Fort Wayne TinCaps 1, Timber Rattlers 4 - June 12, 2011

Jimmy Nelson bounced back from a couple of rough outings to toss a gem on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field to beat the Fort Wayne TinCaps. Rattlers hitters Greg Hopkins and Nick Shaw stayed on their hot streaks and Greg Holle put out a late fire to help the team to a 4-1 win. Wisconsin (33-30) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning. Shaw singled with one out in the first to move his hitting streak to ten games. Shaw scored from third with two outs when third baseman Jake Blackwood booted a grounder off the bat of Mike Walker to let the runner from third score. Nelson walked a pair of TinCaps with one out in the fourth, but struck out the next two batters to maintain the lead. Fort Wayne (28-34) staged another threat in the sixth inning on back-to-back singles by the first two batters in the inning. NeIson got Jake Blackwood to popout. The, Nelson was on the tail-end of a spectacular 3-6-1 double play to end the inning with the Rattlers still up 1-0. web.minorleaguebaseball.com

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