Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Kane County Cougars
Saturday, April 13th, 2002
Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium, Geneva, Illinios
Dontrelle Willis pitched seven good innings in his second start of the
season, but he ended up with a no decison, after a late homer by the Rattlers.
Willis pitched very well, he gave up three hits, and one unearned run. He walked one
and struck out two. The one thing that stands out though is that he had 12 ground ball
outs, compared to just 3 fly ball outs. He threw 82 pitches, 53 for strikes.
Hunter Wyant hit a homerun to win the game in the ninth inning, it was his first professional
homer. The ball went straight down the left field line.
The Cougars missed a few chances to extended their lead in the game, in the seventh inning.
Anthony Brewer lead things off with a single to left. Heath Kelly then tried to bunt Brewer over
but since the third baseman couldn't pick up the ball, he was safe. Scott Hicks then single into the whole on the
left side of the infield. The reason there was a big whole was the fact that
the runners were going on the pitch. The Cougars now had the bases loaded with nobody out. Wyant then
grounded one to third, the third baseman then threw home to get the force on Brewer, the catcher
then threw to first and got the double play on Wyant. George Arnott then came
on and lined out to left to end the inning, without a run scoring.
In the eighth inning it was more of the same but this time there were two outs.
Winton Zapey singled to center. Rex Rundgren singled to left. Anthony Brewer then
walked. Heath Kelly then struck out with the bases loaded after fouling a few pitches off.
Anthony Brewer had two hits in the game both singles, but the thing that caught my eye was his deffense. Brewer
is from the city of Chicago, so he is a local. Anthony has run down some ball that I believe I have only seen former
Cougar Quincy Foster be able to just be in the same area code as. In the sixth inning, Alejandro Cadena singled to third. Luis Oliveros
then hit a rocket to very deep center field. Brewer was playing him way off in the other direction. He ran the ball down near the
warning track. Cadena must've thought that there was absoulutly no way he was going to catch this ball since he was between second and
third when he caught it. Brewer then threw off balance back to first base to get the double play.
The scoring started in the top of the first when, the game got ugly right from the get go. Jeff Ellena lead thing off by reaching on
and error by shortstop Rex Rundgren. Miguel Villio then reached on an error by second baseman Heath Kelly. On the play Ellena made it to third. Shin-soo
Choo then grounded back to Willis. Dontrelle made a nice leaping grab to keep the ball in the infield. Willis then got wild, he threw a wild pitch. on the play
Ellena would try to score, catcher Zapey got to the ball quickly and threw it back to Willis who put down the tag to get Ellena for the first out of the inning. Another
wild pitch on a third strike to Greg Dobbs would allow Villio to trot home.
The Cougars would answer back in the bottom of the inning when, Anthony Brewer lead things
off with a walk. Heath Kelly then singled to center. Scott Hicks hit into a fielder's choice, where Kelly would
be out at second. On the play Brewer would score.
Getting the lead in the second inning the Cougars would score three runs in the frame. Charles
Frazier would lead thing off with a single to center, then steal second. Michael Tucker then grounded out to first
to move Frazier to third. Frazier would then score on a wild pitch by Rattlers starter Renee Cortez. Winton Zapey then walked.
Rex Rundgren then reached on an error when the shortstop couldn't pick up the ball. Cortez would then balk the runners to second and third. Anthony
Brewer then singled to center to bring home both Zapey and Rundgren. Cortez then would balk again, this time Brewer would go to second. Kelly then poped out ot center.
Scott Hicks then grounded out to short.
The Rattlers would take the lead in the eighth inning, reliever Elvis DeJesus had just come into the
game to start the inning. Harvey Monte struck out. Corey Freeman then doubled to left. Jeff Ellena struck out. Miguel
Villio walked. Shin-soo Choo doubled to left to score both Freeman and Villio. The Cougars would then bring in the closer, Kevin Cave.
He would come in and the first hitter he faced, Greg Dobbs took him down the right field line for a three run homer to take the lead. On the
play I thought the ball was foul from were I sit.
