Kane County Cougars at Cedar Rapids Kernels
Friday, April 12th, 2002
New Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
The Cougars ran into a hot pitcher today in Kernels starter Johan Santana. Santana
struck out 11 in five and two third innings of work. He gave up three hits, and walked one.
At one point from the second till the sixth he retired 13 in a row, striking out eight. He gave up a
first inning single to Scott Hicks, then promptly caught him off of first base for the final
out of the inning. He ran out of gas in the sixth inning.
In the sixth inning the Cougars loaded the bases with one out and came away
empty handed. With one out, Winton Zapey singled to right, the Kernels did
not hold him on first so he stole second. William Arroyo then walked. Athony Brewer made it bases loaded when he
singled to left. Heath Kelly then struck out. That was the last hitter that Santana would see.
The Kernels then brought in John Rouwenhorst to face Hicks. Scott broke his bat, in the process he
grounded to first base to end the inning.
The Cougars had Phil Akens make his second start of the season. He went six inning, giving up
five hits and three runs. Phil walked one and struck out six. After the third inning, that is the inning that he
would give up his last run. After that inning, he settled down and retired the next eight hitters till he was removed
from the game after the sixth inning.
In the second inning, after the Kernels scored their run, with a man on third. Tommy Murphy walked. Ed Welch then bunted down
the third base line. The ball was for some reason picked up just before it was going to go foul. This loaded the bases. Phil Akens then
beared down and struck out Justin Turner. Ransel Melgarejo then poped up to second. Jeff Mathis who had homerd the inning before, then
struck out to end the inning.
The scoring started in the first inning for the Kernels when, Jeff Mathis
extended his seven game hitting streak with a home run to right field. After the homer
Akens struck out the next two hitters to end the inning.
The Kernels added another run in the second when Mike Napoli lead things
off with a double to right. Greg Porter followed with a single to left. On the play left
fielder Hunter Wyant overan the ball, which allowed Napoli to score.
Adding one more run in the fourth the Kernels took a commanding three to nothing lead.
With one out Tommy Murphy doubled to right. Ed Welch then grounded out to second. On the play
Murphy was running and made it all the way around to score.
Tyler Banks came on for the Cougars in the seventh and struck out the first
hitter he faced. Ed Welch then bunted for a single, the ball made it just back to
the pitcher and he beat the throw., Welch would then steal second, and advance to
third on a wild pitch. One out later, Ransel Melgarejo then doubled to
left to score Welch.
The Cougars did make a run at the Kernels in the ninth when, Heath Kelly laid
down a perfect bunt to third for an infield single. Scott Hicks then singled to
right to get Kelly over to third. Jason Stokes then hit a sacrifice fly to center to
score Kelly.
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Anthony Brewer |
CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Heath Kelly |
SS |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Scott Hicks |
DH |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Jason Stokes |
1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Charlie Frazier |
RF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Hunter Wyant |
LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Michael Tucker |
3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Winton Zapay |
C |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| William Arroyo |
2B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Kernels
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Ransel Melgaejo |
CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Jeff Mathis |
C |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Casey Kotchman |
1B |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dallas McPherson |
3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Mike Napoli |
DH |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Greg Porter |
RF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Tommy Murphy |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Ed Welch |
LF |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Justin Turner |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
LOB-Cougars-5, Kernels-6, LOB-Cougars-2, Kernels-4, 2B-Melgarejo, Napoli, Murphy, HR-Mathis (Akens), RBI-Stokes, Melgarejo, Mathis, Porter, Welch, SACF-Stokes, SB-Zapay, Welch, CS-Hicks, Frazier
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
7 |
0 |
| Cedar Rapids |
|
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
X |
|
|
4 |
8 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Phil Akens |
6 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
L (0-1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
23 |
5 |
7 |
| Tyler Banks |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
1 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
Kernels
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
| Johan Santana |
5.2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
W (2-0) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
20 |
3 |
1 |
98 |
| John Rouwenhorst |
2.1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
| Adam Thomas |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
WP-Banks, HB-Porter (Banks), SO-Brewer 3, Kelly 3, Stokes 3, Frazier 3, Tucker, Arroyo 2, Mathis, Kotchman, McPherson, Napoli, Murphy, Turner 2, BB-Arroyo, Murphy
T-2:20
A-2,638
H-(3,825)(1), A-(7,148)(6), T-(10,973)(7)
A-2638
T-2:20
See You All Tomorrow When The Cougars Come Home To Play The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
For A 4 p.m. Game Time At The Elf!!
The Cougars made a roster move before the game. Kris Clute was put on the disabled list, with a sore neck/shoulder.
Heath Kelly was brought in on a rehab assignment. He is wearing the number 41.
Alumni Report
Atlanta 2 Florida 0
Josh Beckett, 6 ip, 5 h, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 5 k, L, 0-2, K
Kevin Olsen, 1.1 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k
Gary Knotts, 1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k
HR-Chipper Jones (Beckett) 1 st Inning, 1 On
This Day In Kane County History
4/12/91, In the 1st Cougars game ever, they defeat the South Bend White Sox, 8-0 at
South Bend
92-Future NFL Pro Bowl Deffensive Back, John Lynch is the winning pitcher in his last
game with the Cougars before leaving to play pro footbal with the Tampa Bay Bucs
94-Dan Ehler tosses 6 ip, 1 h, and Kevin Millar hits a homer as the Cougars beat Fort Wayne 3-2
98-Pablo Ozuna (Peoria), went 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 2 R, K
Birthdays
Billy Owens, 1B (92) 31
Remember to vote for who you think will be the Cougars 2002 MVP on my website
at members.core.com/~malshere, the poll will close on the 15th, when the new
poll for April Player Of The Month will be posted.
Thank You