West Michigan Whitecaps at Kane County Cougars
Monday, July 8th, 2002
Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium, Geneva, Illinios
Oh were, Oh were did this Cougars offensive exposion come from, were
was this offense hiding for the past few games. Did they go into semi-hibernation
or did they take a vacation. Wherever they went, all I know is that they
showed up today in Geneva.
The Cougars got ten hits and scored eight runs. Most of those runs
were a result of the Whitecaps starter Jason Moates and his extreme
wildness. He hit four Cougars in his two plus innings of work?. He also
walked four hitters. Eventhough only two of those walks scored and
no of the hitters that were hit scored.
On the other hand Nic Ungs pitched very well for the Cougars. Nic
gave them six innings of good work. He gave up six hits and two runs. Ungs
did not walk anyone and struck out five. Three of those strike outs were
the first three Caps he saw in the first innings, on 14 pitches.
Kris Clute had two doubles and scored two runs in the first two innings.
After that he grounded out twice and struck out once. Jason Stokes, fresh
off playing in the All Star Futures game was back. He had two hits and
score two runs, while driving in another. Michael Tucker had two hits and
one runs scored. Rex Rundgren drove in three runs with a single.
The Cougars would take advantage of Moates' wildness right away. With one
out Kris Clute lined a double to center. The ball bounced over the fense for
a ground rule double. Clute would then get to third on a wild pitch. Jason
Stokes walked. Scott Hicks singled to right to bring home Clute. Stokes
would get to third. Hicks was then picked off of first, he got into enough
of a run down to allow Stokes to score. Michael Tucker was then hit by a
pitch. So was Daniel Ortiz. Dennis Anderson then walked to load the bases.
Rex Rundgren lined out to center to end the inning.
The Caps would come back in the next half inning to cut the lead in
half. Juan Tejeda took one of Ungs' pitches a deposited it onto the deck
in left.
With two outs in the second Kris Clute doubled to left. Jason Stokes then
doubled down the line to left to score Clute.
More of the wildness from Moates in the third. With one out Daniel
Ortiz walked. Dennis Anderson then followed. Rex Rundgren was hit by a pitch
to load the bases. Anthony Brewer then got in the way of another pitch, this
allowed Ortiz to score. After that the Caps brought in Trevor Leu , and
he got the final two outs of the inning.
The big inning for the Cougars was the fourth, where they scored
three runs. Jason Stokes led it off with a single to right. He then
got to second on a wild pitch. Scott Hicks walked. Michael Tucker struck
out. Daniel Ortiz walked to load the bases. Dennis Anderson then struck out. After
he struck out he had some words for the ump, more on Dennis later. Rex Rundgren
then hit one to center. The center fielder dove and missed it. Stokes, Hick and
Ortiz all scored. Meanwhile Rundgren would only get a single since the left fielder
was right there.
After that inning both offenses would be quiet for an inning. In the
sixth inning the Caps scored again. With two outs, Juan Tejeda singled
to left. Don Kelly then doubled hard off the right field wall to score Tejeda.
In the bottom of the inning the Cougars would get the run back. With
one out Michael Tucker singled to center. Daniel Ortiz singled to right. Dennis
Anderson singled to right to score Tucker.
The final two runs of the game would be from the West Michigan side. In
the eighth inning Juan Francia led off with a walk. Chris Kolodzey then
pitch hit for Mike Scott and struck out. Jason Knoedler pitch hit for
David Mattle and walked. Juan Tejeda walked to load the bases off of Cougars
reliever Tim Schilling. The Cougars then brought in their closer Lincoln Holdzkom.
Don Kelly doubled to left to bring in Francia and Knoedler. Jason Kennedy
then struck out for the second out. Ryan Neil lined to center to end the
inning.
Ok now more on Anderson, in the bottom of the eight he got ejected
from the game. He ended the inning by striking out. The ball was outside. He yelled at
the ump and got throw out. This is the second time in two years he has
been thrown out while arguing balls and strikes with an ump. Last time
was May 21st of last year in Dayton.
