On a day that had 30 mile an hour wind gusts you would expect a lot of runs on the board. The Cougars would win 7-12 over the Dayton Dragons. Only two homers were hit, both by Christian Vitters.
The Cougars would score three runs in the second inning and never look back. Corey Brown led off the inning with a wind blown double to left. Matt Smith followed with a single to right to drive home Brown. One out later, on strike three to Michael Lissman, Smith would steal second. Christian Vitters would then hit a fly ball to right, that the wind would carry onto the deck for a homer.
Michael Richard and Matt Ray would start things off in the third with walks. Greg Dowling then flew out to right, both runners moved along a base. Corey Brown would then hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Richard.
Brandon Waring would lead off the fourth by being hit by a pitch. Dennis Phipps also would be hit by a pitch from starter Scott Mitchinson. Waring would have to leave due to getting hit. Brett Bartles pitch ran. One out later, Jason Bour would reach on a fielder's choice, Phipps would be out at second. Kevyn Feiner then singled to center to score Bartles.
Kane COunty got the run back in the bottom of the inning. Vitters would hit a ball that would be hammered well over the deck in right field.
Two more runs for the Cougars in the sixth inning. With two outs, Lissman singled to center. Vitters would walk, and Shane Keough got an infield single to third to load the bases. Richard doubled down the left field line to score Lissman and Vitters.
Scott Mitchinson pitched well in his six innings of work. He gave up five hits but just one run. Scott didn't walk anyone and struck out two. Nick Walters then came on to get the final three outs of the game, all on strike outs.
With the win the Cougars are now 16-4 on the season and one game ahead of Clinton in the standings. With the 16 wins the Cougars set a new club record for most wins in the first 20 games of a season.
Dragons
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Keltavoius Jones |
LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Zack Cozart |
DH |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Todd Frazier |
SS |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brandon Waring |
3B |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brett Bartles |
PR/3B |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Dennis Phipps |
RF |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Michael McKennon |
1B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jason Bour |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kevyn Feiner |
2B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Justin Reed |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Michael Richard |
SS |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Matt Ray |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Greg Dowling |
1B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Corey Brown |
DH |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Matt Smith |
C |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Todd Johnson |
RF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Michael Lissman |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Christian Vitters |
3B |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
| Shane Keough |
CF |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
LOB DAY-6, KC-4, 2B-Jones, Richard, Brown, HR-Vitters 2 (Klinker 2), SACF-Brown, SB-Smith, CS-Keough
| Dayton |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
|
|
1 |
5 |
0 |
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
X |
|
|
7 |
9 |
0 |
Dragons
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Matt Klinker |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
L (1-1) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
18 |
2 |
6 |
| Phillipe Valiquette |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
4 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Scott Mitchinson |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
W (3-0) |
1 |
0 |
2 |
23 |
25 |
5 |
11 |
| Nick Walters |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
HB-Waring, Phipps (Mitchinson), SO-Jones, Dowling, Smith, Lissman, Kc-Jones, Feiner, Reed 2, BB-Richard, Ray, Vitters
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