to throw the ball 53 times to hit 312 yards passing, throwing two touchdown passes and one interception. Watson combined for 12 catches and just under 200 yards receiving, with both players finding the end zone. Thursday was the worst home loss since the Packers fell to the Detroit Lions 31-0 in 2018.

The Buccaneers' Sunday was not much better, as they lost to the Cleveland Browns 23-19. Baker Mayfield threw for 182 yards with a touchdown and a pick before he left the game with a thumb injury.  

The Glory will open its U.S. Open Cup journey on October 3rd against fellow Midwest Premier League Side Bavarian United.

The Glory finished 10 points behind Bavarian United in the MWPL Heartland Division 1 table, with the Milwaukee-based club taking both matchups.

The match time is set for 6:30 p.m. 

The Green Bay Gamblers will try to get its first win of the regular season in its third try in Chicago when they face the Chicago Steel Saturday evening.

The Gamblers went 3-1-1 in its five preseason matchups, including a 2-1 overtime loss to the Steel at Cornerstone Community Center in De Pere on September 9th. Luciano Bruno gave the Gamblers an early 1-0 lead in the contest, but goals in the second and overtime periods by Cole Bumgarner gave the Steel the win. They are 0-2 to start the regular season, both of which occurred at the newly minted USG Arena where the Steel will play their home games and the Chicago Blackhawks will host its practices near its home sheet at the United Center. The Gamblers lost those games 8-3 to Sioux City and 2-1 to Fargo.

Puck drop is set for 6 p.m.

The Green Bay Packers went to work after the offensive line proved to be an Achilles' heel for the team's offense by announcing two new signings on Monday.

The Packers signed G Laken Tomlinson to the active roster from the Dallas Cowboys' practice squad and added G Mekhi Becton Sr. to the practice squad. In corresponding moves, the Packers placed OL Zach Bako-Bewele on injured reserve and released DT Eric Johnson II from the practice squad.

According to Packers.com, Tomlinson is a 12-year player out of Duke and was originally selected by the Detroit Lions in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft. He has played for the Lions (2015-16), San Francisco 49ers (2017-21), New York Jets (2022-23), Seattle Seahawks (2024), and Houston Texans (2025).

Becton (6-7, 357) is a seventh-year player out of the University of Louisville and was originally selected by the New York Jets in the first round (No. 11 overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft. He has played for the Jets (2020-23), Philadelphia Eagles (2024), and Los Angeles Chargers (2025).

The Milwaukee Brewers have announced a pair of Wisconsin Timber Rattlers alumni as the winners of their 2026 Robin Yount Performance Awards.  Andrew Fischer is Milwaukee’s Minor League Player of the Year.  Josh Knoth is the Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Brewers.  The Robin Yount Performance Awards are presented annually to recognize the top performers in the Brewers Minor League system.

Fischer led Minor League Baseball in home runs in 2026.  He hit 48 in the regular season and added two more during the Southern League Playoffs with the Biloxi Shuckers.  Milwaukee selected Fischer in the first round of the 2025 draft out of the University of Tennessee with the twentieth overall pick.  He made his professional debut with the Timber Rattlers in 2025 and appeared in nineteen games at the end of last season.  Fischer returned to the Rattlers to start the 2026 season and hit .298 with 20 HR and 50 RBI in 54 games before a promotion to Biloxi on June 16. 

Fischer would appear in 72 games for the Shuckers and hit .254 with 28 homers and 64 RBI.  Fischer led the Brewers organization in homers (48), RBI (114), slugging percentage (.654), OPS (1.067), and runs (107).   He is currently the #5 prospect in the Milwaukee Brewers system on MLB Pipeline.

Knoth was Milwaukee’s competitive balance round pick with the 33rd overall selection of the 2023 draft out of Patchogue-Medford HS in New York.  He bounced back from missing the 2025 season due to Tommy John Surgery to join Wisconsin on May 21 after three rehab appearances for the Arizona Complex League Brewers. 

