Timber Rattlers Notes:
The rains have stopped (for the most part) and every day feels like a great day for baseball.

7up started things off with 2 innings of brilliant pitching; allowing just one run on a single hit. Q, Bootsy and Bullwinkle followed with more of the same. The defense sparkled behind Bootsy, with a swinging bunt turned into a 2-3 putout from Strawberry to Wiffle over the shoulder of a hard-charging Cat. Put a star next to that play! On another nice play, Fingers caught a foul tip for strike 3 in the bottom of the 6th.

The T-Rats did most of their offensive damage in the 1st - Rhino scored two with a single, and Bootsy took a bruise with the bases loaded to score the final run of the inning. King Fu and Q each hit RBI singles to left.

Today was the first day of steals for the T-Rats, and all the practice paid off. Almost everyone who got on base advanced at least once. Some of us were a little too eager - in the 3rd, Sarge plated a run with a sacrifice groundout only to see the runner sent back for leaving early! Better to get the details straight now and be comfortable in the playoffs.

Called Up: Bootsy!