In the bottom of the ninth the Cougars were down by one, Scott Hicks doubled to center. The Rattlers reliever Lanny Patten tried to pick off
Hicks at second and threw the ball into center field. Hicks would move up to third. Hunter Wyant then took Patten deep to left field, right on the foul line for the
game winning homer.
Rattlers
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Jeff Ellena |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Miguel Villio |
LF |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Shin-soo Choo |
RF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Greg Dobbs |
1B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Alejandro Cadena |
1B |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Sean Peless |
PH |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Luis Oliveros |
C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Guillermo Martinez |
2B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Harvey Monte |
CF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Corey Freeman |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Anthony Brewer |
CF |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Heath Kelly |
2B |
6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Scott Hicks |
1B |
5 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Hunter Wyant |
DH |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| George Arnott |
LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Charlie Frazier |
RF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Michael Tucker |
3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Winton Zapay |
C |
3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Rex Rundgren |
SS |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
E-Rundgren, Freeman, Patten, LOB-Rattlers-3, Cougars-10, RLISP-Ratters-1, Cougars-8, 2B-Choo, Freeman, Hicks, HR-Dobbs (Cave), Wyant (Patten), RBI-Choo 2, Dobbs 3, Brewer 2, Wyant 2, Hicks, SB-Frazier 2, CS, FrazierDP-Choo (Willis)(6-4-3), Dobbs (Dobbs)(F8-3), Oliveros (Willis)(6-4-3), Arnott (Cortez)(L8-3), Wyant (Royce)(5-2-3)
| Wisconsin |
|
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
|
5 |
6 |
1 |
| Kane County |
|
|
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
6 |
14 |
2 |
Rattlers
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Renee Cortez |
5.1 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
ND |
1 |
1 |
0 |
21 |
24 |
10 |
3 |
| Ramon Royce |
2.1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
| Lanny Patten |
0.1+2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Dontrelle Willis |
7 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
ND |
2 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
25 |
14 |
2 |
82 |
53 |
| Elvis DeJesus |
0.2+2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
13 |
| Kevin Cave |
1.1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
W |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
21 |
15 |
WP-Willis 2, Cortez, HB-Cadena (Willis), BK-Cortez, SO-Ellena 2, Dobbs, Martinez, Monte, Kelly, Wyant, Frazier, Zapay, BB-Villilo, Brewer, Arnott, Zapay
A-4005
H-(7,830)(2), A-(7,148)(6), T-(14,978)(8)
Alumni Report
Atlanta 4, Florida 5
Michael Tejera, 1 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k
Gary Knotts, 2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k, W
Iowa 3, Calgary 4
Blaine Neal, 2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k, W
Matt Erickson-3B, 1-3, R, K
Nate Rolison-1B, 1-3, R, K
Derek Wathan-SS, 0-2, BB
Binghampton 4, Portland 0
Joe Sergent, 2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 3 k
Brandon Bowe, 1 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
Jesus Medrano-2B, 1-3, 3B, BB
Quincy Foster-CF, 0-4, 2 K
Adrian Gonzalez-1B, 1-3, HBP, K
Jose Santos-3B, 1-3, BB
Matt Padgett-RF, 0-3, BB, 2 K
Matt Treanor-C, 0-4, K
Drew Niles-SS, 0-2, BB
Chris Aguila-PH, 0-1
West Tennessee 1, Birmingham 2
David Noyce, 2 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
This Day In Kane County History
April 13th
91-First Home Game for the Cougars, vs South Bend White Sox, Cougars
win 13-0
94-Billy McMillon, hits a 3 run homer in the 7th, Cougars win 7-3 vs Fort Wayne
95-Cougars pund out 20 hits and steal 9 bases on the day as they swep a double header from Peoria by the scores of 11-3, 10-3
Todd Dunwoody blasts a 3 run homer in game one, Josh Booty hits a three run homer in game two.
Remember that you only have two more days to vote on who you think will be the 2002 MVP for the Cougars. On the 15th the poll goes down and the votes
are totaled. On the 15th a new poll will go up for April player of the month voting
Vote At-members.core.com/~malshere
Thanks
David Malamut
dmalshere1@yahoo.com
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