In sixteen appearances – fourteen starts – as a Timber Rattler in 2026, Knoth was 5-3 with a 4.33 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 68-2/3 innings pitched before he was promoted to Biloxi on August 27.  He made three regular season starts for the Shuckers and finished his campaign with a start in Game One of the Southern League Championship Series.  Knoth allowed two runs on five hits with six strikeouts over six innings in that playoff game against the Rocket City Trash Pandas.  MLB Pipeline rates Knoth as the #9 prospect in Milwaukee’s minor league system.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers home opener for the 2027 season is Tuesday, April 6 against the Beloit Sky Carp at 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Packers will have a few extra days to digest their worst home loss since 2018 after losing to the Atlanta Falcons 35-14 on Thursday.

A Xavier McKinney interception and a four-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Christian Watson kept the masses happy in the first quarter before the Falcons rattled off 17 consecutive points and blocked a Trey Smack field goal attempt to take a 17-7 lead into the break. It was 27-7 before the Packers found the end zone again thanks to a slant pass from Love to Matthew Golden midway through the fourth quarter. The Falcons tacked on another touchdown later to clear out the Lambeau Field bleachers early.

The Falcons outrushed the Packers 294-17, with Bijan Robinson rushing for 194 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries. Love had to throw the ball 53 times to hit 312 yards passing, throwing two touchdown passes and one interception. Watson combined for 12 catches and just under 200 yards receiving, with both players finding the end zone. Thursday was the worst home loss since the Packers fell to the Detroit Lions 31-0 in 2018.

The Packers will travel to Tampa Bay to play the Buccaneers on October 4th. 

At long last, the Green Bay Packers open the home portion of their schedule on Thursday when they welcome the Atlanta Falcons to Lambeau Field.

The Packers came from behind in the fourth quarter to steal a football game as they beat the New York Jets 20-17 in overtime on Sunday. Jordan Love did enough to lead the Packers to victory, throwing for 145 yards and two scores while Kaleb Johnson led the rushing attack with 32 yards. Matthew Golden led the team in receiving with four receptions for 58 yards. Lukas Van Ness had a huge game on defense, recording six tackles, including three for a loss, including on a 4th-and-1 play that would have all but clinched the game for the Jets.

The Falcons are 0-2 on the season and have yet to have an offensive possession inside the red zone. They lost their last game 20-13 to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Falcons are expected to trot out Michael Penix for the first time this season after he and new signee Tua Tagovailoa got hurt in the preseason.

Thursday's game kicks off at 7:15 p.m.

For once it was the Green Bay Packers that came from behind in the fourth quarter to steal a football game as they beat the New York Jets 20-17 in overtime on Sunday.

A six-yard pass from Jordan Love to Marshawn Lloyd opened the scoring for the Packers midway through the second quarter, but the Jets scored 17 unanswered points to give themselves a 17-7 advantage with over eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter. The Packers were able to tie the game with a three-yard touchdown pass from Love to Christian Watson and a field goal by Trey Smack. Thanks to some clock mismanagement by the Jets, the Packers were able to run the clock out on their final drive in regulation, forcing the game into overtime. After the Packers' defense turned away the Jets' advances, Smack drilled a 26-yard field goal to help the Packers snap a six-game losing streak dating back to last year.

Love did enough to lead the Packers to victory, throwing for 145 yards and two scores while Kaleb Johnson led the rushing attack with 32 yards. Golden led the team in receiving with four receptions for 58 yards. Lukas Van Ness had a huge game on defense, recording six tackles, including three that were for a loss, including on a 4th-and-1 play that would have all but clinched the game for the Jets.

The Packers will have a short week to prepare for their home opener on Thursday against the Atlanta Falcons. 

When the Green Bay Glory hosts its first-ever U.S. Open Cup match next month at Aldo Santaga Stadium at UW-Green Bay, it will be against a familiar side on the other side of the pitch.

The Glory will open its U.S. Open Cup journey on October 3rd against fellow Midwest Premier League Side Bavarian United. The Glory finished 10 points behind Bavarian United in the MWPL Heartland Division 1 table, with the Milwaukee-based club taking both matchups.

The match time is set for 6:30 p.m. 

The Green Bay Packers hope to bounce back from a disappointing result last week when they play the New York Jets on the road on Sunday.

