Beloit Snappers at Kane County Cougars
Wednesday, July 10th, 2002
Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium, Geneva, Illinios
Hey, Maybe The Cougars Have Turned The Corner Offensivley!......
The Cougars pounded out 12 hits against the Snappers tonight, and
with Dontrelle Willis pitching thats a win. Eventhough most of the runs
for the Cougars occured because they got the Snappers to throw the ball
around a lot, and hey they made three errors in the game.
Dontrelle Willis got his tenth win of the season today and pitched
extremely well. He went eight innings, giving up five hits and one runs.
He did not walk anyone, but hit three Snappers. He struck out four. The
last time Willis faced the Snappers at the Elf was the combied no-hitter in
May.
Willis only got into trouble twice in the game, the first time was in
the second inning. Brad Nelson led off by getting beaned by a pitch. Dan
Boyd then singled to right. Tom Carrow struck out. Willis then got Hector
Garcia to ground into the inning ending double play. To preserve what
at that time was a one to nothing lead.
The only other time the Snappers gave Willis any trouble was in the
fourth inning when they actually scored a run against him. With two
outs Brad Nelson came up and singled to center then stole second base.
Dan Boyd was hit by a pitch. Now is when thing got interesting. Tom Carrow singled
to left. Leftfielder Scott Hicks threw home, the throw got to catcher Angel Molina
in time. Nelson slammed into Molina and the ball came loose. Willis was
backing up the play and got the ball and threw to second. Carrow had rounded first
to far, and shortstop Rundgren got the ball and ran him back towards first. He saw
that Boyd was going to try to score and threw home and Carrow was out to end the inning.
Phil Akens came in for an inning of work in the ninth with the Cougars
up by eight runs to try to get his confidence up. He gave up a hit and hit a man.
The Milwaukee Brewers first round pick from last years draft, Mike
Jones started for the Snappers. He lasted into the fourth inning but did
not have one of his better days. Dane Artman then came in for relief, another
highly touted prospect, he fared a little better. The Jon Steitz came in to
close out the final two innings for the Snappers and he got shelled.
Charles Frazier had two hits and scored a run, plus stole another base. Kris
Clute had two hits and drove home three runs. Angel Molina hit his first homer and scored
three runs. Rex Rundgren is heating up, he had three hits. Anthony Brewer
only had one hit, but he walked three times, and scored twice.
The Cougars could've won the game in a bigger way than they did, they
had an opportunity to score at least one run in every inning. They left
14 runners on base, 12 of them in the first six innings.
In the first inning, Charles Frazier walked, then was caught trying to
steal secon. Kris Clute struck out. Jason Stokes singled to left. Scott
Hicks walked. Michael Tucker then struck out to end the inning.
The Cougars would score in the second inning. Dan Ortiz walked. Angel Molina
flied one to right. Ortiz thought it was going to be caught but it wasn't
and Ortiz was out at second. Rex Rundgren singled to center. Anthony
Brewer struck out. Charles Frazier singled to center to score Molina.
In the fourth inning the Cougars put a couple of more runs on the board. With one
out Rundgren singled to left, then got to second on a wild pitch by Jones. Brewer walked.
Frazier singled to right to load the bases. Kris Clute then singled to right
to score both Rundgren and Brewer. The Snappers then brought in Dan Artman to pitch.
On Artman's first pitch Frazier and Clute, were both safe with a double steal. That led to
the Snappers intentionally walking Stokes. Artman then reared back and struck out
both Hicks and Tucker to end the inning.
The big inning for the Cougars was the seventh. Molina led off with an
infield single to second. Rundgren then put down a bunt. The pitcher
Steitz picked it up and threw it into centerfield. Anthony Brewer then
singled to center to score Molina. Frazier hit a liner to first. The
first baseman Nelson tried to pick it, the ball went threw him for an error to load
the bases. Kris Clute was then hit by a pitch to bring home Rundgren. Stokes popped
up to second. Scott Hicks doubled to left, to bring home all three runs. Hicks had rounded the
bag to nuch after the Snappers threw home, and thier catcher threw the ball into centerfield.
The centerfielder bobbled the ball and that allowed Hicks to get to third on the play.
The Cougars would score one more run, in the eighth inning Molina led
off with his first homer of the season. The ball went onto the deck in left field. It was
his second professional home run.
