Scott Deal pitched well, and the Cougars took advantage of walks to help them get the win against the Great Lakes Loons 6-3.
Deal pitched seven strong innings, he had a little trouble in the fourth and fifth but besides that did a good job. He gave up four hits and three runs, only two of those runs were earned. Scott walked one and struck out six, he threw 90 pitches.
The trouble for Scott started in the fourth inning, when Justin Fuller led off with a triple to center. Matt Berezay then reached on an error by shortstop Mike Affronti, Fuller would score on the play.Deal then got a double play and a strike out.
The other two runs that Deal gave up came in the fifth inning. Josh Bell hit a lead off homer down the line in right. Preston Mattingly then singled to short, he then stole second. Juan Apodaca walked. Trayvon Robinson followed with a sacrifice bunt to move the runners along. Bridger Hunt hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Mattingly.
The Cougars started out their scoring in the third inning. Todd Johnson led off with a walk. Mike Massaro then placed a bunt almost perfectly. He popped it up over the pitcher and in front of the second baseman, who couldn't make the play. Mike Affronti then bunted the runners over. Greg Dowling grounded out to second to get Johnson home.
Larry Cobb led off the fifth inning by reaching on an error by the third baseman, he would then get to second on a wild pitch. Johnson grounded one to first, the Loons tried the first baseman to pitcher for the out, but Johnson is way to fast for that. Massaro then lined one back to the pitcher for the first out. Affronti would hit a sacrifice fly to left, that would be a foul ball caught and Cobb tagged up and scored.
The big inning for the Cougars came in the sixth when the Loons couldn't find the plate. With one out, Jake Smith doubled down the left field line. Jermaine Mitchell then walked. The Loons then brought in Yulkin German to replace starter Thomas Melgarejo. German would throw 13 pitches, three for strikes. He walked Christian Vitters to load the bases. Cobb was then hit on the knee to knock in Smith to tie the game. Johnson then walked to advance Mitchell. The fourth ball was a wild pitch and went to the back stop, no one could advance. Massaro then continued his hitting streak with a single up the middle to drive in Vitters and Cobb. The Loons then made another pitching change, Garret White came in and gave up a single to Affronti, Massaro went to second. Greg Dowling and Haas Pratt would strike out to end the inning.
Loons
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Bridger Hunt |
LF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Justin Fuller |
SS |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Matt Berezay |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| James Peterson |
RF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Eduardo Perez |
1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Josh Bell |
3B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Preston Mattingly |
2B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Juan Apodaca |
C |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Trayvon Robinson |
CF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Mike Massaro |
CF |
5 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| Mike Affronti |
SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Greg Dowling |
1B |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Haas Pratt |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jake Smith |
C |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Jermaine Mitchell |
RF |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Christian Vitters |
3B |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Larry Cobb |
2B |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Todd Johnson |
LF |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
E-Fuller, Bell, Affronti, LOB GL-5, KC-8, 2B-Dowling, Smith, 3B-Fuller, HR-Bell (Deal), SACF-Hunt, Affronti, SACB-Robinson, Afronti, SB-Mattingly, DP-Peterson (Deal)(6-4-3)
| Great Lakes |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
3 |
6 |
2 |
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
0 |
0 |
X |
|
|
6 |
7 |
1 |
Loons
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Thomas Melgarejo |
5.1+2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
L (0-3) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
20 |
24 |
4 |
7 |
98 |
56 |
| Yulkin German |
0+4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
| Garret White |
1.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
25 |
16 |
| Miguel Sanfler |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
NP |
S |
| Scott Deal |
7 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
W (2-3) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
26 |
7 |
7 |
90 |
61 |
| Brandon Dewing |
0.2+1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
12 |
8 |
| Scott Moore |
1.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
SV (4) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
7 |
HB-Apodaca (Deal), Cobb (German), SO-Hunt, Fuller, Peterson, Perez, Robinson, Pratt 2, Vitters, Cobb, Kc-Dowling, Vitters, BB-Apodaca, Mitchell, Vitters, Johnson
5,808
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