The Cougars lost to the Wizards of Fort Wayne by two runs. Kane County actually put two of those runs up in the ninth inning before the Wizards brought in their closer to shut the door on them.

Drew Dickinson did not have one of his best games, he lasted into the sixth inning, giving up nine hits and five runs. He did get out of some trouble in the first though. With two outs, L.J.Biernbaum singled to right. Paul McAnulty then reached on an error by third baseman Kory Wayment. Steve Shirley then grounded one to third, and Wayment after making an error he made a nice play to end the inning.

Nobuaki Yoshida started for the Wizards and lasted into the seventh. He gave up five hits but only one run.

The Cougars actually scored first in this game. Francis Gomez lead off the game with his first homer of the year. It went to right centerfield.

After that the Cougars offense was basically shut down. They did get a man to third in the third with two outs, but a fly out to left cancelled that threat.

Fort Wayne scored their first two runs in the fourth with one out. Steve Baker singled to left. Doc Brooks then doubled off the wall to center to score Baker to tie the game. Luis Cruz then singled to left to score Brooks to take the lead.

In the fifth inning the Wizards scored three more runs. Brian Burgamy singled to right to lead things off. L.J.Biernbaum tripled to center to score Burgamy. Paul McAnult doubled to right to score Biernbaum. Steve Shirley grounded out to first to get McAnulty to third. Steve Baker grounded to third for the second out. On the play McAnulty scored.

Marcus McBeth started things off with a single to center in the fifht. Nick Rogers then lined into a doubled play. He lined one to center and McBeth was doubled up at first. Gomez then singled to left. He stole second, the catcher threw the ball into center and Gomez went to third. Wayment struck out to end the threat.

The Cougars did have to get out of two more jams in the late innings. In the sixth Cruz lead off with a double to right. Andres Pagan struck out for the first out. Eddie Serrano then grounded out to second, on the play Cruz made it to third. Brian Burgamy walked. The Cougars then took Dickinson out of the game. Edwardo Sierra then came in. L.J.Biernbaum then walked to load the bases with two outs. McAnulty then grounded out to second to end the inning.

Fort Wayne wasnt done threatening to score. With one out in the bottom of the eighth. Serrano singled to center. Burgamy flied out to center for the second out. Biernbaum then singled to left to get Burgamy to second. McAnulty then struck out to end the game.

With one out in the ninth, Kirk Nordness walked. John McCurdy then singled to right. Both runners would move up a base on a wild pitch. Marcus McBeth singled to right to score both Nordness and McCurdy.


Cougars
Name POS AB H R RBI
Francis Gomez 2B 5 1 2 1
Kory Wayment 3B 3 0 0 0
Brant Colamarino 1B 3 0 1 0
John Baker C 4 0 0 0
Nelson Cruz RF 4 0 0 0
Kirk Nordness DH 3 1 0 0
John McCurdy SS 4 1 1 0
Marcus McBeth CF 4 0 2 2
Nick Rogers LF 4 0 1 0
Wizards
Name POS AB R H RBI
Eddie Serrano 3B 5 0 1 0
Brian Burgamy 2B 4 1 1 0
L.J. Biernbaum RF 4 1 4 1
Paul McAnulty 1B 5 1 1 1
Steve Shirley DH 4 0 0 0
Steve Baker CF 3 1 2 1
Doc Brooks LF 3 1 2 1
Luis Cruz SS 4 0 2 1
Andres Pagan C 4 0 0 0
E-Wayment (4), Serrano (2), Pagan (3), LOB-Cougars-6, Wizards-10, RLISP-Cougars-4, Wizards-5, 2B-McAnulty (11), Brooks (6), L. Cruz (6), 3B-Biernbaum 92), HR-Gomez(1)(Yoshida)(1)(1st, solo), RBI-Gomez (19), McBeth 2 (3), Biernbaum (21), McAnulty (17), S. Baker (17), Brooks (10), L. Cruz (12), SB-Gomez (10), Rogers (7), CS-S. Baker (1), DP-Rogers (2)(Yoshida)(L8-3), L. Cruz (Sierra)(1)(L1-6)
Kane County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Fort Wayne 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 5 13 2
Cougars
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison WP BK HB AB BF GB FB
Drew Dickinson 5.2+1 9 5 5 3 4 L (4-2) 0 0 0 26 29 7 5
Edwardo Sierra 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 ND 0 0 0 5 6 1 1
Manny Rodriguez 1 2 0 0 0 1 ND 0 0 0 5 5 1 1
Wizards
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison WP BK HB AB BF GB FB
Nobuaki Yoshida 6.2+1 5 1 1 2 3 W (1-1) 0 0 0 25 27 8 8
Wilmer Vilatoro 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 ND 0 0 0 4 4 1 1
Eudy Morel 0.1+3 2 2 2 1 0 ND 1 0 0 3 4 0 1
Dale Thayer 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 SV (6) 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
WP-Morel (2), SO-Gomez 2 (24), Wayment 2 (29), Baker 2 (31), Rogers (15), Serrano (4), McAnulty (26), Shirley (5), Brooks (34), L. Cruz (13), Pagan (13), BB-Colamarino (14), Nordness (9), Burgamy (26), Biernbaum (11), S. Baker (9), Brooks (10)
Ejections-Webster Garrison (2), Jason Basil (1)
A-2,737, T-2:37
H-(65,517)(15), A-57,719)(19), T-(115,236)(34)

