Egg Harbor's offense came alive in a 14-4 victory of West Jacksonport.

The Indians piled up base runners thanks to eight walks, a few errors, and seven hits with the timely hits to drive them home. Brady Kita, Cody Giesseman, Nick Posh, and Isaac Berkley were the players with one hit and at least on RBI on the afternoon. 

Alec Schartner provided the fireworks for the Ports, going 2-4 with a home run to drive in three runs in the loss. Max Bordeau drove in the other run on a 1-4 afternoon. CJ Goetz also posted a multi-hit game for the Ports.

Austin Rohe's power surge continued on Sunday, helping Kolberg earn a 7-1 win against Sister Bay.

Rohe went 3-5 for on the afternoon with his home run kicking things off in a two run first inning. The Bays would cut the lead in half in the third inning thanks to a Spencer Krause RBI single, but the Braves posted two runs in the sixth and three more in the eighth inning to run away with the contest for its fourth win on the season.

Christian Counard, Trevor Reinhardt, and Nick LeCaptain joined Rohe with multi-hit games. Jack Peterson, Counard, LeCaptain, Rohe all collected RBI in the win. Reinhardt dealt on the mound for the Braves, striking out 11 batters and allowing just one hit across six innings. Krause, Stew Larson, and Casey Wedig had the only hits for the Bays. 

Both teams had nine hits, but it was Washington Island that cashed in on them in a 4-0 win over Maplewood on Sunday.

The Islanders broke the gridlock in the fourth inning thanks to an error before Troy Jorgenson drove in a run on a single to make it 2-0 in the sixth inning. The Islanders doubled their lead one inning later when Luke Geiger doubled in Matt Foss and Caleb Cornell to make it 4-0.

Geiger went 4-4 with two RBI to lead the Islanders while Matt Johnson also had a two hit day for the home team. Kody Kissinger and Kordell Draves each had three hits for the Mets.

Ryan Jorgenson and Hans Hansen combined to shut down the Mets, striking out seven across the nine innings. Tory Jandrin posted the loss for the Mets, allowing four runs (3 ER) on eight hits across 6.1 innings. 

The Green Bay Rockers will have to wait until July 8th to potentially secure a 4-2 extra inning win against the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders.

Trailing 2-1, the Rockers tied the game in the seventh inning to set up the extra frames. Parker Martin drove in Aidan Kuni on a RBI single and Collin Helms collected an RBI of his own on a sacrifice fly. The game was called heading into the bottom of the 10th due to the weather. 

The game will be completed ahead of a regularly scheduled game on July 8th. The game will start at 6:05 p.m. The two teams face each other Monday night at 6:35 p.m. at Capital Credit Union Park in Ashwaubenon.

The Green Bay Glory were able to salvage one of its two games on Sunday evening in Milwaukee as the women's squad lost to the Bavarians 3-1 while the men played to a 1-1 draw.

The women were tied at zero at the break before both teams were able to find the back of the net in the second half. The Glory men were trailing 1-0 at halftime before registering the equalizer to salvage a point on the road.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers dropped a 5-4 decision to the Quad Cities River Bandits on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field in the final game of the series between the teams.  Blake Burke had three hits, including a home run, and three RBI for Wisconsin.

Quad Cities (45-30 overall, 6-3 second half) took the lead in the first inning on a two-run home run by Callan Moss.  Sam Kulasingam hit a solo homer, his first professional home run, in the top of the third for a 3-0 lead.

Burke brought the Rattlers (36-38, 2-7) with a long home run to center in the bottom of the third.  Burke homered twice in the series and has five on the season.

The Bandits added to their lead in the fifth inning.  Canyon Brown reached on an infield single and Kulasingam blooped a single to left.  Daniel Vazquez was at the plate when Brown stole third with Kulasingam holding at first base.  Wisconsin reliever Miles Langhorne threw a wild pitch that let Brown score and Kulasingam to take second.  Langhorne was able to retire the next two batters but a single on an 0-2 pitch by Bryan Gonzalez drove in Kulasingam for a 5-2 lead.

There was bright sunshine with the wind howling out to left at the start of the game.  Then, the wind shifted to blowing in from right field, and the clouds rolled in as the Timber Rattlers raced to come back on the Bandits and beat the impending storm.

The Ratters best chance came in the eighth inning against Tommy Molsky, the fourth Quad Cities pitcher of the game.  Jadher Areinamo reached on catcher’s interference to start the inning.  Marco Dinges drew a walk and that brought Burke to the plate as the tying run.

Burke lined a 2-2 pitch to the corner in right and the crowd cheered an apparent two-run double.

Those cheers turned to gasps as Dinges fell to the ground coming around third base.  He lay face-down on the grass holding his left hamstring and was tagged out by the River Bandits for the first out of the inning.  Dinges was helped off the field.

“It should be okay,” manager Victor Estevez told the Rattlers Postgame Podcast.  “He’s going to need to rest for a little bit.  Maybe by the end of the week we might know what’s going to be his real status.”

Once play resumed Eduardo Garcia blooped a double to right to score Burke and bring the Rattlers back to within a run.  Plus, Garcia was at second with one out.

Molsky closed out the inning with a strikeout and a flyout.

Zachary Cawyer, who had a two-inning save on Thursday night, got the call for the bottom of the ninth on Sunday.  Tayden Hall hit a long drive to right to start the ninth.  Had it been hit earlier in the game, it might have been a home run, but this ball fell short as Carter Frederick made a leaping catch at the wall.  Daniel Guilarte followed with a single up the middle to bring the winning run to the plate.

Cawyer retired Hedbert Pérez on a foul pop and struck out Areinamo to end the game.

Areinamo went 0-for-3 in the game to see his hitting streak end at sixteen games.

The River Bandits hold the edge in the season series at 7-5.  There are still twelve games remaining between the teams this season with six at Modern Woodmen Park from July 22 through 27 and six more at Neuroscience Group Field from August 26 through 31.

The Timber Rattlers return to action on Tuesday with against the Beloit Sky Carp at ABC Supply Stadium in Beloit, Wisconsin.  Wisconsin has announced Manuel Rodriguez (0-1, 1.67) as their starting pitcher.  Game time is 6:35pm. 

After Baileys Harbor kicked off the weekend with a Friday night romp, three more games are on the docket for Sunday afternoon.

Sunday's games include Washington Island hosting Maplewood, Sister Bay visiting Kolberg, and West Jacksonport traveling to Egg Harbor. All three games start at 1:30 p.m.

The Baileys Harbor A's scored at least two runs in seven of the eight inning played Friday night, beating Institute 17-2.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers somehow found themselves tied with the Quad Cities River Bandits heading into the ninth inning on Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field. Despite collecting one hit after the third inning, the Rattlers battled back from a 4-1 deficit with two runs in the seventh and a run in the eighth.  Then, Wisconsin could not make the pitches or the plays in the ninth inning as the Bandits scored twice to take the lead on the way to a 6-4 win.

Wisconsin (36-37 overall, 2-6 second half) took the lead with a run in the bottom of the third inning.  Blayberg Diaz and Hedbert Pérez started the inning with back-to-back singles put runners on the corners.  A sacrifice fly by Jadher Areinamo drove in Diaz for a 1-0 lead.

Quad Cities (44-30, 5-3) went in front in the top of the fourth.  Daniel Vazquez singled and stole second.  Sam Kulasingam drove in Vazquez with a single to tie the game.  A passed ball and a flyout to right advanced Kulasingam to third bases before Wisconsin starting pitcher Jaron DeBerry walked Carson Roccaforte.  Carter Frederick knocked in Kulasingam with a sacrifice fly for the 2-1 lead.

In the top of the sixth, the Bandits extended their lead to 4-1.  Reliever Jeferson Figueroa walked Kulasingam to start the frame and walked Roccaforte with one out.  Frederick singled home Kulasingam with Roccaforte getting caught between second and third for the second out.  Frederick stole second and scored on a single to left by Derlin Figueroa. 

The Rattlers clawed their way back into the game by scraping together a rally in the bottom of the seventh against the Bandits bullpen starting with Nicholas Regalado, who walked Kay-Lan Nicasia and Luiyin Alastre with one out.  Yhoswar Garcia followed with a slow roller to short and was called out on a close play by base umpire John Reed.  Then, Garcia was ejected for vehemently objecting to the call.  Regalado loaded the bases by hitting Blayberg Diaz and was replaced by Dennis Colleran.

Colleran was on the verge of getting out of the inning by getting ahead of Pérez with two quick strikes.  However, his next pitch was missed by catcher Canyon Brown for a run scoring passed ball.  The next pitch went to the backstop for a run-scoring wild pitch and the Rattlers were within 4-3.

In the bottom of the eighth, there was a similar rally.  Blake Burke walked with one out, Juan Baez reached on an infield single with two out, and Nicasia walked to load the bases.  Alastre drew another walk to force in Burke to tie the game and force the Bandits to make another pitching change.

AJ Causey came into the game to face Daniel Guilarte, who entered the game after Garcia was ejected.  Causey missed with his first three pitches and hit the target with his next two pitches to run the count full.  Guilarte popped the payoff pitch to left field for the final out and the game went to the ninth inning tied 4-4.

Tyler Woessner, who entered in the top of the eighth inning to get an inning-ending double play, went back out for the ninth to face the bottom third of the River Bandits order and got ahead of Figueroa 0-2.  But he would walk Figueroa with four straight outside the zone.  Then, the defense went haywire for Wisconsin.

Chris Brito was called on to sacrifice.  The bunt was right back to Woessner, who threw wildly to second and everyone was safe on the play.  Canyon was also called on to bunt.  This time, the bunt went right to Burke, who was charging in from first base and looking to third base.  There was no one at third to take the throw and Quad Cities had the bases loaded as Burke had to hold on to the baseball. 

Woessner got the first out on foul pop but walked Vazquez to force in the go-ahead run.  Kulasingam added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly.

There was one final twist in the game, and it came with Diaz at the plate to lead-off the bottom of the ninth.  Causey got ahead of Diaz 0-2 and Diaz asked for his timeout.  Causey missed with his next two pitches and Diaz for a second timeout.  Batters are only allowed one timeout per at bat.  The penalty for asking for a second timeout in an at bat is an automatic strike and that meant strike three on Diaz for the first out. 

Causey closed out the game by striking out Pérez and retiring Areinamo on a line drive to third base.

