Kane County Cougars at Cedar Rapids Kernels
Tuesday, June 25th, 2002
New Vetrans Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa


Today the Cougars offense was nowhere to be found, the pitching from starter Phil Akens was ok, but he got no run support and thusly fell to a record of 1-10. He is tied for the league lead in losses.

The Cougars did get on the board in the first inning, after Charles Frazier led off the game with a strikeout, Kris Clute walked. Jason Stokes then doubled to right to score Clute.

The game would stay that way untill the bottom of the third. The only reason that would happen was because of some good deffense and some good pitching by Akens. In the first inning, Nick Kimpton singled to short. Tommy Murphy then grounded out to first to move Kimpton to second. Dallas McPherson then grounded out to short to move Kimpton to third with two outs. Jeff Mathis then walked. Mathis was then caught trying to steal second to end the inning.

The Kernels also came close to scoring in the second. With one out Mike Napoli singled to right. Mike Eylwad singled to left. Jon Cahill then grounded back to Akens. With runners on second and third and two outs. Mike Eylwad overan second and was tagged out to end the inning.

They did find home plate in the third. With one out Nick Kimpton singled to center, then stole second. Tommy Murphy grounded out to first, to move Kimpton to third. Dallas McPherson then singled to right to score Kimpton.

In the fourth inning the Cougars lost thier best hitter for the game. Jason Stokes singled to left. Paco Ferrand then popped up to second. Scott Hicks lined to second, the second baseman then threw to first for the double play. Stokes thought he was safe and argued, he got tossed. George Arnott came into the game to play first for the first time this year.

Cedar Rapids took the lead in the bottom of the inning. With one out Mike Eylwad doubled to right. Jon Cahill then singled to center to score Eylwad.

The bullpen just did not have anything in the tank tonight. In the seventh inning Mick Gorneault led off with a single to center off of reliever John Skinner. Nick Kimpton then singled to center. Gorneault would get to third. Tommy Murphy and Dallas McPherson both struck out. On strike three to McPherson the ball would get away from Anderson to allow Gorneault to score. John Mathis walked. Casey Kotchman then single to center to score Kimpton.

In the eighth inning the Kernels just kept on scoring runs. Jon Cahill singled off of Wes McCrotty. Mick Gorneault the singled to short. On the play the ball went off of McCrotty's glove. Mick Kimpton then somehow got a bunt to stay fair, for a single to load the bases. Tommy Murphy lined one to center. On the play Cahill would tag up and score. Dallas McPherson then singled to right to score Gorneault. Jeff Mathis would strike out. Casey Kotchman singled to right to score Kimpton. Mike Napoli would strike out to finally end the inning.

The Cougars would load the bases in the ninth but wouldn't score.

Cougars
Name POS AB R H RBI
Charlie Frazier RF 4 0 1 0
Kris Clute 2B 3 1 0 0
Jason Stokes 1B 2 0 2 1
George Arnott 1B 1 0 1 0
Francisco Ferrand LF 4 0 0 0
Scott Hicks DH 4 0 1 0
Dennis Anderson C 4 0 1 0
Jason Helps 3B 4 0 0 0
Rex Rundgren SS 3 0 0 0
Anthony Brewer CF 2 0 1 0
Kernels
Name POS AB R H RBI
Nick Kimpton CF 5 3 4 0
Tommy Murphy SS 4 0 0 1
Dallas McPherson 3B 5 0 2 2
Jeff Mathis C 3 0 1 0
Casey Kotchman 1B 5 0 2 2
Mike Napoli DH 3 0 1 0
Mike Eylward LF 4 1 2 0
Jon Cahill 2B 4 1 2 1
Nick Gorneault RF 4 2 3 0


E-Brewer, McPherson, LOB-Cougars-6, Kernels-11, RLISP-Cougars-4, Kernels-7, 2B-Stokes, Eylward, RBI-Stokes, Murphy, McPherson 2, Kotchman 2, Cahill, SACF-Murphy, SB-Brewer, Kimpton, McPherson, Gorneault, CS-Anderson, Mathis, DP-Hicks (Green)(L4-3), Brewer (Andrade)(P6-3)
Kane County 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Cedar Rapids 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 X 7 17 1
Cougars
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison WP BK HB AB BF GB FB
Phil Akens 5 9 2 2 1 2 L 0 0 0 21 22 4 6
John Skinner 1.2+2 3 2 2 2 2 ND 1 0 0 8 10 2 1
Lincoln Holdzkom 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 ND 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Wes McCrotty 1 5 3 3 0 2 ND 0 0 0 7 8 0 1
Kernels
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison WP BK HB AB BF GB FB
Steven Shell 7 4 1 1 1 5 W 0 0 1 23 25 5 8
Steve Andrade 1 0 0 0 0 1 ND 0 0 1 2 3 0 1
Joel Peralta 1 3 0 0 0 1 ND 0 0 0 6 6 1 1
WP-Skinner, HB-Arnott (Green), Brewer (Andrade), SO-Frazier, Clute 2, Ferrand, Hicks, Anderson, Rundgren, Kimpton, Murphy 2, McPherson, Mathis, Napoli, Eylwad, BB-Clute, Mathis 2, Napoli 2
A-2,921
H-(209,872)(34), A-(113,867)(37), T-(326,786)(70)

