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Wisconsin beat Kernels in suspended game, 6-5
The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored two runs in the eighth inning and held on to beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 6-5, in the completion of Sunday's suspended game.
The Kernels led in the bottom of the fourth, 4-3, when play resumed. They had runners on the corners with one out but could not score.
Chris Dennis hit a solo home run in the sixth inning to pull Wisconsin into a 4-4 tie. Dennis had an RBI double against losing pitcher Tyler Skaggs (6-4) in the eighth and scored on an error.
Efrain Nieves (2-3) threw 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief for the win. Jon Pokorny gave up a run in the ninth but got his fifth save.
There's a seven-inning game to follow this one.
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