Quad Cities takes a 3-2 series lead heading into the finale on Sunday.

The teams combined to walk fifteen and strand fifteen in the game.

Areinamo added to his hitting streak with a single in the first inning.  He is on a sixteen-game hitting streak, the second-longest streak in the Midwest League this season.

The final game of Udder Tuggers Weekend is Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field featuring a pitching rematch from game one of the series with Anthony Flores (2-3, 4.70) as the starter for Wisconsin and Joh Hansell (0-1, 2.57) set to start for Quad Cities.  Game time is 1:10pm.

The Green Bay Rockers laid their claim to the top of the division once again Saturday afternoon, edging the Wausau Woodchucks 5-4.

After putting up a run in the first inning, the Rockers found themselves down 3-1 entering the sixth inning. They would score one run in the sixth inning before taking the lead in the seventh. The two teams traded runs in the eighth inning before the Rockers could hold off the Woodchucks in the ninth.

Parker Martin and Caleb Daniel each had three hits in the Rockers' win. Daniel and Collin Helms each had solo homers while Eric Jeon and Eli Selga also registered an RBI. Kamar Dove won in relief, pitching two innings of shutout ball while collecting a strikeout.

Hedbert Pérez gave the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers the lead twice before putting the game away with a grand slam home run in a 7-1 victory over the Quad Cities River Bandits on Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Rattlers designated hitter hit a pair of homers and drove in six runs to even the series with the division leaders at two win each.

Pérez, who was placed in the lead-off spot for the first time since May 18, demolished a 2-2 pitch from Quad Cities starter Felix Arronde for a 423-foot, lead-off homer to give Wisconsin (36-36 overall, 2-5 second half) a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.

Quad Cities (43-30, 4-3) had a runner at third with no outs in the top of the fifth inning against Wisconsin starting pitcher Ryan Birchard after a walk, stolen base, and wild pitch got Derlin Figueroa to third.  Birchard responded with two strikeouts and a popup to maintain the lead.

The River Bandits would break through against Birchard in the sixth inning.  Daniel Vazquez started the inning with a double.  Callan Moss, the Midwest League leader in RBI, followed with an RBI single to tie the game.  Birchard got the first out of the inning before turning the game over to Jesús Broca.

Broca was a little shaky to start with a walk and an infield single to load the bases before he got Derlin Figueroa to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

In the seventh, Broca committed a balk with runners at first and second with two outs.  He escaped the inning with the score still tied on a grounder to second.

Kay-Lan Nicasia tripled with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to bring Pérez back to the plate with the infield playing in to get the out at the plate.  Pérez singled through the infield to score Nicasia for the 2-1 lead.  Later in the seventh, Marco Dinges singled home Pérez for a 3-1 lead.

Wisconsin put the game away in the bottom of the eighth.  Juan Baez doubled, and Tayden Hall walked.  Daniel Guilarte moved the runners into scoring position with the Rattlers first sacrifice bunt of the season.  Nicasia was hit by the next pitch to load the bases for Pérez.

Three pitches after that Quad Cities reliever Tyler Davis hung a 2-0 pitch and Pérez hit it past The 380 Landing beyond the wall in right for a grand slam and a 7-1 lead.

That was the third slam of the season for the Timber Rattlers.  They have hit two of them against the River Bandits.

Pérez was named the Midwest League Player of the Week on May 19 after his performance in a series at South Bend.  However, he was injured stealing second base in a game against Peoria on May 27.  Tonight was just the ninth game he has played – and only the second time he has played in consecutive games – since May 27.

Game five of the series is Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Jaron DeBerry (2-1, 4.26) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Drew Beam (4-6, 3.03) has been named the starting pitcher for the River Bandits.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Baileys Harbor A's scored at least two runs in seven of the eight inning played Friday night, beating Institute 17-2.

The A's outhit the Cubs 16-5 in the rout, with Caleb Plzak and Aaron Brey each registering three hits and Bryce Plzak and Chris Lodl each collecting two. Brey and the Lodl brothers Chris and Danny each tallied two RBI for their efforts at the plate. In all, eight different A's players drove in at least one run. The A's also took advantage of nine walks and three Cubs errors, the latter leading to four unearned runs. Jared Pflieger's two-out, two-run single in the seventh proved to be the biggest highlight of the evening for Cubs fans. Jaeger Brusky, Robbie Pollman, Pflieger, Johnny Jorns, and Caleb Hoffman all registered hits for the A's.

The Green Bay Rockers walked the tightrope all the way to the bitter end of an 8-7 win over the Wausau Woodchucks.

The Rockers jumped out to leads of 3-0 and 7-2 before the Woodchucks rallied for four runs in the sixth inning and one more run in the seventh inning. The Rockers tasked Tomas Lopez with getting a three-inning save. He walked the bases loaded with two outs, but he was able to get a groundout to end the game and keep the Rockers in the top spot of the division.

Parker Martin led the Rockers' offense as he has all season long, going 2-6 with a team-high three RBI. Aidan Kuni went 1-4 with two RBI thanks to a home run. The Rockers' pitchers struggled in the contest, walking 14 batters and allowing eight hits

The Green Bay Glory had no answers for the Milwaukee Torrent on Friday night as they fell 3-0.

The Torrent were in control the entire game, scoring two goals in about a seven-minute span to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room. They added one more in the second half to leave Appleton with the 3-0 win. 

The Green Bay Blizzard's travels take them west on Saturday when they take on the Arizona Rattlers.

Last week, the Fishers Freight avenged their earlier season loss to the Blizzard Saturday night, edging their visitors 57-56. Like their first matchup, the two teams traded scores throughout the half, with most of the drama being saved for the second half. Blizzard quarterback Max Meylor threw two touchdown passes, including one to standout WR TJ Davis, while Freight QB Vincent Espinoza ran for two scores. A blocked extra point gave Green Bay a slim 42-41 edge. Meylor added another rushing TD, and Davis caught his third and fourth touchdowns. Despite a safety and a Freight touchdown pass to Julian Walker, Green Bay quickly answered with another Meylor-to-Davis strike. With 23 seconds left, Fishers stole the victory away from the Blizzard on a last-play touchdown catch by Gourney Sloan.

Kickoff is set fo 8:05 p.m. Saturday.

For the third straight weekend, the Door County Baseball League kicks off its slate under the lights when Baileys Harbor visits Institute.

The Cubs struck first in the opening inning after Jaeger Brusky drove home Robbie Pollman on an RBI double, but things went south from there in a 5-1 loss to West Jacksonport last Friday night.  Brusky and Pollman were responsible for all four of the Cubs hits.

Baileys Harbor scored five runs late to stun Maplewood 9-5 on the road. The A's pieced together their first rally in the eighth inning, using a pair of singles and a fielder's choice to score the runs. Owen Dannhausen's single in the ninth added two more insurance to send the A's to the road victory. Caleb Plzak went 2-4 with 2 RBI, Dannhausen had three RBI, and Brey had two RBI. 

First pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Rockers have not lost since being no-hit by the Madison Mallards last weekend. They extended their winning streak with an 8-5 victory over the Lakeshore Chinooks on Thursday.

The Rockers scored a run in the first four innings, but still found themselves trailing 5-4 after five innings, after Chinooks scored four times in the fourth inning and twice in the fifth inning. The Rockers took control in the sixth inning, scoring three times as they took advantage of a Chinooks error. They added an insurance run in the seventh inning courtesy of another Chinooks error.

Eric Jeon collected two hits and two RBI in the lead-off spot while Cooper Smith collected three RBI on a 1-5 night. Jack Fortner picked up the win in relief as the Rockers used four pitchers, including Kenney Fabian pitching the first three innings and Drew Aguiar throwing in the final three frames.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Quad Cities River Bandits slogged through a rain that varied in intensity through the Thursday evening contest at Neuroscience Group Field.  There was even a long delay for lightning that stopped play.  The River Bandits got just enough offense to beat the Rattlers 2-0 to back up their trio of pitchers who combined on the five-hit shutout.

The first run of the game came when Bryan Gonzalez hit a lead-off home run in the top of the third inning to give the River Bandits (43-29 overall, 4-2 second half) a 1-0 lead.  The homer was his third of the season.

Both starting pitchers were really good on Thursday night.  Logan Martin put himself in line for his seventh win of the season by allowing two hits with one walk and four strikeouts over five innings.  Wisconsin starter Sam Garcia struck out six over five innings and also gave up two hits. It’s just that one of those hits was the home run by Gonzalez.

Garcia went back out for the top of the sixth inning and had completed his warm-up pitches when a flash of lightning near the ballpark halted the game.

Play resumed fifty minutes later with Jack Seppings taking over for Garcia on the mound.  Sam Kulasigam singled with one out.  Callan Moss followed with a perfectly placed hit-and-run single to right to send Kulasingam to third base.  Chris Brito drove in an insurance run for the Bandits with a sacrifice fly.

Wisconsin (35-36, 1-5) got something going in the bottom of the sixth inning against reliever Tommy Molsky.  Luiyin Alastre singled and Daniel Guilarte walked to put two on with none out.  Molksy retired the next three batters to stop the rally.

In the bottom of the ninth, a similar pattern emerged against Zachary Cawyer.  Jadher Areinamo extended his hitting streak to fourteen games with a single.  Marco Dinges followed with a single to give the Rattlers the tying runs on base.  Blake Burke hit a slow grounder to the mound and Cawyer’s only play was to first base.  That gave the Rattlers the tying runs in scoring position with one out.  The hope was snuffed out quickly as Cawyer struck out the next two batters to end the game.

The Timber Rattlers trail this series 2-1.  The River Bandits hold the edge in the season series 5-4.

Wisconsin opponents have recorded a save in all five of Wisconsin’s second half losses.

Game four of the series is Friday night.  Ryan Birchard (2-4, 4.22) is slated to start for the Timber Rattlers.  Quad Cities has named Felix Arronde (2-4, 3.07) as their starter.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Packers are allowing you to watch more than a dozen practices in person this summer.

According to Packers.com, the first public practice will occur on Wednesday, July 23, with additional ones scheduled for Thursday and Friday (July 24-25). The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will follow the Friday practice at 3 p.m. After a day off on Saturday, Green Bay will hold the first of four public practices in five days on Sunday (July 27-28 and 30-31). Following its Packers Family Night scrimmage on August 2nd, the Packers will have three straight public practices (Aug. 5-7) before taking on the New York Jets at home on August 9th at 7 p.m. The Packers will have one public practice on August 12th, before going to Indianapolis, where it will have a joint practice (Aug. 14) before facing the Colts on August 16th. The Packers finish off the open training camp sessions with an open practice on August 19th and then an open joint practice against Seattle (Aug. 21) before facing the Seahawks at Lambeau Field on August 23rd.