The Packers made history for all the wrong reasons on Sunday as they watched another double-digit second-half lead evaporate and turn into a 39-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings. Things started to unravel after the Packers extended their lead to 22-10 on a Trey Smack field goal. The Vikings scored four touchdowns after the three-minute mark in the third quarter, three of which happened within a span of less than three minutes. Jordan Love nearly threw for 400 yards to go along with two touchdowns, but a lost fumble, a late pick, and an inaccurate day (21-42) led to his team's demise. The Packers' rushing attack also struggled against the Vikings' defensive front with Marshawn Lloyd's 37 yards on 13 carries the high water mark for the team.   Their current losing streak of six games dating back to last season is the franchise's longest since the early 90s. 

The Jets scored in every quarter of its 23-10 win over the Tennessee Titans last week. Geno Smith threw for 215 yards and Breece Hall rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown in the Jets victory.

Kickoff is set for noon on Sunday.

The Midwest League season is finished, and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players continue to rack up honors.  Minor League Baseball has announced that four Rattlers – Eric Bitonti, Daniel Dickinson, Braylon Payne, and Josiah Ragsdale – are 2026 Midwest League All-Stars for their performances during the season.

Ragsdale appeared in sixty games with the Timber Rattlers at the start of the season and is the All-Star designated hitter for 2026.  He hit .327 with seven homers, thirty RBI, and 24 stolen bases.  Ragsdale finished his time with Wisconsin on a 32-game on-base streak before his promotion to Biloxi, the Double-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, on June 30.  Ragsdale hit twelve homers in 26 games with Biloxi before Milwaukee traded him to the St. Louis Cardinals with Alexander Frias for Dustin May and JoJo Romero on August 3.  Ragsdale, currently MLB Pipeline’s #11 prospect in the Cardinals system, was the starting left fielder for the Springfield Cardinals in Game One of the Texas League playoffs last night against the Tulsa Drillers.

Payne set the Timber Rattlers franchise record for home runs in a season when he hit his 23rd homer of 2026 on August 8 at Beloit.  The record of 22 homers had stood since 2010 and was matched in 2013 and 2014.  Payne, Milwaukee’s first-round pick in the 2024 draft, is one of three Midwest League All-Star outfielders for 2026.  He was more than home runs for the Rattlers last season.  Payne drove in 55 runs, had an OPS of .930, and stole 22 bases for the first season of twenty homers and twenty stolen bases by a Timber Rattler.  Payne was moved up to Biloxi on August 14.  He is the #6 prospect in Milwaukee’s minor league system according to MLB Pipeline and will play for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.

Dickinson became only the second Timber Rattler to steal sixty or more bases in a season as he finished 2026 with a strong second half to be named the Midwest League’s All-Star second baseman for the season.  The sixth-round selection of Milwaukee out of LSU in the 2025 draft hit .200 with no homers, with fifteen steals, and a .614 OPS in the first half.  In the second half, Dickinson hit .345 with eleven homers, 42 RBI, 45 stolen bases, and an OPS of 1.068.  He finished the year with a .282 average, 66 RBI, 88 walks, and sixty stolen bases.  Milwaukee sent Dickinson to Biloxi after the end of the Timber Rattlers season.

Bitonti broke Payne’s franchise record for homers in a season on August 27 with his 24th home run.  He finished the season with 25 homers, 88 RBI, and a .916 OPS in 111 games.  Bitonti played both third base and first base during the year to earn the Midwest League’s utility All-Star spot for 2026.  Last season he had two five-hit games and the first walkoff grand slam home run by a Rattler since 2001.  He stole 24 bases to join Payne with a 20/20 season.  Bitonti was also promoted to Biloxi with Dickinson at the end of Wisconsin’s season.  Bitonti, MLB Pipeline’s #26 prospect in the Milwaukee system, will also join Payne on Scottsdale’s roster in the Arizona Fall League.

All four Rattlers to be named to the All-Star team won a Midwest League Player of the Week Award during the season.  Dickinson was the Midwest League Player of the Month for August.  Bitonti, Dickinson, and Payne are currently in the Southern League playoffs with the Shuckers, who defeated Pensacola in Game One of the South Division Playoffs on Wednesday night.

