(TIMBER RATTLERS) -GRAND CHUTE, WI – The Quad Cities River Bandits scored four times in the top of the fourth inning. The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored twice in the bottom of the fourth to get close, but they could only watch as the visitors pulled away for an 8-2 win at Neuroscience Group Field. Drew Beam went seven innings as the starting pitcher for the Bandits to earn the win.
Quad Cities (70-55 overall, 31-28 second half) grabbed the lead in the top of the fourth inning. The first two batters of the inning reached base. Daniel Vazquez moved both runners up a base with a sacrifice fly. Austin Charles knocked in the first run of the game with a sacrifice fly.
The River Bandits added to their advantage with three consecutive RBI hits in the inning. Trevor Werner and Carter Frederick had RBI singles. Canyon Brown made it 4-0 with an RBI double.
Marco Dinges got the Timber Rattlers (53-70, 19-39) on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with an opposite-field, two-run home run to right. Dinges has hit eight home runs with Wisconsin this season.
The Bandits extended their lead with a run in the fifth, two runs in the sixth, and a run in the seventh while the Rattlers managed four baserunners from the fifth through the ninth.
Sam Kulasingam, who started the rally in the top of the fourth inning, drove in a run with an RBI single in the fifth.
Nolan Sailors had an RBI double in the sixth with Kulasingam knocking in another run with a sacrifice fly.
Frederick singled in the seventh to drive in the final run of the game.
Beam allowed two runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeout over his seven innings for his seventh win of the season.
Jesús Made had two of Wisconsin’s six hits for his tenth multi-hit game in 21 games as a Rattler.
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers host their final home game of the 2025 season on Sunday afternoon. Manuel Rodriguez (2-5, 3.15) is the scheduled starting pitcher for Wisconsin. He will face Quad Cities starter Mason Miller (1-1, 0.57). Game time is 1:10pm.
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