All public training-camp practices at Ray Nitschke Field are scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m., but practices will be closed to the public and moved inside the Don Hutson Center if it rains.

Baileys Harbor scored five runs late to stun Maplewood 9-5 on the road.

The comeback came after losing its own 4-0 advantage after four innings. The Mets tied the game in the fifth inning with four runs, thanks partly to back-to-back homers from Adam Gutschow and Kordell Draves. They took the lead in the seventh inning when Jaden Diller singled in Kody Kissinger from A's pitcher Aaron Brey. The A's pieced together their first rally in the eighth inning, using a pair of singles and a fielder's choice to score the runs. Owen Dannhausen's single in the ninth added two more insurance to send the A's to the road victory.

Six different Mets registered hits in the loss, with Gutschow (2), Diller (1), and Draves (1) driving in the runs. Caleb Plzak went 2-4 with 2 RBI, Dannhausen had three RBI, and Brey had two RBI. 

Egg Harbor ended up on top of a see-saw affair at home on Sunday, beating Kolberg 10-8.

The Braves registered runs in the first four innings to take a 4-0 lead only to see the Indians tie the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with a four-run rally. Trailing the Braves 6-4 in the seventh, the Indians scored another four runs, anchored by a three-run double by Drew Price. The Braves slugged their way back to a tie ball game in the eighth inning thanks to back-to-back homers from Austin Rohe and Jack Peterson, but the Indians' Cole Krause answered with his own dinger before Riley Spetz singled in an insurance run.

Price and Krause each had three RBI while Spetz, Cody Giesseman, Cory Fuller, and Krause had multi-hit games. Rohe led the the Braves offensively, going 3-4 with three RBI. Christian Counard went 2-5 with two RBI. 

A three-run fifth inning gave West Jacksonport some breathing room late in a 5-1 win over Institute Friday night.

The Cubs struck first in the opening inning after Jaeger Brusky drove home Robbie Pollman on an RBI double. The Ports locked down on Cubs hitting after allowing two extra base hits in the first inning, allowing just two more hits the rest of the game. The Ports tied the game in the third inning before their three-run rally. The Ports collected four singles in the frame with hits from CJ Goetz and Max Bordeau driving in runs. The Ports' Goetz added insurance in the eighth inning with his second RBI single in the game.

Woody Schartner went 5-5 to pace the Ports' 13-hit effort with Goetz adding three hits and Bordeau posting two. Brusky and Pollman were responsible for all four of the Cubs hits. Drew Tanck earned the win for the Ports on the mound, allowing one run (1 ER) and four hits across eight innings with eight strikeouts. 

One day after being the victim of the first-ever individual no-hitter in Warner Park history, the Green Bay Rockers took home the win on Sunday, beating the Madison Mallards 5-3.

The two teams traded runs early, leaving the Mallards with a 3-2 lead after five innings. Aidan Kuni's homer tied the game, and a RBI double off the bat of Eli Selga gave the Rockers a lead they would not relinquish in the sixth inning. A David Mysza run-scoring single gave the Rockers an insurance run late before the bullpen locked things down on Green Bay's getaway day. 

Max Humphrey and Cooper Smith each had two hits while Avery Duncan earned the win in relief, pitching 4.1 innings of scoreless relief. 

The Green Bay Glory battled the heat and the Bavarians for a pair of matches on Sunday at the Banta Bowl.

The Glory women battled the Bavarians to a 2-2 draw while the Glory men fell to the Bavarians 3-1.

The West Michigan Whitecaps surged past the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with three runs in the fifth inning and went on to a 5-3 victory in the series finale at LMCU Ballpark on Sunday afternoon.  The teams combined for five home runs on a warm and windy afternoon.

Jadher Areinamo wasted no time in extending his hitting streak to eleven game and giving the Timber Rattlers (34-34 overall, 0-3 second half) a 1-0 lead when he hit a one-out, solo home run to left in the first inning.

Max Clark, the #1 prospect in the Detroit Tigers system, tied the game in the bottom of the first with a two-out, solo homer to center.

Hedbert Pérez put the Rattlers back in front in the top of the second with a long, solo home run to right-center.

Wisconsin tacked on another run in the third inning.  Juan Baez and Areinamo had singles to start the frame.  Blake Burke grounded into a 5-4-3 double play with runners at the corners with Baez scoring on the play for a 3-1 advantage.

West Michigan (47-21, 3-0) took their first lead of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.  Seth Stephenson checked his swing on a 3-2 pitch from reliever Bayden Root and was hit on the forearm.  Wisconsin appealed, but Stephenson was ruled not to have swung, and the tying run came to the plate in the person of Kevin McGonigle.

McGonigle hit a two-run homer on a 2-2 pitch from Root to tie the game.

Clark bunted for a hit on the next pitch.  He was still at first base with two outs and Austin Murr at the plate.  Then, Clark stole second and scored on a bloop single to left by Murr on an 0-2 pitch.

The Rattlers had two runners on with one out in the top of the seventh against Freddie Pacheco after a hit batsman and a walk.  Pacheco got out of the inning with a 5-3 double play.

The Whitecaps added a run in the seventh inning on a home run by John Peck off Jack Seppings.

In the top of the ninth, Luiyin Alastre singled with two outs against Joe Adametz.  That was the first Rattler hit since the third inning.  It brought the tying run to the plate, but Adametz got a strikeout to end the game. 

Four West Michigan pitchers combined for thirteen strikeouts in the game.

Areinamo was 2-for-4 on Sunday.  He is 19-for-44 (.432) during his eleven-game hitting streak.

The Rattlers ended their two-week trip to Michigan with a 5-6 record.  They were 4-2 at Great Lakes on the first leg of the trip, and 1-4 with a rainout against the Whitecaps.

The Timber Rattlers start a home series with the Quad Cities River Bandits at Neuroscience Group Field on Tuesday night.  Anthony Flores (2-3, 4.22) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Green Bay Rockers saw their winning streak come to a halt on Thursday night, falling to the Battle Creek Jacks 14-6.

The Rockers jumped out to a 2-0 lead before giving up eight unanswered runs, including five in the fourth inning. The Jacks put up another four runs late, making two late runs by the Rockers futile in their comeback attempt. 

Caleb Daniel led the way going 1-4 with a homer and two RBI. Max Humphrey paced the Rockers in the hit department with two. Alex LePage took the loss on the mound for the Rockers, allowing seven runs (5 ER) on five hits while striking out three.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers had a strong start against the West Michigan Whitecaps on Thursday Night at LMCU Ballpark with a two-run homer by Marco Dinges in the first innings.  The Whitecaps wiped out that 2-0 lead with two runs in the second, took the lead with a two-run homer of their own in the third, and went on to a 5-2 victory in the first half finale for both teams.

The Timber Rattlers (34-31) struck first.  Jadher Areinamo moved his current hitting streak to eight games with a one-out single.  Dinges followed with an opposite field home run to the Wisconsin bullpen beyond the wall in right for a 2-0 lead.  Dinges has homered five times in 24 games with Wisconsin.

West Michigan (44-21) tied the game in the bottom of the second inning.  Josue Briceño, the Midwest League leader in home runs, launched a lead-off shot to right for his fourteenth of the season.  Izaac Pacheco followed with a single but was still at first base with two outs.  Patrick Lee lined a double to the gap in left-center on a 1-2 pitch to drive in Pacheco with the tying run.

The Rattlers tried to rally in the top of the third inning as Tayden Hall drew a lead-off walk and Dinges singled with two outs.  West Michigan starting pitcher Andrew Sears got the final out of the inning to keep the game tied.

Kevin McGonigle gave the Whitecaps the lead with a two-run home run in the bottom of the third.

McGonigle added to the lead for the home team with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning.  John Peck, the West Michigan leadoff batter, tripled to start the fifth, his third hit of the game.

The Rattlers offense never got going again after the third.   Four Whitecap pitchers retired the final nineteen Wisconsin hitters in order to close out the game.  Sears set down the final seven he faced and picked up his fifth win of the season.  Marco Jimenez pitched two perfect innings in relief.  Preston Howey struck out two over a perfect eighth.  Micah Ashman worked a 1-2-3 ninth with two more strikeouts for his second save.

Wisconsin outfielder Eduardo Garcia went 0-for-3 in the game and did not reach base to see his on-base streak end at 27 games.

Thursday’s game started late as the teams waited to see if an approaching storm would hit the ballpark.  However, the rain never materialized, and the game began after a 43-minute delay.

The series is even at 1-1 after the rainout on Wednesday night.

Game three of the series – and the first game of the second half of the season – is Friday night at LMCU Ballpark.  Sam Garcia (1-1, 7.71) is scheduled to start for the Timber Rattlers.  Rayner Castillo (1-3, 5.44) is set to start for the Whitecaps.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT.  The radio broadcast on AM1280, WNAM and internet audio starts with the pregame show at 5:15pm.

Wednesday’s game between the Wisconsin Timber Rattler and West Michigan Whitecaps at LMCU Ballpark was rained out.  The game will not be rescheduled.  The teams will resume their series with the final game of the first half on Thursday night.

There is no need for a doubleheader on Thursday night between the teams since the Whitecaps clinched the first half East Division title and the Rattlers were eliminated from playoff contention in the West Division last weekend.

Anthony Flores (2-2, 3.91) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers on Thursday night.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT.

The Green Bay Glory will go for their second win of the week on Wednesday when they welcome the Chicago KICS to the Banta Bowl.

On Monday, they advanced in the Amateur Cup with a 3-0 win over DeKalb United. Trudy Quidzinski struck first for the Glory with a penalty kick goal to give them a 1-0 lead before the break. Mallory Herber and Emily McCarthy tallied goals in the second half to give the Glory the convincing win in the tournament opener.

Wednesday's game begins at 7 p.m.

The Green Bay Rockers used an eight run third inning to sprint past the Lakeshore Chinooks on Tuesday night 20-7.

The Rockers were already leading the game 4-0 entering the frame, but the Chinooks scored twice in the top of the third to cut the lead in half. The team responded with eight runs by taking advantage of four hits, an error, and a collection of walks. The Rockers would put the game well out of reach with four more runs in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth inning.