This year marks the most Timber Rattlers to be named to the Midwest League’s Postseason All-Star Team.  The previous high happened in 2010.  Khris Davis, Scooter Gennett, and Jon Pokorny made that year’s team.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers' home opener for 2027 is Tuesday, April 6, against the Beloit Sky Carp at 6:40 pm.

The Crusader Challenge brought a large field of runners to Sheboygan, with Ozaukee and Oostburg claiming the varsity team championships.

Ozaukee won the boys varsity race with 78 points, edging Washington County Homeschool by a single point. Kewaunee finished 16th in the team standings with 399 points, while Gibraltar was 17th with 412.

Kewaunee was led by Jaxon Slack, who finished in 22:55.8. Bentley Konop followed with a time of 31:55.6.

On the girls side, Oostburg captured the varsity team championship with 102 points, finishing ahead of Winnebago Lutheran Academy (110) and Ozaukee (122). Southern Door turned in the top finish among the highlighted area teams, placing fourth with 150 points. Kewaunee was eighth with 218 points.

Southern Door received a strong performance from Amber Geisel, who finished in 24:33.5.

Sevastopol was represented by Shylee Asher, who finished in 24:19.5, while Izzy Andreae crossed in 26:02.6 and Margaret Thomas finished in 26:41.7.

The country's oldest soccer tournament will have one of its newest teams participate.

The Green Bay Glory has not just qualified for the U.S. Open Cup, but has also earned a first-round bye. No schedule has been set for the second round after more than a dozen games took place last weekend for the 2027 qualifying rounds.

The 2026 U.S. Open Cup is in its final rounds with four MLS sides involved.

The Glory will announce some upcoming friendlies ahead of their first-ever U.S. Open Cup appearance in the near future.

The Green Bay Packers made history for all the wrong reasons on Sunday as they watched another double-digit second-half lead evaporate and turn into a 39-22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

The Packers started the game with a 9-0 lead after Trey Smack banged in a field goal ahead of an 81-yard touchdown pass from Jordan Love to Christian Watson. A flurry of activity at the end of the second quarter saw both Love and Vikings quarterback Carson Wentz connect with their top targets for touchdowns to make it 19-10 at the break.

Things started to unravel after the Packers extended their lead to 22-10 on a Trey Smack field goal. The Vikings scored four touchdowns after the three-minute mark in the third quarter, three of which happened within a span of less than three minutes.

Jordan Love nearly threw for 400 yards to go along with two touchdowns, but a lost fumble, a late pick, and an inaccurate day (21-42) led to his team's demise. The Packers' rushing attack also struggled against the Vikings' defensive front with Marshawn Lloyd's 37 yards on 13 carries the high water mark for the team.  

The Packers look to bounce back next Sunday on the road when they play the New York Jets.

The Green Bay Packers locked up their tight end for the foreseeable future after it announced on Saturday that they extended Tucker Kraft.

It is reportedly a four-year, $75 million contract extension, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport. The deal includes a $26.5 million signing bonus and its maximum value could reach as high as $92 million.

For the first time since blowing a double-digit lead to the Chicago Bears in the NFC Wild Card game in January, the Green Bay Packers will play meaningful football on Sunday when they travel to U.S. Bank Stadium to face the Minnesota Vikings.

The Packers are coming off a 9-7-1 season that included a season split against the Vikings. At Lambeau Field, two Emmanuel Wilson touchdowns and three Brandon McManus field goals gave the Packers the 23-6 win, while the Vikings won the finale 16-3 with many starters out of the lineup. The win left the Vikings percentage points outside of the playoffs with a 9-8 record.

Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. on Sunday.

The Green Bay Glory may have been off the pitch for a while now, but three of their players were honored this week as members of the Midwest Premier League Heartland Division 1 Best XI.

Defender Tommy Geocaris and goalkeeper Haakon Utesch, and forward Dennis Nyame were named to the squad. Nyame finished second in the conference with eight goals, three shy of the Golden Boot winner. Utesch and Geocaris were a part of a defensive front that led the Glory to a 10-6-2 mark across all competitions and a third-place finish in the division.

