The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers won the first game of their doubleheader against the Great Lakes Loons on Wednesday afternoon. Andrew Fischer, the Milwaukee Brewers’ first-round pick in the 2025 draft, hit his 19th home run of the season, a three-run shot to left field, to break a scoreless tie and lead the Rattlers to a 5-0 victory.

Pitching Dominates Early

Pitching dominated the game early, with Wisconsin starting pitcher Josh Knoth allowing three hits, walking two, and striking out five over 3-2/3 innings. Great Lakes starter Aidan Foeller retired the first eight Rattlers he faced and only allowed one hit with four strikeouts over three innings before leaving on a pitch count.

Garrett Hodges took over for Knoth with two on and two out in the top of the fourth inning to get the final out of the inning. Hodges stranded two runners in the fifth and two more in the sixth to keep the game scoreless.

Wisconsin broke through in the bottom of the sixth. Josiah Ragsdale and Marco Dinges started the inning with singles against reliever Dilan Figueredo, who had entered the contest to start the sixth. The wind, which had been blowing in from center for much of the game, had shifted and was blowing out strongly to left by the start of the sixth.

Fischer lifted the pitch from Figueredo to left, and the ball carried out of the ballpark for a three-run home run. Later in the inning, Luis Castillo cashed in Eric Bitonti with an RBI single to right. Juan Baez capped the inning with a double off the wall in left to drive in Daniel Dickinson.

Yerlin Rodriguez closed out the game and Wisconsin’s fourth shutout of the season with a scoreless top of the seventh.

Game Two Rained Out

Game two of the doubleheader between the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers and Great Lakes Loons at Neuroscience Group Field has been rained out. The game will be rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Thursday evening.

There will be two seven-inning games scheduled for Thursday night. The gates to the stadium will open at 4:30pm with game one starting at 5:10pm. There will be approximately thirty to forty minutes between games of the doubleheader.

Original reporting: Appleton, WI News Feed (HLL/CB) — read the source article.