Caleb Daniels, Collin Helms, and Parker Martin each had two hits while Aidan Kuni led the way with four hits and four RBI in the win. Braden Gebhardt earned the win in three innings of work, allowing two runs (2 ER) on five hits.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattler continued swinging on their road swing through Michigan by beating the West Michigan Whitecaps 10-2 on Tuesday night at LMCU Ballpark.  Marco Dinges, Jadher Areinamo, Eduardo Garcia, and Yhoswar Garcia all contributed big hits for the Rattlers while Jaron DeBerry and two relievers held the potent Whitecaps offense to two runs on four hits.

West Michigan (43-21) struck first.  Kevin McGonigle lined a double off the wall in right-center with one out in the bottom of the first.  Josue Briceño drove in McGonigle with a bloop single to center with two outs to give the Whitecaps a 1-0 lead.

The teams traded solo homers in the second inning.  Dinges launched a home run, his fourth since joining the Timber Rattlers on May 20, to start the top of the second for Wisconsin to tie the game.  Austin Murr hit a lead-off home run in the bottom of the second to put West Michigan back in front.

The Timber Rattlers took the lead in the top of the fourth.  Blake Burke singled and Dinges reached on an error.  Eduardo Garcia followed with a triple to center to score both runners for a 3-2 lead.

Garcia also moved his on-base streak to 27 games with that triple.  He has the longest on-base streak in the Midwest League this season and has tied Robert Moore for the longest on-base streak by a Rattler since the franchise moved to the High-A classification in 2021.  Moore had his 27-game on-base streak in 2023.

Whitecaps pitcher Max Alba retired the first two batters in the top of the fifth inning and was ahead of Juan Baez 0-2. Baez would draw a walk and Areinamo crushed the next pitch from Alba for a two-run homer and a 5-2 lead.

Wisconsin added two more runs in the top of the sixth on a two-run double by Yhoswar Garcia against reliever Haden Erbe.

In the eighth, Baez drew a bases loaded walk and Areinamo added a two-run single for a 10-2 lead.  Areinamo drove in five runs on Sunday at Great Lakes to give him nine RBI in his last two games.

DeBerry, the Wisconsin starting pitcher, only allowed a two-out walk in the third inning after the home run by Murr in the second.  DeBerry struck out six over five innings in the game to earn his second straight win.

The Wisconsin bullpen tossed four scoreless innings to close out the game.  Bayden Root allowed a hit and struck out three in three innings.  Jack Seppings, who joined the Rattlers from the Carolina Mudcats earlier in the day, needed five pitches to get three ground outs in the ninth inning to close out the win.

The Timber Rattlers are 5-2 on the first seven games of their twelve-game trip to Michigan.  They have scored ten runs in a game three times on the road trip and have scored a total of 49 runs on the road trip.

Wisconsin is also 18-7 in their last 25 games and has reached four games over .500 for the first time this season.

Game two of the series is scheduled for Wednesday at LMCU Ballpark.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT. 

The Green Bay Glory's trip south of the Cheddar Curtain proved to be a fruitful on as they advanced in the Amateur Cup on Monday with a 3-0 win over DeKalb United.

Trudy Quidzinski struck first for the Glory with a penalty kick goal to give them a 1-0 lead before the break. Mallory Herber and Emily McCarthy tallied goals in the second half to give the Glory the convincing win in the tournament opener.

The Glory women are back in action on Wednesday at the Banta Bowl in Appleton.

Two innings of crooked numbers sent the Green Bay Rockers to a 9-0 win over the Lakeshore Chinooks on Monday.

After single tallies in the first and second innings, the Rockers tacked on three runs in the fourth inning and four more in the sixth to take the drama out of the game. Eric Jeon delivered the big blow in the fourth inning with a three-run homer while Eli Selga cleared the bases in the sixth inning to add onto his four RBI night. Parker Martin also had an impressive night at the plate for the Rockers, going 3-5 with one RBI. Caden Crask-Weeks earned the win on the mound with five innings of shut-out baseball, allowing two hits in the process.

The two teams face off again in Ashwaubenon at 6:35 p.m.

Your chance to see the 2025 Green Bay Packers practice in person inside Lambeau Field is now available.

The Green Bay Packers will host Family Night on August 2nd,  marking the one week mark of Packers Training Camp. Practices begin on Wednesday, July 23rd. The event is a glorified practice, but it will still feature many of the gameday elements fans have come to expect, albeit at a much more family-friendly price. Doors for the event will open at 5:30 p.m., with the team taking the field for warmups at 7 p.m. and practice beginning at 7:30. 

Tickets again are mobile only, available for purchase solely online at this link for just over $12 a ticket after taxes.

Two run rallies in the second, fourth, and seventh innings gave Washington Island the 6-1 Father's Day win over Institute.

An Alex Johnson two-run double gave the Islanders the early 2-0 lead before Robbie Pollman cut the lead in half with a fourth-inning lead-off homer for the Cubs. Luckily for the Islanders, they were able to get that run back and then some in their half of the fourth inning thanks to RBI ground out and a bases-loaded walk. The islanders capped off their scoring a few innings later on a passed ball and a Caleb Cornell single.

The combination of Alex Johnson and Ben Johnson posted five of the Islanders' eight hits and one of the two RBI. Pollman went 2-4 with the lone RBI for the Cubs as three others picked up hits in the loss.

A Kody Kissinger single in the bottom of the 10th inning sent the Maplewood fans happy with a 6-5 victory over their southern Door County rivals 6-5.

The Braves struck first as they built a 3-0 lead through three innings before the Mets scored five unanswered runs in the fifth and sixth innings. The Braves rallied with single tallies in the seventh and ninth innings to force the extra frame.

Eight Mets players registered at least one hit, though it was Nolan Wagner that paced the team as he went 4-5 with two RBI. Winning pitcher Jeremiah Janhke helped his own cause with two RBI while Mark Villers also registered a multi-hit game.

For the Braves, Austin Rohe went 2-4 with a home run en route to a two RBI day. Jack Peterson also posted two hits in the loss for the Braves. 

Aaron Brey played a major role in helping Baileys Harbor secure a 5-4 win against cross-peninsula rivals Egg Harbor on Sunday.

After getting rained out on Friday, Brey went the distance on the mound in his first game post-high school season to get the win. He also joined Patrick Haese and Bryce Plzak with RBI hits. 

Cody Giesseman collected three hits and a RBI in the loss for the Indians. The Indians' Brody Kollath also knocked in a run.

The Green Bay Rockers earned a second straight win over the Traverse City Pit Spitters on Sunday, this time by a 3-1 margin.

The Rockers were down 1-0 when they registered all three runs in the sixth inning. Collin Helms doubled in the game-tying run before coming around to score along with Justin Journette on a Cooper Smith single.

The Rockers were outhit 7-6 with Smith leading the way with two knocks. Maddox Long earned the victory on the mound, allowing one run (1 ER) on four hits while striking out seven. 

Sunday was a day of heartbreak for the Green Bay Glory soccer teams as they both fell to Chicago House AC by a goal.

The women scored two minutes, but could not hold on in a 2-1 loss to start the doubleheader.

Dominic Lagona, Tyler Bagley, and Osvaldo Ramirez engineered a comeback contest that saw the Glory come back from three goal deficit to lose 4-3.

Jadher Areinamo broke a 1-1 tie with an RBI double in the top of the sixth inning to give the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers a 2-1 lead against the Great Lakes Loons Sunday afternoon at Dow Diamond.  Areinamo added a two-run single in the seventh and another two-run single in the eighth to collect five RBI to lead the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 10-4 victory over the Loons. 

Wisconsin (33-30) scored first.  In the top of the second, Loons starting pitcher Maddux Bruns walked Luiyin Alastre and Tayden Hall to start the inning.  A 4-6-3 double play got Bruns two outs while moving Alastre to third.  Kay-Lan Nicasia was at the plate with a 1-2 pitch due and Bruns threw a wild pitch to allow Alastre to score.

The Loons (32-31) responded in the bottom of the second on back-to-back doubles by Jake Gelof and Jordan Thompson.

Great Lakes threatened to take the lead in the second, but catcher Blayberg Diaz picked the lead runner off third for the second out before pitcher Ryan Birchard got the final out on a grounder to short.

Birchard was in trouble again in the third inning when he walked Josue DePaula to start the inning.  DePaula stole second and third before Birchard walked Mike Sirota to put runners on the corners with no outs.  The Rattlers escaped unscathed in the inning when Zyhir Hope popped out, Sirota was caught trying to steal second, and Birchard struck out Logan Wagner.

Patricio Aquino was the first Wisconsin reliever, and he pitched a perfect fourth but had two runners on with two outs in the fifth inning.  Aquino struck out Hope to end that threat and keep the game tied.

The Rattlers went in front in the top of the sixth against Brooks Auger, the third of eight pitchers used by the Loons in the game.  Juan Baez started the inning with a single.  Areinamo doubled to the corner in right to drive in Baez with the go-ahead run.  Later in the inning,  Yhoswar Garcia doubled home a run for a 3-1 lead.

Areinamo, who had four hits in the game, had another chance with runners in scoring position with two outs in the seventh and added two insurance runs with a single for a 5-1 lead.

Thompson homered to start against Jesús Broca in the bottom of the seventh to pull the Loons within three runs.

Then, Wisconsin pulled away in the eighth as Alex Makarewich walked in a run with the bases loaded and his replacement Jorge Gonzalez walked in another run with the bases loaded.  Areinamo knocked in two more runs with a single for a 9-1 lead.

Tayden Hall, who walked three times in the game, tacked on an RBI single in the top of the ninth off Reynaldo Yean, the seventh Loons pitcher on the afternoon.

Miles Langhorne, who got the final two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, gave up a pair of two-out, RBI singles in the top of the ninth inning before closing out the game with a strikeout.

Wisconsin hitters banged twelve and walked eleven times.

Eduardo Garcia moved his on-base streak to 26 games with a double in the top of the first inning.  Garcia holds the longest on-base streak in the Midwest League.  He entered the day tied with Rattler teammate Blake Burke for the longest streak in the league at 25.

The Timber Rattlers have won four straight series and are 17-7 in their last 24 games.

The Rattlers continue their road trip to Michigan on Tuesday with the first game of a six-game series against the West Michigan Whitecaps at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park.  Game time is 5:35pm CDT.