Snappers
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Ozzie Chavez |
SS |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Chris Barnwell |
3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Florian Villanueva |
C |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Brad Nelson |
1B |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Dan Boyd |
DH |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Tom Carrow |
CF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Hector Garcia |
RF |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Travis Hinton |
RF |
| Terry Mayo |
LF |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Elliot Ayala |
2B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Charlie Frazier |
RF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Kris Clute |
2B |
5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Jason Stokes |
1B |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Scott Hicks |
LF |
4 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Michael Tucker |
3B |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Daniel Ortiz |
DH |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Angel Molina |
C |
5 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Rex Rundgren |
SS |
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
| Anthony Brewer |
CF |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
E-Nelson, Stietz, LOB-Snappers-7, Cougars-14, RLISP-Snappers-3, Cougars-8, 2B-Hicks, HR-Molina (Stietz), RBI-Carrow, Frazier, Clute 3, Hicks 3, Molina, Brewer, SB-Nelson, Frazier, Clute, CS-Frazier, DP-Garcia (Willis)(1-6-3), Chavez (Willis)(4-6-3)
| Beloit |
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
1 |
6 |
3 |
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
1 |
X |
|
|
9 |
12 |
0 |
Snappers
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Mike Jones |
3.1+4 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
L |
1 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
20 |
2 |
2 |
| Dane Artman |
2.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
13 |
1 |
2 |
| Jon Steitz |
2 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
ND |
1 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
14 |
1 |
2 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Dontrelle Willis |
8 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
W |
0 |
0 |
3 |
25 |
28 |
11 |
4 |
| Phil Akens |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
HB-Nelson (Willis), Boyd (Willis), Garcia (Willis), Barnwell (Akens) Clute (Steitz), WP-Jones, Steitz, IBB-Stokes (Artman), SO-Chavez, Barnwell, Villanueva 2, Nelson, Carrow, Clute, Hicks , Tucker 3, Ortiz 2, Rundgren, Brewer, BB-Frazier, Stokes 2, Tucker 2, Ortiz, Brewer 3
A-7876
H-(289,081)(44), A-(121,858)(39), T-(363,986)(82)
Notes-I will be in Beloit the next two games to route on the Cougars, I
hope to be dinning on some Snapper soup.
Alumni News
Dennis Anderson has been reassigned down to Jupiter, Winton Zapey is
back to the Cougars.
Juan Carlos Garcia has been moved from Jupiter to the Gulf Coast League Marlins.
John Skinner has been moved from Kane County to Portland to Jupiter in the last week.
Jose Santos went from Portland to Jupiter
Alumni Report
Since the Cougars had yesterday off here's the report for the 9th and the 10th
7/9/02
AL 7 NL 7
Luis Castillo (FLA)2B, 0-2
Randy Win (TB)RF, 1-2, R, BB, K
Vero Beach 1, Jupiter 7
Gustavo Lopez, 6 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 5 k, W(5-1), HB, WP
Chris Key, 2 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 k
Michael Flannery, 1 ip, 0 h, 0r, 0 er, 0 bb, 2 k
Matt Easterday-2B, 1-4, RBI, SB, BB, K
Will Smith-LF, 2-5, 2B, RBI
Miguel Cabrera-3B, 1-5, 2B, RBI
Josh Willingham-1B, 0-2, R, RBI, 2 SB, SACF, BB
Jim Kavourias-DH, 0-4, K
Chip Ambres=CF, 1-3, 2 R, RBI, HBP, K
Matt DeMarco-SS, 2-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SB, BB
Francsico Ferrand-RF, 2-4, R, RBI, K
Winton Zapey-C, 1-3, RBI
7/10/02
Visalia 4, Stockton 3
Tim McClaskey, 9 ip, 9 h, 3 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 4 k, W(2-4)
Jupiter 3, Dundein 7
Randy Messenger, 5 ip, 8 h, 3 r, 3 er, 3 bb, 1 k, HR(J.Singleton)
John Skinner, 2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 3 bb, 1 k, L(0-1)
Will Smith-RF, 2-4, R, BB
Chip Ambres-CF, 2-5, 2B, R
Miguel Cabrera-3B, 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Josh Willingham-LF, 1-3, HBP
Jose Santos-DH, 1-3, 2B, HBP, K
Pat Magness-1B, 0-4, RBI, E
Matt Easterday-2B, 0-4
Dennis Anderson-C, 1-4, PB
Matt DeMarco-SS, 0-3, BB
This Day In Cougars History
7/9
93, Cougars starter Hector Carrasco hits the Peoria Chiefs' Mark Kingston for the second
straight time, triggering a bench clearing brawl in th sixth inning. Carrasco, Kingston,
Pookie Wilson and Earl Cunningham are ejected, and the Chiefs take advantage of the 5 Cougars
errors to emerge as the 8-3 victors. Kevin Orie hit the games's only home run off Carrasco.
97, Brent Billingsley strikes out 11 and Julio Ramirez homers as the Cougars defeat
the Burlington Bees 6-3
98, Juan LeBron's 3rd inning grand slam off Nelson Lara propels the Lansing Lugnuts
to a 7-4 win.
7/10
93, In front of a new single game attendence record 7,621 fans, Earl Cunningham homers
off Cougars pitcher Pat Leahy to give the Peoria Chiefs a 3-2 win.
94, After the Cougars had rallied for 5 runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a 8-4
lead, the Fort Wayne Wizards send 12 men to the plate in the top of the ninth and go on
to defeat the Cougars 11-8.
97, The Cougars ride a 19 hit explosion to a 13-5 win over the Burlington Bees
98, A.J. Burnett strikes out 12 as the Cougars defeat the Lansing Lugnuts 5-3.
Cougars Birthdays
7/9
Steve Luebber, PC (98) 53
Antonio Castro, P (96) 31
Feliciano Mercedes, IF (92) 29
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 Saturday when the poll
for July will be up.
Thanks
David Malamut
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