The Cougars threw a no-hitter against the Burlington Bees in game two of the double header. It was the sixth in Cougar history. Craig Italiano and Branden Dewing were the pitchers.
Italiano struck out nine hitters in five and two thirds innings. The only blemish on the board for him was a hit by pitch in the sixth inning. He had seven strike outs in a row.
Branden Dewing then came on an pitched a very good inning and one thirds. In the game only three balls left the infield.
Kane County scored three runs on six hits in the game. The first run came in the second inning. Greg Dowling led off with a single to right. One out later, Todd Johnson singled to right. Shane Keough would walk to load the bases. Christian Vitters hit a sacrifice fly to centert o allow Dowling to tag up and score. Gustavo Rosendo would end the inning by hitting into a force play at second.
The other two runs came in the fourth inning with one out. Walter Correa singled to second. Todd Johnson then singled to left, he would get to second on the throw. Second and third with one out, Keough would strike out. Vitters then doubled to right to score both Correa and Johnson.
Bees
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Adrian Ortiz |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Alwin Perez |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| David Lough |
LF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Moustakas |
DH |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jamar Walton |
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jason Taylor |
3B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Clint Robinson |
1B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wilson Tucker |
RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Antonio Jimenez |
SS |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Eigsti |
C |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Matt Ray |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Michael Lissman |
DH |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Corey Brown |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Greg Dowling |
1B |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Walter Correa |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Todd Johnson |
RF |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Shane Keough |
LF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Christian Vitters |
3B |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Gustavo Rosendo |
C |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LOB BUR-1, KC-3, 2B-Lissman, Vitters, SACF-Vitters
| Burlington |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
X |
|
|
3 |
6 |
0 |
Bees
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Eduardo Paulino |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
L (0-1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
21 |
2 |
4 |
| Matt Mitchell |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Craig Italiano |
5.2+1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
W (1-0) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
17 |
18 |
3 |
4 |
| Branden Dewing |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SV (1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
HB-Jimenez (Italiano), SO-Ortiz, Perez 2, Lough, Jimenez, Eigsti, Ray, Brown 2, Correa, Keough, Kc-Moustakas, Taylor, Eigsti, Ray, Lissman, Brown, Johnson, BB-Vitters
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