After rain washed out last Sunday's games,  six Door County Baseball League teams will celebrate Father's Day on the diamond on Sunday.

The games include Washington Island playing at home against Institute, West Jacksonport hosting Sister Bay, and Kolberg traveling to Maplewood.

First pitch is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.

The Great Lakes Loons were, well, great with two outs on Saturday night against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Dow Diamond.  The Loons scored eight runs with two outs to defeat Wisconsin 9-2.  Additionally, four Loons pitchers combined to strike out seventeen Rattlers while holding them to five hits in the game.

Great Lakes (32-30) took the lead in the bottom of the first inning.  Josue DePaula reached on a walk with one out and went to second on a passed ball.  Mike Sirota drove in DePaula with a single.

Tayden Hall tied the game in the top of the second inning with a two-out, solo home run, his first homer of the season.

The Loons had two on with two out in the bottom of the second with Frank Rodriguez, their ninth hitter in the order at the plate.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Sam Garcia had two strikes on Rodriguez, but a catcher’s interference loaded the bases.  Kendall George made the Rattlers pay with a bloop single to left that scored two runs.

In the bottom of the third, Jake Gelof doubled to left to score two runs for a 5-1 lead.  A walk to the next batter brought Rodriguez back to the plate and he doubled to score two more runs.

Great Lakes wasn’t done with two-out, two-run hits.  George stepped to the plate with runners at second and third with two away in the fifth inning.  George singled to center to score both runners for a 9-1 advantage.

Eduardo Garcia provided one late highlight for the Timber Rattlers (32-20).  The Wisconsin outfielder, who had extended his on-base streak to 25 games when he was hit by a pitch in the second inning, launched a lead-off home run in the top of the seventh inning.  Garcia has eleven home runs this season.  He has also tied teammate Blake Burke for the longest on-base streak in the Midwest League this season.

Sean Linan, the Loons starting pitcher, had seven strikeouts over 4-2/3 innings.  Wyatt Crowell, the winning pitcher, had seven strikeouts for Great Lakes in three innings.

Also, with the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Quad Cities River Bandits winning their games on Saturday, Wisconsin has been officially eliminated from first-half playoff contention in the Midwest League’s West Division.  The Timber Rattlers will need to win the second half title to make a return trip to the postseason.

The series finale is Sunday afternoon at Dow Diamond.  Ryan Birchard (2-3, 4.08) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Brooks Auger (2-4, 5.74) is set to start for the Loons.  Game time is 12:05pm CDT. 

A two-run homer by Max Humphrey helped the Green Bay Rockers walk off the Traverse City Pit Spitters 10-9 Saturday afternoon in Green Bay.

Most of the scoring happened after the Pit Spitters built up a 2-0 lead entering the seventh inning. The Rockers scored five times, capped off Humphrey's three-run bomb. The Pit Spitters tied the game at 5-5 with a three-run inning in the eighth before Humphrey's heroics in the ninth. 

The two teams play each other again at Capital Credit Union Park at 1:05 p.m.

The second night game of the Door County Baseball League campaign heads north, where Egg Harbor travels from the bayside to the lakeside to face Baileys Harbor.

The A's and the Indians are coming off an off week after rain washed away the entire DCL slate. After lopsided losses in their previous games, the teams are looking for a palate cleanser. Adam Gutschow's home run and eight Egg Harbor errors helped the Maplewood Mets win 10-2 against the Indians, while the Kolberg Braves scored at least four runs in three innings en route to an 18-0, eight-inning game against Baileys Harbor.

The first pitch is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

The Green Bay Rockers continue to hover around the .500 mark after losing to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders 5-3 at Fox Cities Stadium on Thursday.

A hit-by-pitch and a fielder's choice gave the Rockers an early 2-0 lead, but the Dock Spiders used three hits to score four runs to take control of the game for good with a 4-2 mark. The two teams traded runs the rest of the way with the Dock Spiders scoring an insurance run in the fourth inning and the Rockers cutting the lead in the seventh inning.

David Belenilla went 2-3 as the only Rockers player with multiple hits while Jalan Jones' 1-4 day led to him leading the Rockers with two RBI. 

The Rockers return to action Friday night against Dock Spiders in Fond du Lac.

Jaron DeBerry allowed two runs on four hits and struck out seven over 5-2/3 innings as the starting pitcher for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Thursday Night at Dow Diamond.  The Rattlers were clinging to a 4-2 lead over the Great Lakes Loons before the offense pulled away with five runs in the top of the ninth for a 9-2 victory that gave DeBerry his first professional win.

Wisconsin (31-29) stole a run in the first inning to take the lead.  Juan Baez worked a walk after falling behind 0-2 to start the game against Loons starter Luke Fox.  Jadher Areinamo followed with a bloop single to right to send Baez to third base.  Areinamo took off early with the left-handed Fox looking right at him.  Fox threw to first and Baez timed his break for the plate perfectly as first baseman Joe Vetrano made his throw to second to get Areinamo.  Baez scored without a play for the 1-0 advantage.

The Rattlers added to their lead in the fifth inning.  Yhoswar Garcia started the inning with a bunt single, stole second, and stole third.  Blayberg Diaz blooped a single over the drawn-in infield to score Garcia for a 2-0 lead.

Then, Fox allowed singles to Luiyin Alastre and Juan Baez to load the bases.  Areinamo and Blake Burke followed with consecutive sacrifice flies to make the score 4-0.

DeBerry pitched a perfect fifth inning and retired the first Loon he faced in the sixth.  However, the top of the Great Lakes order got something going as Kendall George singled and Josue DePaula walked.  DeBerry recorded the second out of the inning with his seventh strikeout.

Zyhir Hope, the #42 prospect in baseball, was next and DeBerry was ahead in the count 1-2.  However, Hope laced a double to right-center on the next pitch to score both runners to cut Wisconsin’s lead to two runs.

Jesús Broca ramped up the drama when he replaced DeBerry in the sixth and walked the first batter he faced before Joe Vetrano lined out to left.

The drama was turned up even more when Patricio Aquino entered the game for Wisconsin to face the Loons in the bottom of the seventh.  He hit Jordan Thompson, the number eight batter in the Loons order, and gave up a bloop single to Frank Rodriguez, the number nine hitter, with one out to bring the top of the order back to the plate.  Aquino was not troubled.  He struck out George and DePaula to end the threat.

In the bottom of the eighth, Aquino retired the first two hitters but gave up a single and walk to bring the potential go-ahead run to the plate.  Aquino struck out Jake Gelof on three pitched to send the game to the ninth with the 4-2 lead still intact.

The Wisconsin offense put the game away with a five-run rally with two outs in the ninth.  Areinamo walked with two outs against Jorge Gonzalez and drew a wild pickoff throw to wind up on third base.  Burke singled to center to drive in Areinamo.  Marco Dinges followed with a single to center that was misplayed to allow Burke to take third and Dinges to take second.

Eduardo Garcia, who had been 0-for-4 to that point of the night, crushed a double to center to score both runners and extend his current on-base streak to 24 games.  This is the longest active on-base streak in the Midwest League.  The only player with a longer on-base streak in the league this season is Burke, who had a 25-game streak earlier this season.

After Kay-Lan Nicasia walked, Yhoswar Garcia ripped a double to left to score the final runs of the inning and the Rattlers were up 9-2.

Stiven Cruz pitched a routine 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth to close out the Wisconsin victory.

DeBerry set professional highs for innings pitched (5-2/3) and strikeouts (7).  He teamed up with the three relievers to record thirteen strikeouts and to hold the Loons (31-29) to 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position.

Wisconsin hitters went 5-for-11 with runners in scoring position.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Dow Diamond.  Anthony Flores (1-2, 4.23) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  The Loons have named Payton Martin as their starter.  Game time is 6:05pm CDT.

The Green Bay Blizzard's last home game before a month-long road trip is scheduled for Friday night. They will take on the Jacksonville Sharks for Military Appreciation Night.

In their last game, Max Meylor completed just 50 percent of his passes and threw two interceptions, but he also tossed for 166 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for another in the Blizzard's 52-32 win over the Iowa Barnstormers. Harry Ballard led the Blizzard with two touchdowns and 41 receiving yards.

Kickoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

The soccer gods continue to smile on Madison United after they beat the Green Bay Glory on the road 1-0 in Appleton Wednesday night.

The Glory held Madison United scoreless in the first half, but gave up the winning goal in the second half despite having a man advantage.

The Glory men are back in action on Sunday at 6 p.m. at Chicago House AC. The Glory women will play earlier in the day at Chicago House AC, kicking off at 2 p.m.

Eriq Swan pitched six innings of a seven-inning no-hitter for the Great Lakes Loons at South Bend on June 5.  He had no problem following that performance when he faced the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on Wednesday night at Dow Diamond.  Swan allowed a run on two hits and two walks with a professional career-high eight strikeouts as the Loons beat Wisconsin 4-2.

Great Lakes (31-28) scored in the bottom of the second inning.  Jake Gelof started the inning with an infield single and took second on an errant throw by shortstop Jadher Areinamo.  Wisconsin starting pitcher Tyson Hardin struck out the next two batters.  Then, Wilman Diaz doubled to right-center.  Gelof scored before Diaz was thrown out at third base trying to stretch his hit into a triple.

Kyle Nevin knocked in two more runs for the Loons with a two-out double on a 2-2 pitch in the bottom of the third inning.  Both runs were unearned.  An error on a grounder to short off the bat of Mike Sirota put two runners on base with one out.  Hardin retired Zhyir Hope on a slow tapper up the first baseline with the only play to first base.  Hardin had struck out Nevin with runners at second and third with two outs back in the first inning, but Nevin made the most of his second chance.

An odd sequence of events led to the Loons scoring their fourth run.  Josue DePaula was at first with one out after a walk from Hardin.  DePaula was running on the pitch to Mike Sirota, who lined a triple to the gap in right-center.  The Timber Rattlers deked DePaula into sliding headfirst into second base and into thinking the ball was caught.  DePaula made a few steps back towards first before realizing the ball was not caught and resuming his trip around the bases and touching home plate as Sirota made it to third with a triple.

However, DePaula had not retouched second base after heading back to first base.  Wisconsin was all set to appeal at second when play resumed.  Then, Sirota broke for the plate before Hardin could step off and throw back to second base.  The resulting rundown saw Sirota tagged out between third and home, but the Rattlers has lost their chance for an appeal at second and DePaula’s run finally counted for a 4-0 lead.