Alumni Report:

Chris Aguila @MOB-LF, 1-5, 2B, RBI, 2 K
Antonio Alfonseca MIL-1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Chip Ambres @MOB-CF, 2-4, 3 R, 2B, BB, K
Jeff Bailey NH-1B, 0-5, K
Denny Bautista @TAM- 5 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, L(3-3), 3 WP
Ronaldo Belizario ASH-7 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, HR(R.Spillborghs)
Anthony Brewer-ASH-CF, 0-3, BB, K
Terry Byron @PB-1 IP, 1 K
Miguel Cabrera @MOB-3B, 2-5, R, 2 K
Luis Castillo @SD-2B, 3-5, 2 R, SB
Chris Clapinski TUC-PH, 0-1
Matt DeMarco @TAM-2B, 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI, R, 2 BB, CS
Matt Easterday @TAM-LF, 0-2, R, 2 BB
Manuel Esquivia ASH-1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 K
Michael Flannery @MOB-1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K, SV(4), WP
Quincy Foster NH-PH, 0-1
Ross Gload @TOL-1B, 1-4, SB, E
Adrian Gonzalez IA-1B, 2-5, R
Alex Gonzalez @SD-SS, 0-3, IBB, K
Brad Haynes @TAM- 1 IP, 1 BB, 1 K
Scott Hicks @TAM-RF, 0-3, R, HBP, 3 K
Kevin Hooper IA-2B, 2-4, R, HBP
Matt Jarvis CS-0.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB
Charles Johnson NYM-C, 0-1, RBI, 2 BB, SACF
Jim Kavourias @TAM-PR, 0-0
Mark Kotsay FLA-CF, 0-3, 2 BB, K, CS
Billy McMillon @SL-RF, 2-2, R, RBI, SB, 3 BB, 2 E
Brian Meadows SD- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Randy Messenger @MOB-5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, W(2-3), HR(J.Knotts)
Stephen Morales WT-C, 1-3
Blaine Neal @SD-2 IP, 3 H, 1 R< 1 ER, 1 BB
Drew Niles @MOB-1B, 1-4, BB, 2 K
Matt Padgett @MOB-RF, 0-3, 2 BB, K
Jason Pearson NASH- 0 IP, 1 H
Scott Podsednik CHC-PH, 0-1, K
Julio Ramirez @SAC-RF, 1-5, R, E
Eric Reed @TAM-CF, 1-5, R, RBI, SB
Rex Rundgren @TAM-SS, 1-4, R, RBI, K
Jose Santos @TAM-3B, 1-4, 2B, BB, R, K, 2 E
Jason Stokes @TAM-DH, 0-2, 2 BB, RBI, SACF, 2 K
Matt Treanor IA-C, 1-3, HR(2)(M.Bruback), R, RBI, BB, K
Michael Tucker @TAM-1B, 2-5, RBI, 2 K
Luis Ugueto MID-2B, 0-4, 4 K
Derek Wathan IA-SS, 1-4, 2B, K
Josh Willingham @TAM-C, 1-4, 2B, BB, PB
Josh Wilson @MOB-SS, 1-4, 3B, R, RBI, BB, K
Greg Zaun @PIT-PH, 0-0, BB



This Day In Cougars History (May 12th)


2000, Ouch!!. The Cougars were dropped at Beloit 18-5. 13 Cougars fanned in the loss.

2001, Michael McNutt, at South Bend. 8 IP, 5 H, 6 K, W



Thanks
David Malamut