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish outscored the Wisconsin Badgers 28-3 in the second half to waltz out of their Shamrock Series date at Lambeau Field with a 41-13 win.

After trading field goals to start the game, the Irish got the first touchdown on the board at the end of the first quarter when CJ Carr found Notre Dame Academy product James Flanigan to make it 10-3. The Badgers offered their response immediately, taking their next drive down the field for a 28-yard touchdown to Malachi Coleman to tie the game at 10. The Irish entered the break at halftime up 13-10 thanks to another field goal midway through the second quarter.

The Irish sprinted past the Badgers in the third quarter, scoring 14 consecutive points on a three-yard touchdown run by Aneyas Williams and a pick-six recorded by DJ McKinney. With a Badgers field goal in between, another Williams touchdown run and a Carr touchdown pass sealed the deal for the Irish.

The Badgers kept it close in most of the game's metrics, but the Irish's 2-0 turnover lead proved to be too much as they turned them into 14 points.

The Kolberg Braves used home runs not once, but twice to extend the game before eventually beating the Sister Bay Bays 10-9 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon.

The Braves boasted a 3-0 lead early after Nick LeCaptain singled in one run and Trevor Reinhardt singled in another two runs in the top of the second inning. The Bays offered their retort an inning later when Spencer Krause squeezed a ball under the mitt of Charlie Neinas to drive in a pair to make it 3-2.

The one-run deficit was short-lived as the Braves answered with two runs in the fourth inning, with Jack Peterson and Austen Dart providing the offense to extend the lead back to 5-2. 

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The Bays eventually took the lead in the fifth inning after Griffin Cole's single drove in a pair of runs before Matt Hecht and Sawyer Johnson each drove in runs to give the team a 6-5 lead, and Krause tacked on another run in the sixth to make it 7-5. Charlie Prokash's RBI single cut the lead in half in the seventh inning before Austin Rohe's homer tied the game in the eighth inning. The Bays made their own comeback of sorts in the bottom of the eighth inning when Stew Larsen singled in Sam Forkert and Tom Sawyer to give them a 7-5 lead in the eighth inning. The Braves were down to their final out in the ninth inning with a man on when Reinhardt delivered his second two-run hit of the evening, this time depositing it on the hill in right field to tie the game at nine.

After the Bays went quietly in the ninth inning, the Braves were down to their final out in the 10th inning when a weakly hit ball off the bat of Devin Schinktgen went off the mitt of Forkert, allowing Tyler Neinas to score to make it a 10-9 game.

The Bays loaded the bases in the bottom of the tenth inning, but Chubs Laughlin grounded out to end the game and give the Braves the playoff title. 

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers defeated the Beloit Sky Carp 8-5 at ABC Supply Stadium on Sunday afternoon in the season finale for both teams.

Wisconsin (68-59 overall, 34-31 second half) scored three runs on one hit in the top of the first.  Brady Ebel started the game with a walk and went to third on a single by Daniel Dickinson.  Ebel scored on a ball that got away from Beloit catcher Nestor Rios on a steal of second by Dickinson for a 1-0 lead.

Sawyer Strosnider drew another walk.  Then, with Eric Bitonti at the plate, the two Rattlers on base executed a double steal.  A wild pitch with Bitonti still up let Dickinson score and Strosnider take third.  A sacrifice fly by Juan Ortuño got Strosnider home for the third run of the inning.

Beloit (66-65, 39-27) scored a run in the bottom of the first.  Dillon Head singled, stole second, went to third on a grounder, and scored on an RBI grounder by Chase Jaworsky.

The Sky Carp tied the game in the bottom of the third.  Wisconsin starter Ethan Dorchies loaded the bases with one out on two walks and a hit batsman.  He got the second out on a strikeout, but Carter Johnson singled to center to knock in two runs to even the score.

A defensive miscue on a potential inning-ending double play in the top of the third allowed the Rattlers to score a run for a 4-3 lead.  However, they would leave the bases loaded as they could not take full advantage of four walks in the inning.
 

Dickinson padded the Wisconsin lead with a two-out, solo home run in the top of the fourth.  That was Dickinson’s eleventh home run of the season.
 