Wisconsin finally got to Swan in the top of the sixth but left the inning wondering what could have been.  Yhoswar Garcia walked, stole second, and stole third.  Juan Baez singled to knock in Garcia with Wisconsin’s first run.  A wild pitch by Swan moved Baez to second with one out and Eduardo Garcia at the plate.  Then, Baez got caught taking too big a lead from second base and Swan picked him off for the second out.
 

Swan would walk Garcia before getting Blake Burke to line out to short to end the inning. Swan struck out eight, allowed one run on two hits and walked two to put himself in line for the win.

In the top of the eighth, the Rattlers made that win seem like less than certain.  Reliever Evan Shaw walked Yhoswar Garcia with one out and walked Baez and Eduardo Garcia with two outs.  Burke was at the plate and took another walk from Shaw to force in a run to bring the Rattlers within two runs.

The Loons went back to the bullpen for Robinson Ortiz to face Marco Dinges with the game on the line.  Dinges hit a grounder to the hole at short.  Diaz made a backhand pick and was able to throw to second for the force on Burke to end the inning.

Tayden Hall walked with one out in the ninth in an attempt at a last-gasp rally for Wisconsin, but Ortiz got the final outs with a strikeout and a flyout to center to end Wisconsin’s four-game winning streak.

Yhoswar Garcia had four stolen bases on the evening to run his season total to 28.  Eduardo Garcia walked twice to extend his current hitting streak to 23 games.

The loss made Wisconsin’s faint playoff hopes even fainter.  Earlier in the day, first place Cedar Rapids beat Peoria 6-0.  Moments after the Wisconsin game ended, second place Quad Cities beat third place Beloit 3-2 on an RBI single by Daniel Vazquez in the bottom of the ninth.  Cedar Rapids maintains their half-game lead over Quad Cities and moves their lead over the Rattlers and Beloit to 4-1/2 games.  Wisconsin, Beloit, and Quad Cities have seven games left in the first half.  Cedar Rapids has eight games remaining in the half.
 

Game three of the series is set for Thursday night at Dow Diamond.  Jaron DeBerry (0-1, 5.40) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Luke Fox (3-2, 2.95) is set to start for the Loons.  Game time is 6:05pm CDT.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers carried over their impressive play from twelve-game homestand to pick up a 10-3 victory over the Great Lakes Loons Tuesday night at Dow Diamond.  The Rattlers were up 6-0 after the top of the second inning and their pitcher worked through some sticky situations to win for the tenth time in their last thirteen games.

The Timber Rattlers (30-28) scored three times in the first inning after there were two outs and none on base.  Great Lakes starter hit Blake Burke and walked Dinges to set the stage.  Jadher Areinamo lined a double to left to knock in Burke.  Hedbert Pérez delivered a two-out, two-run single to score both Dinges and Areinamo for the 3-0 lead.

Wisconsin doubled its lead in the second inning with three runs on five hits.  Daniel Guilarte and Yhoswar Garcia started the inning with singles and moved to second on a grounder by Juan Baez.  Eduardo Garcia’s ground ball up the middle didn’t get through the drawn-in infield because of a diving stop by shortstop Jordan Thompson.  Guilarte scored on the play as the throw went to first.

Burke and Dinges followed with consecutive RBI doubles to make it 6-0 in favor of the Rattlers.

Baez tripled in with one out in the top of the fourth and was able to score on the play when centerfielder Kendall George was unable to pick up the ball cleanly.

Great Lakes (30-28) had a lot of traffic against Wisconsin starting pitcher Ryan Birchard.  There was a lead-off walk in the first, two walks to start the second, a single and a walk to open the third, and a one-out walk in the fourth.  Birchard wiggled off the hook each time, mostly thanks to six strikeouts.

In the fifth, Birchard walked the first two batters and that was the end of his night.  Jesús Broca was called into the game to face Josue DePaula, the #30 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline.

DePaula swung at the first pitch from Broca and tapped back to the mound.  Broca turned that into a 1-6-3 double play.  He struck out the next batter to end the inning.

The Loons got something going against Broca in the sixth when he hit the lead-off batter and gave up a one-out single before ending the threat by getting Jake Gelof to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.

Dinges added to the Wisconsin lead and his impressive RBI total since joining Wisconsin with a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the seventh.  Dinges has collected eighteen RBI in seventeen games with Wisconsin since coming to the team on May 20.

Kyle Nevin gave the Loons fans something to cheer in the bottom of the seventh inning with a two-out, three-run home run off Jeferson Figueroa, who ran into an unfortunate call earlier in the inning.

Figueroa retired the first batter of the seventh and appeared to get Mike Sirota on a flyout to right.  However, just before he made the pitch, a ball got loose from the Great Lakes bullpen and time was called.  Sirota made the most of his second chance and singled later in the at bat.  A single and a fielder’s choice brought Nevin to the plate with runners at the corners and two away before he hit his home run.

Areinamo, who had three hits in the game, knocked in Wisconsin’s final run of the game with an RBI grounder.

Great Lakes loaded the bases with one out in the ninth against Miles Langhorne, Wisconsin’s fourth pitcher of the night, who joined the Rattlers from the Carolina Mudcats earlier in the day.  He would close out the game with a strikeout and a flyout to seal Wisconsin’s fourth straight win.

The quartet of Wisconsin pitchers walked seven and struck out eleven.

The Loons stranded ten batters and were 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position.  The Rattlers were 6-for-13 with runners in scoring position in the game.
 

Game two of the series is Wednesday night at Dow Diamond.  Tyson Hardin (4-2, 2.22) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Ratters.  The Loons have named Eriq Swan (1-3, 5.04) as their starter.  Game time is 6:05pm CDT.

Ending months of speculation, the Green Bay Packers announced on Monday that it was releasing their former first-round pick, CB Jaire Alexander.

The afternoon announcement by the organization confirmed reports by NFL insiders in the morning that a restructured deal could not be reached. According to the Packers, Alexander played in 78 regular-season games with 76 starts for Green Bay in seven seasons, recording 302 tackles (232 solo), 12 interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), 80 passes defensed, three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 12 tackles for a loss, 1.5 sacks and two QB hits. He was a two-time All-Pro selection, playing in two Pro Bowls. 

Soaking rains that crossed the peninsula on Sunday cancelled the slate of games on the Door County Baseball League schedule.

Make-up dates and times will be announced in the near future. This coming weekend, Egg Harbor travels to Baileys Harbor for a Friday night show down while the Father's Day games include Institute traveling to Washington Island, Sister Bay visiting West Jacksonport, and Maplewood welcoming Kolberg.

An eight-run eighth inning turned a close game into a laugher as the Green Bay Rockers fell to Wisconsin Rapids 15-5 in a rain-delayed Sunday matinee.

The Rafters jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but the Rockers stormed back with three of their own in the second inning, thanks in part to back-to-back RBI hits by Brayden Buchanan and Jake Altman. It was a two-run game in the eighth inning before the Rafters scored eight runs, with a bases-clearing three-run triple by Noah Ruiz the lone hit in the frame.

Eric Jean led the Rockers with two hits while David Ballenilla paced the team with three RBI. 

The Rockers are back in action Monday against Traverse City.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers concluded a very successful homestand with a 7-5 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field.  Eduardo Garcia, Blake Burke, and Marco Dinges all continued their torrid hitting while Sam Garcia was solid in his first Midwest League start to push the Rattlers past the playoff-contending Kernels

Wisconsin (29-28) scored a run in the first inning.  Juan Baez singled to start the inning and Burke sent him to third with a one-out single.  Dinges singled to left to knock in Baez for the 1-0 lead.

Garcia continued his hot streak by hitting a three-run home run to left with two outs in the bottom of the fourth.  The homer was his tenth of the season, extended his on-base streak to 21, and extended to the Wisconsin lead to 4-0.

Garcia became the first Timber Rattler to have ten homers in a season before July since the team moved up to the High-A classification in 2021 .

The Kernels (32-24), who entered Sunday one game behind West Division-leading Quad Cities, tried to get back into the game and pulled within 4-2 on a solo homer by Rayne Doncon in the fifth and a sacrifice fly by Kyle DeBarge in the sixth.

Those were the only two runs allowed by Wisconsin starting pitcher Sam Garcia, who was making his Midwest League debut.  Garcia allowed two four, walked one, and struck out four over 5-1/3 innings.  He would leave after giving up a single to Nate Baez with Yerlin Rodriguez coming out of the bullpen.

Rodriguez walked the first batter he faced and fell behind Danny DeAndrade.  Wisconsin was fortunate as DeAndrade hit a line drive to Eduardo Garcia at short and he was able to double Baez off second base for the inning-ending double play.

The Rattler bats went back to work in the bottom of the sixth and scored three big insurance runs.  Blake Burke singled home the first run.  Dinges followed with a two-run single and a 7-2 lead.

Cedar Rapids didn’t go away. 

Kaelen Culpepper tripled with two on and two out in the top of the seventh against Rodriguez to cut the Wisconsin lead to 7-4.

Patricio Aquino took over in the top of the eighth and gave up a double and a single to put runners on the corners with no outs.  Aquino minimized the damage by getting Doncon to ground into a 1-4-3 double play.  A run scored on the play, but there were two outs with none on base.  Aquino got the final out with a flyout to center.

In the ninth, Misael Urbina and Culpepper had back-to-back singles with one out to bring DeBarge to the plate as the potential go-ahead run.  DeBarge has a history of big, late hits against the Rattlers this season with a walkoff, three-run homer at Cedar Rapids on April 22, and a game-tying, two-out double in the ninth inning on Saturday night.  This time, the Rattlers got what they needed as Aquino induced a 6-4-3 double play off the bat of DeBarge to end the game.

Wisconsin wrapped up their twelve-game homestand on Sunday with a 9-3 record.  They went 5-1 against the Peoria Chiefs and 4-2 against the Kernels.  Sunday’s win also pushed the Rattlers above the .500 mark for the first time this season.

Burke’s two hits on Sunday gave him his seventeenth multi-hit game on Sunday.  Dinges knocked in three runs to give him fifteen RBI in his first sixteen games with the Timber Rattlers.

