The Cougars would score thre runs in the first inning, one in the second and two in the fourth and not look back. They would win 6-5, only after giving up a run to the Hawks in the ninth.
Kane County scored three in the first, Ryan Ruiz led off the inning with a double to right. One out later, Javier Herrera singled to center. Raul Padron hit one off of the glove of the second baseman for an error. On the error, Ruiz would score, and Herrera went to second. One out later, Tommy Everidge walked. Chalon Tietje singled to left to score both Herrera and Padron. Everidge and Tietje both moved up a base on a throwing error by the left fielder. Kory Wayment then lined out to short to end the inning.
Gregorio Petit led off the second inning with a double to left. Ryan Ruiz flew out to right, on the play Petit tagged up and went to third. Kevin Melillo then hit a sacrifice fly to right to allow Petit to score.
South Bend answered with three runs of their own in the third inning. Mark Reynolds singled to left to lead off the inning. Travis Gulick singled to center. Jereme Milons hit a homer to right center.
The Hawks tied the game in the fourth with a run. Javier Brito led off the inning with a double to right. A wild pitch would move Brito to third. Allen Mottram then singled to left to score Brito. Cougars starter, Ryan Ford got Mottram caught stealing. Ford also struck out Carlos Gonzales and Mark Reynold to end the inning.
Tietje led off the fourth inning with a single to left. Wayment followed with a single to left. Petit moved them over with a sacrifice bunt. One out later, Melillo would reach on an error by the first baseman. Tietje and Wayment would both score. Melillo then stole second base. Herrera would strike out to end the inning.
Augie Murillo hit a one out solo shot to left center to end the scoring, and get the Hawks one run short of the Cougars.
Silver Hawks
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Emilio Bonafacio |
2B |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Wilkin Castillo |
C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Augie Murillo |
3B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Javier Brito |
1B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Allan Mottram |
DH |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Carlos Gonzales |
RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Mark Reynolds |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Travis Gulick |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Jereme Milons |
CF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Ryan Ruiz |
DH |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Kevin Melillo |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Javier Herrera |
CF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Raul Padron |
C |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Myron Leslie |
3B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Tommy Everidge |
1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chalon Tietje |
LF |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Nick Blasi |
LF |
| Kory Wayment |
RF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Chris Tritle |
RF |
| Gregorio Petit |
SS |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
E-Bonfacio, Brito, Gulick, LOB-Hawks-0, Cougars-5, RLISP-Hawks-0, Cougars-4, 2B-Brito, Ruiz, Petit, HR-Milons (Ford), Murillo (Semerano), RBI-Murillo, Mottram, Milons 3, Melillo, Tietje 2, SB-Melillo, PiO-Mottram, CS-Mottram, Ruiz, SACB-Petit, SACF-Melillo, DP-Leslie (Ohlendorf)(4-6-3)
| South Bend |
|
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
7 |
3 |
| Kane County |
|
|
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
X |
|
|
6 |
8 |
0 |
Silver Hawks
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Ross Ohlendorf |
6 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
L (0-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
27 |
6 |
5 |
93 |
66 |
| Hipolito Guerrero |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
6 |
| Josh Perrault |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
8 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Ryan Ford |
7 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
W (2-1) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
24 |
25 |
4 |
6 |
91 |
64 |
| Robert Semerano |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
SV (1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
2 |
21 |
15 |
HB-Mottram (Ford), Kc-Bonafacio, Melillo, Leslie, Petit, Everidge, K-Bonafacio, Castillo, Brito, Mottram, Gonzales 3, Reynolds, Ruiz, Herrera 2, Padron, Tietje, BB-Ruiz, Herrera, Everidge