Kane County Cougars at Cedar Rapids Kernels
April 11th, 2002
Kernels Field at the New Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Cougars did something tonight that they had only done once this year. They
won a game, and they did it in the ninth inning after being behind the whole game.
The Marlins third pick in the 2001 draft, Allen Baxter made his Midwest
League debut tonight. He pitched four inning, giving up six hits and two runs.
He also walked two and struck out two.
The pitching star of the game was Cougars reliever Jon Asahina. Jon pitched four
perfect innings. He also did not walk any one and he struck out three. The funny thing
is he got all but the last two outs that he did not get with a strikeout, on the ground.
Kevin Cave came in too ge this second save of the year. He ptiched the ninth inning, giving
up one hit. Kevin struck out two.
Jake Woods the third pick in the 2001 draft for the Angles started
for the Kernels. He pitched well, going five inning, giving up four hits, and one run.
He walked three and struck out four.
The scoring began in the second inning for the Kernels when, Mike Napoli lead
things off with a double to left. Tommy Murphy then sacrificed him over to
second with a bunt. Jon Cahill then foul poped back to the catcher. Ed Welch then
grounded one over to third, Michael Tucker's throw was late, Welch got the hit, and
on the play Napoli scored.
Jeff Mathis added to that lead in the third when, he walked to lead
off the inning. Casey Kotchman then doubled to right. Greg Porter hit a
sacrifice fly to center to score Mathis from third.
The Cougars put a run on the board in the fifth when, with one out. Charles Frazier
walked. Michael Tucker grounded to first, and the first baseman Kotchman tried
to get the 3-6-3 double play but the throw back to first was late. Winton Zape singled to
center to allow Tucker to get to second. Rex Rundgren then singled to left to score
Tucker to put the Cougars on the board.
In the ninth the Cougars just put together a couple of runs to take the lead. With
two outs, Charles Frazier hit a homer to left to tie the game off of Mark O'Sullivan. Michael
Tucker then walked. Winton Zapey singled to right to get Tucker to third. This is when things got weird.
Rex Rundgren had apeard to strikeout to end the inning. but wait the base ump called a balk on
O'Sullivan to allow Tucker to score to get the Cougars the lead.
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Anthony Brewer |
CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Hunter Wyant |
2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Scott Hicks |
LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Juan Garcia |
1B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| George Arnott |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Charlie Frzier |
RF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Michael Tucker |
3B |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Winton Zapay |
C |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Rex Rundgren |
SS |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Kernels
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Ransel Melgarejo |
CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Jeff Mathis |
C |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Casey Kotchman |
1B |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Greg Porter |
RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Dallas McPherson |
3B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Napoli |
LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Tommy Murphy |
SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Jon Cahill |
2B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ed Welch |
LF |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Ryan Nevins |
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LOB-Cougars-6, Kernels-7, RLISP-Cougars-3, Kernels-4, 2B-Garcia, Kotchman, Napoli, RBI-Frazier, Rundgren, Porter, Welch, SACF, Porter, SACB-Murphy, SB-Welch, Melgarejo, CS-Brewer, DP-Hicks 2 (Woods)(6-4-3), (Woods)(6-4-3), McPherson (Baxter)(3-6-3)
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
3 |
7 |
0 |
| Cedar Rapids |
|
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
7 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
| Allen Baxter |
4 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
20 |
5 |
4 |
73 |
| Jon Asahina |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
W (1-0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
7 |
2 |
47 |
| Kevin Cave |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
SV (2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
Kernels
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Jake Woods |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
19 |
6 |
2 |
| Jaime Stewart |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
| Dustin Griffith |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Mark O'Sullivan |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
L (0-1) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
HB-Porter (Baxter), BK-O'Sullivan, SO-Brewer, Hicks, Arnott 2, Frazier, Zapay, Rundgren, Melgarejo, Mathis, Napoli 2, Cahill 2, Nevins, BB-Wyant, Garcia, Frazier 2, Tucker, Mathis, Welch
T-2:43
A-1547
H-(3,825)(1), A-(4,510)(5), T-(8,335)(6)
Notes-Cedar Rapids hitters, Jeff Mathis and Casey Kotchman both extended their
seven game hitting streaks.
Cougar Notes-In the seventh inning, Charles Frazier lead the inning off with
a walk. Michael Tucker did not get the sacrifice bunt down. In fact he poped it up for
the first out of the inning. In the inning the Cougars would not score, and
Frazier woul dnot make it past first.
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