The Timber Rattlers hit the road for a two-week road trip to Michigan.  The first game of the journey is Tuesday night at Dow Diamond against the Great Lakes Loons in Midland.  Ryan Birchard (2-3, 4.46) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Game time is 6:05pm CDT.

The Green Bay Rockers rebounded from its Friday night loss with an 8-5 Saturday win over the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters.

It was a come from behind victory for the Rockers after being down 4-1 in the third inning and 5-4 in the sixth inning. The Rockers sprinted ahead of the Rafters for good in the ninth inning by scoring three runs on an error and a two-run homer by Eli Selga.

Selga and Collin Helms each had two hits in the win, while David Bellenilla, Cooper Smith, Jalan Jones joined Selga in the RBI department. Drew Aguiar earned the win, throwing three innings of one-hit shutout ball before Tate Strickland struck out the side to get the save. 

Walkoff wins are habit forming for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.  The Timber Rattlers beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 3-2 when Luiyin Alastre scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth Saturday Night at Neuroscience Group Field to end a tense, tight ballgame.

Eduardo Garcia hit a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the first inning to give the Rattlers (28-28) a 1-0 lead.  Garcia extended his on-base streak to twenty games with that blast, his ninth home run of the season.

Cedar Rapids (32-23) tied the game with an unearned run in the top of the third.  Kyle DeBarge doubled with two outs, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored when Jadher Areinamo couldn’t handle a grounder to short off the bat of Nate Baez.

Areinamo made up for that error in the bottom of the fourth.  First, Blake Burke singled with one out and stole second with two outs.  Then, Areinamo hit a towering fly to left on a 3-2 pitch.  The ball hit off the top of the wall for an RBI double and a 2-1 lead.

Flores struck out seven over 5-2/3 innings, his longest outing as a professional.  He would leave the game after giving up a two-out single in the top of the sixth.  Stiven Cruz took over on the mound and – after walking the first batter he faced – got the final out of the inning.

Cruz pitched around a walk and a single in the seventh and got the first two outs in the top of the eighth before giving up a two-out single.  Bayden Root took over and got the final out in the eighth. 

In the ninth, Root walked the eighth and ninth hitters in the Kernels lineup before getting the dangerous Kaelen Culpepper to ground into a 5-4-3 double play.  However, Kyle DeBarge – with the Kernels down to their last strike – ripped a double down the third base line to drive in the tying run.

Burke started the bottom of the ninth with a single to center against Kernels reliever Hunter Hoopes.  Burke gave way to Alastre as a pinch runner.  Then, Marco Dinges drew a walk.  Areinamo followed with a flyout to right that was deep enough to allow Alastre to tag and go to third base.

Kay-Lan Nicasia was at the plate with a 1-1 count when Hoopes missed low and inside.  The ball got to the backstop and Alastre raced home with the winning run for Wisconsin’s second straight walkoff win, fourth walkoff win on their homestand, and fifth walkoff win of the season.

The win moved the Timber Rattlers to 8-3 in the first eleven games of their current twelve-game homestand and got them back to the .500 mark for the third time this season.

The loss denied the Kernels a chance to move into a first place tie with the West Division-leading Quad Cities River Bandits, who were rained out in Peoria on Saturday night.  Cedar Rapids entered the night a half-game behind the Bandits and is now a full game back in the race for a first half playoff spot.  Both the Kernels and Quad Cities have eleven games remaining in the first half.

The final game of the series is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at Neuroscience Group Field and Wisconsin has a chance to go above .500 for the first time in 2025.  Sam Garcia is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers, and he will be making his Midwest League debut.  The Kernels have named Tanner Hall (2-2, 4.58) as their starting pitcher.  Game time is 1:10pm CDT.

A night after blowing out their 1-41 rivals on the road, the Green Bay Rockers fell at home to the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders Friday night 6-2.

The Dock Spiders started early and added insurance runs late in the win. The Rockers mustered runs in the third and sixth innings thanks to a Max Humphrey RBI single and a run-scoring double by Justin Journette.

Parker Martin and Collin Helms also registered hits for the Rockers in the loss taken by pitcher Kenney Fabian, who allowed four runs (1 ER) on five hits across five innings. 

The Green Bay Blizzard overcame a slow start to come back and beat the Iowa Barnstormers at the Resch Center Friday night 52-32.

Down 19-10 after the first quarter, the Blizzard sprinted ahead for good as they outscored their visitors 21-6 in the second quarter. They ended the game scoring 21 of the second half's 28 points.

Max Meylor completed just 50 percent of his passes and threw two interceptions, but he also tossed for 166 yards and five touchdowns and rushed for another in the Blizzard win. Harry Ballard led the Blizzard with two touchdowns and 41 receiving yards.

The Blizzard are back in action next Friday at the Resch Center when they host the Jacksonville Sharks.

Wisconsin Timber Rattlers shortstop Jadher Areinamo tied Friday’s game against the Cedar Rapids Kernels with a clutch home run in the sixth inning.  Then, he scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly by Daniel Guilarte in the bottom of the ninth as the Rattlers dealt the Kernels a 3-2 defeat at Neuroscience Group Field.

The game was scoreless until the sixth inning when the teams traded two-run home runs.

Cedar Rapids (32-22) broke through in the top of the inning against Wisconsin starting pitcher Jaron DeBerry.  Kaelen Culpepper doubled to start the inning.  Kyle DeBarge followed with a home run off the roof of the Left Field Lofts for a 2-0 lead. 

DeBerry would retire the next batter before leaving the game after a single-game professional high of 5-1/3 innings. He allowed five hits, walked none, and struck out four.

Wisconsin responded in the bottom of the sixth to make sure DeBerry would get a no decision.  Blake Burke doubled with one out.  Areinamo stepped in with two outs and lined a homer to left, his sixth of the season, to tie the game.

The homer by Areinamo was off Kernels starting pitcher Chase Chaney, who would go seven innings, allow five hits, walk none, and strike out five over seven innings.

Jesús Broca relieved DeBerry and got the final two outs in the top of the sixth.  He had runners at second and third with two outs in the seventh but kept the game tied by striking out DeBarge.

The Kernels threatened again with one out in the top of the eighth inning as Brandon Winokur doubled and Danny DeAndrade singled to put runners on the corners.  Broca denied the Kernels with a strikeout and a popup.

Broca allowed a one out single to Misael Urbina, the Kernels ninth hitter in the order, in the top of the ninth before working through another scoreless frame by getting Culpepper and DeBarge to send the game to the bottom of the ninth still tied 2-2.

Areinamo doubled to left with one out against reliever Gabriel Yanez and raced for third when the throw into the cutoff man got away.  Cedar Rapids elected to walk Hedbert Pérez intentionally after the Rattler designated hitter didn’t chase the first two pitched.

That set the stage for Guilarte, and he lifted a deep fly to center on a 1-1 pitch from Yanez.  Areinamo tagged on the catch and jogged home with the winning run for Wisconsin’s third walkoff win of their current homestand and fourth of the season.

Broca earned his third win for the Timber Rattlers as he scattered six hits and struck out four over 3-2/3 scoreless innings.  Neither Broca nor DeBerry walked a batter for Wisconsin’s fifth game of the season without a free pass from their pitchers.

The win by Wisconsin denied the Kernels a chance to move into first place in the West Division of the Midwest League.  The Quad Cities River Bandits, the current leaders in the West, lost 5-1 at Peoria on Friday night.  The River Bandits (33-22) are still a half-game up on Cedar Rapids.

Game five of the series is Saturday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Anthony Flores (1-2, 4.85) is scheduled as the starting pitcher for Wisconsin.  Alejandro Hidalgo is set to start for Cedar Rapids.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels and Wisconsin Timber Rattlers both had thirteen hits on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  The Kernels would go 6-for-17 with runners in scoring position to be able to do more with their hits on the way to an 10-6 victory over the Rattlers.

The Kernels (32-21) scored four runs in the top of the first inning against Tyson Hardin.  A single and a walk started the game.  Nate Baez singled to center with the runners going to drive in a run and put runners at the corners.  A passed ball allowed the second run of the inning to score.

Later in the inning Danny DeAndrade added to the lead with an RBI single and Jay Thomason doubled in a run to make it 4-0.

Wisconsin (26-28) loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the first inning as Kernels starting pitcher Ty Langenberg walked Juan Baez and Eduardo Garcia with Blake Burke lining a single to left.  However, Langenberg got out of the inning with three straight strikeouts.

Cedar Rapids added single runs in the second and third innings to go up 6-0.  Kaelen Culpepper singled home the run in the second.  Poncho Ruiz had a two-out single in the third.

The Rattlers loaded the bases again in the third inning, this time with one out on singles by Burke and Marco Dinges and a walk to Jadher Areinamo.  Tayden Hall drew a walk to force in the first run.  Yhoswar Garcia plated the second run of the inning on a slow grounder to third.

A misplay on a flyball off the bat of Brandon Winokur with two outs and a runner at first in the top of the fourth inning gave Winokur a triple and the Kernels a 7-2 lead.

In the bottom of the fourth, Juan Baez singled and Eduardo Garcia doubled with one out.  Burke followed with a two-run double.  Dinges followed with a single.  Then, Areinamo drove in Burke with a sacrifice fly to bring the Rattlers to within 7-5.

Thomason expanded the lead for the Kernels with a lead-off homer in the top of the fifth against Yerlin Rodriguez, the Rattlers first reliever out of the bullpen.

Eduardo Garcia launched a solo home run of his own, a two-out blast off the light tower beyond the wall in left, in the sixth inning.  That blast, his eighth of the season, brought the Rattlers back to within two runs.

Rodriguez pitched a scoreless sixth before walking the first two Kernels he faced in the seventh. A 5-4-3 double play got him one out from another scoreless frame.  However, Rayne Doncon hit a home run to left and the Kernels were up 10-6.

Aaron Rund replaced Rodriguez and worked 2-1/3 perfect innings two three strikeouts in an attempt to let the Rattlers bats get back in the game.

The Rattlers tried to rally as Areinamo had a lead-off single in the seventh, Juan Baez had a two-out single in the eighth, and Dinges and Areinamo had one-out singles in the ninth.  But the Rattlers would not cross the plate again.  They had thirteen hits yet stranded ten runners as they were 3-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

Burke and Dinges led the Wisconsin offense with three hits each.  Garcia’s double was his fourteenth of the season and he also scored two runs for the Rattlers.