Josh Quezada, Wisconsin’s second pitcher of the afternoon, found himself in trouble in the bottom of the sixth inning after he walked Brian Sanchez and Esmil Valencia to start the bottom of the sixth.  The runners were moving on a 2-2 pitch to Abrahan Ramirez, who lined a pitch deep to right field.  Luiyin Alastre, who was switched from left field to right field defensively just before the game, raced back to the track and made the catch just shy of the wall.  Then, he turned and fired to first in time to double up Valencia at first base.

The Wisconsin offense seemed inspired as two hitters reached rare milestones in team history to help add three runs to the lead.

Dickinson singled to start the seventh and stole second.  It was Dickinson’s third of the game and sixtieth of the season.  Dickinson is only the second Timber Rattler to reach sixty stolen bases in a season.  Pedro Liriano had 65 steals in 2001.

Strosnider drove in Dickinson with a single for a 6-3 lead.  The bases were loaded moments later after Bitonti singled and Ortuño was hit by a pitch.  Another run scoring wild pitch allowed Strosnider to score.

Luis Castillo knocked in Bitonti with a sacrifice fly to give the Rattlers a five-run cushion.  That RBI for Castillo made just the fifth Timber Rattler to reach ninety RBI in a season, and the first since Jon Nelson had 91 runs batted in during the 2003 season.

Beloit made it a little interesting in the eighth inning against Tanner Perry.  The right-handed reliever gave up an RBI double and a sacrifice fly to see the lead shrink to one run.  Perry walked the eight and nine hitters in the order before Head popped out to short to end the threat.

Michael Fowler nailed down his sixth save with a scoreless ninth inning for the Rattlers.

Wisconsin earned a split in the six-game series at ABC Supply Stadium and a victory in the season series from their in-state rivals.  The Rattlers went 11-9 against the Sky Carp in 2026.

The Timber Rattlers Opening Day for 2027 is scheduled for Friday, April 2 at Dozer Park against the Peoria Chiefs.  Wisconsin’s home opener next season will be against the Beloit Sky Carp on Tuesday, April 6 with a 6:40pm first pitch at Neuroscience Group Field.

Julio Mendez tamed the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Saturday night at ABC Supply Stadium.  The Beloit Sky Carp starting pitcher combined with two relievers on a two-hit, 5-0 shutout of Wisconsin.

Beloit (66-64 overall, 39-26 second half) exploded for five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to provide the only scoring of the game.  Wisconsin starter Daniel Corniel walked two batters with one out to set up the Sky Carp.  Cam Clayton singled to center to drive in the runner from second.  A grounder to first got the second out to leave the Sky Carp with runners at second and third.  Then, Esmil Valencia hit a hard grounder to short that got through to the gap in left-center for a two-run double.  Brian Sanchez followed with a two-run home run for a 5-0 lead.

Wisconsin (67-59, 33-31) could do almost nothing against Mendez.  The left-hander allowed two hits, walked three, hit a batter, and struck out eleven over seven innings.  The eleven strikeouts matched a professional single-game high for Mendez.

Rattlers reliever Jarrette Bonet was nearly perfect out of the bullpen.  He retired the first eleven Sky Carp batters he faced before giving up a two-out single in the eighth.  Bonet struck out three and walked none over four shutout frames to give the offense a chance to come back.

Hayden Cuthbertson took over for Mendez.  He pitched around a one-out walk in the eighth.  In the ninth, Cuthbertson walked three straight Rattlers with one out to load the bases. 

Peyton Fosher was called in from the Beloit bullpen to close out the game.  Fosher got a game-ending 4-3 double play to hand the Rattlers their seventh shutout loss of the season.

Brady Ebel was on base three times for Wisconsin with a single, a walk, and a hit batsman.  Tyler Rodriguez was also on base three times as he drew three walks for the Rattlers.  Tayden Hall had Wisconsin’s other hit, a one-out single in the sixth.
 

The season finale for both teams is set for Sunday afternoon at ABC Supply Stadium.  Ethan Dorchies (5-10, 5.20) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Jesus Rios (5-7, 6.31) is believed to be the starter for the Sky Carp.  Game time is 1:05pm.