Cougars Blanked by Bees

Published on June 30, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release

GENEVA, Ill. - Burlington Bees starter A.J. Cole fired off six scoreless innings while striking out nine as he boosted his ballclub to a 5-0 victory over the Kane County Cougars in front of 8,901 fans on Saturday night at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.

Cole (4-0) allowed just three hits in his six frames with the Cougars (39-40, 5-4) picking up individual singles in each of the first three frames. Only one hit was managed after the third as Jorge Bonifacio singled with two outs in the bottom of the ninth off reliever Jose Macias. Jack Lopez had two of the hits for the Cougars and stole a pair of bases, but the Cougars never had a man reach third base in the contest.

Burlington (38-40, 6-3) took the lead against Aaron Brooks (4-9) in the top of the second as Bobby Crocker singled and scored on a two-bagger from Wade Kirkland. Two more tallies came home for the Bees in the fourth with Crocker starting the rally again with a single in front of a double by Royce Consigli. Nick Rickles grounded to first, scoring Crocker. Kirkland doubled again to allow Consigli to score, giving the Bees a 3-0 cushion.

Brooks allowed another run in the fifth as Max Muncy drove home Eliezer Mesa with a single. Brooks coughed up 10 hits in his six frames while striking out three. Rudy Brown replaced Brooks in the seventh and let an unearned run cross the dish. Rashun Dixon reached on an error and scored on a single by Crocker to finish the scoring. Drew Tyson worked two innings out of the Burlington bullpen before Macias closed it out.

The Cougars are at O'Brien Field on Sunday afternoon to play the Peoria Chiefs at 2:00 p.m. You can listen to the broadcast on www.kccougars.com, beginning with Cougars on Deck at 1:45 p.m. Right-hander Jason Mitchell (2-4) will start for the Cougars against fellow righty Starling Peralta (1-2).The Cougars are at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark on Wednesday, July 4, when they battle the Quad Cities River Bandits at 6:30 p.m. For tickets, please call (630) 232-8811 or visit www.kccougars.com.

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