Today, somehow the Cougars are the ones scoring runs in the eigth inning to pull off a win. They basically stole the win from the Swing. Cliff Pennington had three steals, and Jose Pineda had two stolen bases.
Ryan Ruiz led off the eighth inning by reaching on an error by the third baseman. Gregorio Petit then singled to left. Cliff Pennington followed with a three run homer. One out later, Myron Leslie doubled to right. Tommy Everidge was then intentionally walked. Jose Pineda then came through with a single to left to score Leslie. Javier Herrera then pitch hit for David Castillo, and hit a double to right to score both Everidge and Pineda. Nick Blasi ended the inning with a fly to right.
The Cougars would get behind early as the Swing scored three runs in the first two innings off of Cougar starter Joe Scott. In the first inning with one out, Matt Shepherd singled to left, then stole second. One out later, Nick Stavinoha singled to center to score Shepherd. In the second inning, Eric Verbryke led off with a double to right. Juan Lucena then doubled to right to score Verbryke. Mike Ferris flew out to center, Lucena tagged up and moved into third base. Cody Palmer hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Lucena.
Kane County cut into the lead in the second inning with a run of thier own. Blasi led off with a walk, then stole second. Ruiz followed with a walk. On eout later, Pennington singled to left to load the bases. Luis Perez lined out to first for the second out. Myron Leslie then walked, to force in Blasi. Tommy Everidge struck out to end the inning with the bases still loaded.
Pennington with one out in the fourth with a single to right, he then stole second and third. Pennington would then come home on a wild pitch. Matt Lemancyzk would hit a lead off homer in the fifth to left. Quad City scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings. In the eighth, Chris Patrick led off by drawing a walk. Two outs, and one pitcher later, Lucena singled to right. Cody Palmer would then hit one to Leslie. Leslie tried for the force out and threw the ball into right field. Patrick would score on the error. Lemancyzk grounded to third to end the inning.
With one out in the ninth and down two runs, Rick Ankiel walked. Stavinoha then singled to left. One out later, Verbyrke singled to first, Ankiel would score. Luncena flew to right to end the game.
Somehow this wasnt a higher scoring game, with both teams leaving runners on base. In the third inning, Shepherd led off with a walk. One out later, Stavinoha singled to left. Scott then got a pop out and a strike out to end the inning. A leadoff walk in the fourth would be erased by a caught stealing. In the sixth inning two one out singled would be erased by a double play.
Lemancyzk led off the seventh with a double to left. Shepherd bunted him to third. Ankiel then grounded out to short. Stavinoha would line to short to end the inning.
The Cougars left the bases loaded twice. The first time was in the first inning. Pennington led off with a single to short, then stole second. Perez and Leslie both would strike out. Everidge then walked, along with Pineda which loaded the bases. Castillo popped out to second to end the inning.
In the sixth inning, Ruiz led off by being hit by a pitch. He then stole second. One out later, Pennington walked. A wild pitch would move both runners along a base. The Swing then brought in a new pitcher. Perez struck out and Leslie popped out.
Swing
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Matt Lemanczyk |
CF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Matt Shepherd |
2B |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Rick Ankiel |
DH |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Nick Stavinoha |
RF |
5 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
| Chris Patrick |
3B |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Eric Verbryke |
LF |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Juan Lucena |
SS |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| Mike Ferris |
1B |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Cody Palmer |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Cougars
| Name |
POS |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
| Cliff Pennington |
DH |
4 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Luis Perez |
RF |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Myron Lelsie |
3B |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Tommy Everidge |
1B |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Jose Pineda |
LF |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| David Castillo |
C |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Javier Herrera |
PH |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Raul Padron |
C |
| Nick Blasi |
CF |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Ryan Ruiz |
2B |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Gregorio Petit |
SS |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2B-Lemanczyk, Verbryke, Lucena, Leslie, Herrera, HR-Lemanczyk (Scott), Pennington (Dickerson), SACF-Palmer, SACB-Shepherd, SB-Shepherd, Pennington 3, Pineda 2, Blasi, Ruiz, CS-Lucena, Herrera, DP-Stavinoha (Scott)(6-4-3), Palmer (Fyvie)(6-4-3)
| Quad City |
|
|
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
6 |
13 |
2 |
| Kane County |
|
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
6 |
X |
|
|
8 |
8 |
1 |
Swing
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Mark McCormick |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
17 |
1 |
2 |
| Dennis Medina |
2.1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
ND |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
| Cory Meacham |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
| Bo Dickerson |
1 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
L (2-2) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
Cougars
| Name |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
Decison |
WP |
BK |
HB |
AB |
BF |
GB |
FB |
| Joe Scott |
5 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
23 |
3 |
7 |
| Tomas Cabaniel |
2.2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
ND |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
| Dan Fyvie |
1.1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
W (1-0) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
HB-Pineda (Medina), SO-Verbyrke, Palmer, Perez 4, Leslie, Everidge 2, Pineda, Castillo, Ruiz, Petit 2, Kc-Patrick, Verbyrke, BB-Shepherd 2, Ankiel, Patrick, Lucena, Pennington, Leslie, Everidge 2, Pineda, Castillo, Blasi, Ruiz, IBB-Everidge (Dickerson)
Random Notes and other things....Hansel Izquierdo (01) was named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week, He has been playing for Altoona (Pittsburgh)....Barb Maabs is in the lead of the fantasy league.. Barb, Max Akerman, and Terry Baumann were the high scored for todays game... Tomorrow I will most likely be in Peoria to watch the Cougars pitch..Oh yeah some guy named Wood is suposed to be rehabing for the Chiefs tomorrow, anyone heard of him?
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David Malamut