Caps
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Juan Francia |
2B |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Mike Scott |
DH |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chris Kolodzey |
PH/DH |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| David Mattle |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jason Knoedler |
PH |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Juan Tejeda |
1B |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| Don Kelly |
SS |
4 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| Jason Kennedy |
LF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Neil |
RF |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Jason Allec |
C |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Juan Gonzalez |
SS |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Charlie Frazier |
RF |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Kris Clute |
2B |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Jason Stokes |
1B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Scott Hicks |
LF |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Michael Tucker |
3B |
4 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Daniel Ortiz |
DH |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Dennis Anderson |
C |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Angel Molina |
C |
| Rex Rundgren |
SS |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Anthony Brewer |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
E-Clute, LOB-Caps-6, Cougars-10, RLISP-Caps-5, Cougars-6, 2B-Kelly 2, Clute 2, Stokes, HR-Tejeda (Ungs), RBI-Tejeda, Kelly 3, Stokes, Hicks, Anderson, Rundgren 3, Brewer, DP-Kennedy (Ungs)(6-4-3)
| West Michigan |
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
|
4 |
7 |
0 |
| Kane County |
|
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
X |
|
|
8 |
10 |
1 |
Caps
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Jason Moates |
2.1+4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
L (6-4) |
1 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
18 |
4 |
2 |
| Trevor Leu |
1.2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
ND |
1 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Landon Stockman |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
12 |
3 |
1 |
| Jordan Gerk |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Nic Ungs |
6 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
W (5-3) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
23 |
24 |
6 |
5 |
| Tim Schilling |
1.1+2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
| Lincoln Holdzkom |
1.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
HB-Tucker, Ortiz, Rundgren, Brewer (Moates), Gonzalez (Ungs), WP-Moates 2, SO-Francia 2, Scott, Kolodzey, Mattle, Kennedy, Neil, Allec 3, Frazier 3, Clute, Stokes, Tucker, Anderson 2, Rundgren, Brewer, BB-Francia, Mattle, Tejeda, Gonzalez, Stokes, Hicks, Ortiz 2, Anderson 2
A-4645
H-(281,205)(43), A-(121,858)(39), T-(356,110)(81)
Notes-When Moates was taken out of the game the music guy, played them
theme from Looney Tunes, which I thought was appropriate.
Alumni News
-Jorge Cordova (99-00) has been promoted from Chattanooga (AA) to Louisville (AAA)(Reds)
-Jason Stokes-Midwest League Player of the Week, Baseball America 1st hald all star (Low-A)
-Rob Henkel-Baseball America 1st Half all star (High-A)
-Dontrelle Willis-Baseball Amercia 1st Half all star (Low-A)
-Nate Robertson has been named to the National League side of the AA all star game
-Josh Wilson went back to Jupiter from Portland
-I recently found another Cougar Alumni still in pro ball, Todd Pridy (93) he is playing
for the Sonoma County Crushers of the independent Western League.
-Bryan Moore (99) released by the Marlins
More players recently got older over night, and there were some Cougars
Alumni, Baseball America website reportd all of these.
| Name |
Year |
Old |
New |
Age |
| Elvis DeJesus |
2002 |
5/8/81 |
7/12/78 |
24 |
| Francisco Ferrand |
99-02 |
5/20/80 |
5/20/73 |
29 |
| Juan Garcia |
02 |
3/10/82 |
10/10/82 |
19 |
| Eudy Lajara |
01 |
8/20/79 |
8/15/76 |
25 |
| Nelson Lara |
97-99 |
7/15/78 |
11/17/78 |
23 |
| Gustavo Lopez |
00-01 |
8/20/79 |
8/12/75 |
25 |
| Jose Santos |
99 |
3/1/78 |
3/1/74 |
28 |
| Winton Zapey |
01-02 |
3/21/80 |
3/21/78 |
24 |
Alumni Report
New Britain 5, Portland 6
Brandon Bowe, 0.2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k, SV(3)
Jesus Medrano-2B, 2-5, HR (1)(J.Sneed), 2 R, 1 RBI
Josh Wilson-SS, 3-5, HR(2)(A.Flohr), 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI
Adrian Gonzalez-1B, 2-4, 2 R
Chris Aguila-CF, 0-3, , BB, 2 K
Jose Santos-DH, 1-4, RBI
Vero Beach 9, Jupiter 4
Joe Sergent, 5 ip, 10 h, 7 r, 4 er, 0 bb, 4 K, L(0-1)
Steve Sawyer, 3 ip, 4 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 3 k
Chip Ambres-CF, 1-5, RBI, 2 K
Matt Easterday-2B, 2-3, R, RBI, 2 BB
Will Smith-DH, 1-5, 3 HR(9)(H. Totten), RBI, R
Josh Willingham-3B, 1-2, 2 BB
Jim Kavourias-RF, 0-4, K
Matt DeMarco-SS, 1-4
Francisco Ferrand-LF, 0-3, BB
Juan Garcia-1B, 0-4, K
Mahoning Valley 10, Jamestown 2
Tyler Banks, 2.2 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 2 k
Hunter Wyant-SS, 0-4, K
Dominic Woody (Eve V TRI)C, 1-3, K, 2 PB
This Day In Cougars History
7/8/94, Billy McMillon homers twice in the Cougars 12-4 win over Fort Wayne.
Remember to vote for who you think should've been the player and pitcher of the month
for June. You can vote at members.core.com/~malshere. You have untill July 13th.
Thanks
David Malamut
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