Cougars win homestand opener in 10
August 24, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release
GENEVA, Ill. - Leonardo Gil delivered a bases-loaded game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday night to lift the Kane County Cougars to a 4-3 victory over the Beloit Snappers in front of 6,493 at Elfstrom Stadium. It was the Cougars' ninth walk-off victory of the season and their second win in a row. It was also the start of an eight-game homestand after the Cougars went 2-6 on an eight-game, nine-day road swing.
The Cougars saw three different leads evaporate before they ultimately won the game. Down 1-0 in the fifth, the Cougars tied the game when Juan Nunez scored on a wild pitch. Then they took the lead on a bases-loaded walk to Mike Spina. After Beloit tied the game in the seventh with an unearned run off Josue Selenis, Jeremy Barfield scored on an error in the eighth to make it 3-2.
Beloit answered with a run in the top of the ninth against Justin Murray, which set up Gil in the 10th. Dusty Napoleon and Nino Leyja singled, Conner Crumbliss was hit by pitch, and Gil hit the first pitch he saw from Steve Blevins (3-5) into left center for the game-winner.
Cougars starter Mathieu Leblanc-Poirier gave up one unearned run in five innings. He left in line for a win but took a no-decision. Selenis gave up an unearned run in 1 2/3 innings, A.J. Huttenlocker retired the four batters he faced and Murray (4-1) ended up with the win.
The Cougars (26-31, 67-60) and Snappers (24-33, 51-76), who are playing eight games in a row against each other, continue their second four-game set Tuesday night at 6:30 CT. Shawn Haviland (6-10, 4.35) is scheduled to face Bruce Pugh (3-4, 3.04).
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