Game four of the series is Friday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Jaron DeBerry (0-1, 7.11) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Chase Cheaney (3-1, 3.97) is set to start for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels needed a win in game two of Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to avoid a sweep and keep their playoff hopes alive. The Kernels would take advantage of eleven walks by Wisconsin pitchers and a key error in the fourth inning to go on to a 15-2 victory.

The start of game two was a carbon copy of game one.  Kaelen Culpepper, who homered on the second pitch of game one against Ryan Birchard, hit a home run on the second pitch of the nightcap from Stiven Cruz to give the Kernels a 1-0 lead.

Cedar Rapids (31-21) added to their lead with a run on a sacrifice fly by Misael Urbina in the second inning.

Two-out hits and a two-out mistake led to the Kernels scoring five runs over the third and fourth innings against reliever Patricio Aquino.

A walk and a double to open the third inning put runners at second and third with no outs for the Kernels.  Aquino retired the next two batters without allowing the runners to advance.  Then. Caden Kendle hit a grounder down the third base line that was ruled fair for a two-run double.

In the fourth, Aquino had a runner at third with two outs.  Nate Baez hit a grounder to third that was misplayed by Juan Baez to allow the runner to score and extend the inning.  Aquino hit the next batter to put two runners on base,  Then, Danny DeAndrade doubled to score two more runs for a 7-0 lead.

Cole Peschl, the Cedar Rapids starter, retired the first ten Rattlers he faced before walking Eduardo Garcia in the fourth inning.  Garcia stole second base, his 21^st of the season, to get into scoring position.  Jadher Areinamo blooped in a single with two outs to score Garcia to put Wisconsin (26-27) on the scoreboard.

Tanner Shears entered the game in the top of the fifth inning and struggled to find the strike zone.  He walked four straight batters to start the frame to force in a run.  Kyle DeBarge was hit by a pitch to force in another run.  That was followed by another bases loaded walk.  Brandon Winokur singled home a run to knock Shears out of the game.

DeAndrade greeted reliever Jeferson Figueroa with a bases-clearing triple to put the Kernels up 14-1.  Later in the inning, Pancho Ruiz had a sacrifice fly to play the final run of the game for Cedar Rapids.

Outfielder Luiyn Alastre got the top of the seventh inning on the mound for the Rattlers.  He would retire the side in order on three popups, including one to himself just off the mound to end the inning.

Wisconsin scored an unearned run in the bottom of the seventh.  Tayden Hall doubled with one out.  Yhoswar Garcia hit a grounder to short and a wild throw to first allowed Hall to score the final run of the game.

The Rattlers and Kernels split Wednesday’s twinbill with the Rattlers winning game one 8-2.
 

Game three of the series is set for Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field.  Tyson Hardin (4-1, 1.29) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Ty Langenberg (0-3, 7.98) is set to start for the Kernels.  Game time is 6:40pm.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers battery of Ryan Birchard and Marco Dinges powered the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to an 8-2 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels in game one of a doubleheader at Neuroscience Group Field on Wednesday afternoon.

Kaelen Culpepper gave the Kernels (30-21) the lead with a home run on the second pitch of the game from Birchard. 

Wisconsin (26-26) responded in the bottom of the first with two runs.  Juan Baez singled and Eduardo Garcia walked as the first two batters to face Cedar Rapids starter Jose Olivares.  Dinges singled to center with one out to score Baez with the tying run.  An error on the play allowed Garcia to score the go-ahead run.

Dinges delivered again in the bottom of the third with a two-out, two-run home run to center that put the Rattlers up 4-1.

Brandon Winokur, who committed the error on the single by Dinges in the first inning, got a measure of redemption in the top of the fourth inning with a long, lead-off homer.  That would be the last run allowed by Birchard.

The Rattlers padded their lead with four runs in the bottom of the fourth.  Daniel Guilarte knocked in the first run with a sacrifice fly.  Juan Baez made it 6-2 with an RBI single later in the inning.  Blake Burke added two more runs with a two-out single for the 8-2 advantage.

Birchard tossed 5-2/3 innings and struck out ten to set a new single-game high as a professional.

Bayden Root closed out the game by retiring all four batters he faced.

The win moved the Timber Rattlers back to the .500 mark on the season for the first time since they were 3-3 after a win at Quad Cities on April 10.

The first game of the series between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Cedar Rapids Kernels at Neuroscience Group Field has been rained out.  Tuesday’s game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon with game one starting at 12:10pm.

The twinbill is scheduled to be two seven-inning games.  There will be a break of approximately thirty minutes between the end of game one and the start of game two.  One ticket will get you into both games on Wednesday afternoon.

The Timber Rattlers are slated to start Ryan Birchard (1-3, 4.66) in game one against Jose Oliveras (1-1, 3.81) for the Kernels.  The game two pitching matchup is Stiven Cruz in his 2025 Midwest League debut as the starting pitcher for the Rattlers against Cole Peschl (1-0, 2.70) for the Kernels.

You can lace up your running shoes this month and support some great local causes at area races.

The Luxemburg Chamber of Commerce, DoorCancer, Crossroads at Big Creek, and the Door County Food Pantry are just some of the causes getting much needed support through 5K races being organized this month. You can find out details for those races below:

The Kolberg Braves scored at least four runs in three innings en route to an 18-0, eight-inning game on Sunday against Baileys Harbor.

The Braves got out to a fast start thanks to a four-run first inning, thanks to a run-scoring single from Nick LeCaptain and Austin Dart. Leading 8-0, Trevor Reinhardt hit  the first of his two home runs to cap off the sequence that saw the Braves expand their lead to 11-0. He homered again in the sixth inning to make it 13-0. 

The Braves pounded out 13 hits in the game compared to just two for the A's, paced by four hits from Reinhardt and two apiece from Charlie Neinas and Dart. Five other players recorded at least one hit for the Braves to support Reinhardt on the mound, who allowed no runs on two hits while striking out eight. Brett Anschutz and Chris Lodl were the lone A's players that got to Reinhardt. Danny Lodl took the loss on the mound as he gave up 11 runs (8 ER) on seven hits.

Adam Gutschow's home run and eight Egg Harbor errors helped the Maplewood Mets win their Sunday afternoon matchup 10-2 against the Indians.

Three of those errors came in the second inning, leading to three runs for the Mets in the second inning. Cody Giesseman's two-RBI single narrowed the lead to 3-2, but Gutschow's two-run homer in the fifth gave the Mets more than enough breathing room. The Mets went on to score two more runs in fifth inning, four times in the sixth, and another one in the ninth.

Gutschow had four RBI and joined Kordell Draves, Zach Marchant, and Nolan Wagner in two-hit days. Draves also had a multi-RBI game for the Mets. Will Jandrin and Jeremiah Janke combined to strike out 13 Indians while allowing two runs (2 ER) on six hits.

Cory Fuller, Giesseman, Drew Price, Isaac Berkley, Nick Posh, and Cody Kollath accounted for the Indians hits while Jace Johnson took the loss on the mound, allowing seven runs (4 ER) on five hits with four strikeouts. 

The Green Bay Packers will officially pass the reins from Mark Murphy to new CEO Ed Policy at its upcoming Shareholders Meeting on July 25th.

The meeting will take place at 3 p.m. inside the Lambeau Field stadium bowl.

According to Packers.com, the organization will present three candidates for shareholder vote to join the Packers Board of Directors: Timothy M. Bergstrom, Laurie A. Butz, and Edward R. Policy. 

Proxy information will be sent to the organization's more than 539,000 shareholders later this month before the Annual Meeting. It is part of a busy July for the team, which will host its 5K and 1K runs the weekend before and the start of training camp the Wednesday before.

The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers saw an early lead evaporate against the Peoria Chiefs on Sunday afternoon.  Then, the Rattlers rallied to score four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead on the way to an eventual 8-6 victory in the series finale at Neuroscience Group Field.

Wisconsin (25-26) charged to the lead with two runs three batters into the bottom of the first inning.  Juan Baez singled.  Eduardo Garcia tripled to knock in Baez.  Blake Burke scored Garcia with an RBI grounder for a 2-0 lead.

Peoria (19-31) came back with a run in the top of the second on a two-out, RBI single by Zach Levenson.

Levenson gave the Chiefs the lead with a two-run home run in the top of the fourth inning.  Peoria added to their lead later in the inning.  Michael Curialle followed Levenson’s home run with a double.  Jon Jon Gazdar doubled in Curialle with two outs for a 4-2 lead.
 

Wisconsin had two hits in the first inning but those were their only two hits through the first four innings.  They loaded the bases with one out in the fifth on two singles and a walk, but left the bases loaded.  Then, the Rattlers got some help.

The bottom of the sixth looked like it would start with a popout on the infield, but Kay-Lan Nicasia reached on a lead-off single when the popup dropped in safely and Daniel Guilarte walked on four pitches.  One out later, Luiyin Alastre ripped a double to right to score both runners to tie the game.  An error on the play allowed Alastre to take third.

The Chiefs brought their infield in with Baez at the plate and the strategy didn’t work as Baez lined a single through the left side score Alastre with the go-ahead run.  Later in the inning, Marco Dinges drove in the fourth run of the frame with a single for a 6-4 lead.

Guilarte surprised Peoria in the bottom of the seventh when he launched a long home run to left-center.  It was his first home run as a Rattler and his first since May 3, 2024 when he was a member of the Carolina Mudcats.  This blast on Sunday put the Rattlers up 8-4.

Jesús Broca did yeoman’s work out of the Wisconsin bullpen in relief of starting pitcher Anthony Flores.  Broca pitched three scoreless innings after taking over in the fifth.  He allowed two hits, walked one, and struck out three to allow the offense to find its footing again to take the lead.

Peoria scored a run on a two-out wild pitch by Yerlin Rodriguez in the eighth and a two-out double by Brayden Jobert in the ninth against Aaron Rund to get close, but not close enough as Rund closed out the game for his third save of the season.

The Timber Rattlers won five of six in the series from the Chiefs to get to one game under .500 for the season.  This is as close to .500 as the Rattlers have been since they were 4-5 after a win at Quad Cities on April 13.

Baez had three hits and Burke walked four times to lead the Wisconsin offense.  The Timber Rattlers defense turned three double plays on Sunday to run their league-leading total to 51. 

Wisconsin continues their homestand on Tuesday against the Cedar Rapids Kernels.  Ryan Birchard (1-3, 4.66) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Timber Rattlers.  Game time is 6:40pm.