Alumni News
Brett Roneberg traded to Montreal for Donnie Bridges
Hansel Izquierdo was sent back down to Calgary

Alumni Report

Philadelphia 7, Florida 6
Luis Castillo-2B, 1-4, 2 BB
Mike Redmond-C, 2-4, R
Charles Johnson-C, 0-0, BB
Michael Tejera-PH, 0-1, K
A.J. Burnett-P, 1-2, HR(1)(Robert Person) RBI, R, K
Kevin Millar-PH, 0-1
A.J. Burnett, 6 ip, 6 h, 4 r, 4 er, 4 bb, 5 k, HR(Ricky Ledee)
Vic Darensbiug, 1 ip, 3 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 0 k, L(1-2)

Calgary 5, Fresno 6,
Matt Erickson-2B, 0-4, 2 K, HBP
Derek Wathan-SS, 2-5, 2B, 2 R, 2 K
Kevin Hooper-PR, 0-0, SB

Portland 2, Norwich 3
Chris Aguila-RF, 1-3, 2B, BB
Adrian Gonzalez-1B, 1-4, 2B, R
Jose Santos-3B, 1-4, RBI, 2 K
Matt Padgett-DH, 1-4, 2 K
Matt Treanor-C, 0-3, BB, K
Drew Niles-2B, 0-4
Nate Robertson, 8 ip, 10 h, 2 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 5 k
Brandon Sloan, 0.1 ip, 1 h, 1 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k, L(2-4)

Jupiter 7, Clearwater 4
Chip Ambres-CF, 3-6, HR(5)(E. Brito) R, RBI
Will Smith-LF, 2-5, R, RBI, BB
Miguel Cabrera-DH, 1-5, 2 R, SB, BB
Pat Magness-1B, 1-6, RBI 2 K
Jim Kavourias-RF, 1-5, R, BB, 2 K
Josh Willingham-3B, 0-4, RBI, BB, 2 K, HBP, E
Matt DeMarco-SS, 2-5, 2B, R
Matt Easterday-2B, 2-5, 2 2B, RBI, R K
Randy Messenger, 6 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 4 k, HR(C.Ruiz), BK
Chris Key, 3 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 k
Steve Sawyer, 2 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 1 k, W(5-0)
Michael Flannery, 1 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 k, SV(11)

Jeff Bailey (HAR @ ERI)1B, 2-5, R, RBI, BB, 2 K
Joe Borowski (CHC V CIN) 2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 4 k
Roosevelt Brown (CHC V CIN)PH, 1-1, 2B
Chris Clapinski (LV @CSP)SS, 3-5, HR(7)(Chris Brittan), 4 RBI, 3 R, BB
Ross Gload (CSP V LV)1B, 2-6, 2 3B, R, RBI, 3 K
Mark Kotsay (SD V SF)CF, 1-5, 2 RBI
Billy McMillon (COL @SCR)LF, 0-3, R
David Noyce (WT V CHAT) 0.2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k, W(2-1)
Alex Ochoa (MIL @ STL)RF, 1-3, R, BB, SB
Scott Podsednik (TAC @NO)CF, 2-3, 2 RBI, SACF
Edgar Renteria (STL V MIL)SS, 1-3
Nate Rolison (TAC @ NO)1B, 1-4, K
Randy Winn (TB V TOR)CF, 2-5, 2B, 3 R, RBI, BB
Gregg Zaunn (HOU V ARZ)C, 1-3, HR(1)(Curt Schilling) 2 RBI, R, BB, K



This Day In Cougars History
6/25/93, Cougars fans watch the Dynamite Lady blow herself up prior to the game, and the watch the Cougars bomb the Madison Muskies, 11-7. Dan Robinson, Pookie Wilson and Todd Pridy contribute three hits to the 13 hit attack. Allowing Hector Carrasco to pick up his first voctory in over two months.

6/25/94, Peoria's Alex Cabrera hits a pair of 2 run homer leading the Chiefs to a 6-4 win over the Cougars at Peoria's Pete Vonachen Stadium. Antonio Alfonseco is the starting and losing pitcher for the Cougars.




Birthdays
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David Malamut