Cougars Can't Hold Lead vs. Bandits
Published on June 26, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release
DAVENPORT, Iowa - The Kane County Cougars led Saturday night's game in the Quad Cities, 7-3, heading to the bottom of the eighth inning and eventually were left stunned with an 8-7 loss at Modern Woodmen Park. The River Bandits scored once in the eighth and got four unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth off Jose Pina to beat the Cougars and even the three-game set.
The Cougars led, 1-0, in the fourth when Kent Walton tripled in a run and scored on a wild pitch to make it 3-0. The Bandits got two back against Dan Straily with single runs in the fourth and fifth to cut it to, 3-2, and Straily left before the inning was over. He gave up two runs on five hits over 4 2/3 innings in a no-decision. A.J. Huttenlocker handled the next 2 1/3 innings and gave up one run -- in the seventh.
The Cougars had scored twice in the top of the seventh on RBIs from Leonardo Gil and Tyreace House, and they added two more in the top of the eighth after Mike Gilmartin and Conner Crumbliss each drove in a run. Pina (0-1) yielded his first run in the eighth on three hits for a 7-4 score. Then in the ninth Luis Mateo poked a sacrifice fly, and Matt Adams ended the game with a two-out three-run double for a walk-off finish. All four ninth-inning runs were unearned due to an error by Gilmartin at the onset of the frame. Aaron Terry (3-2) recorded the victory.
The Cougars (1-1, 33-38) and River Bandits (1-1, 41-30) conclude their series Sunday afternoon at 5 CT. Ian Krol (5-2, 1.86) is scheduled to face Shelby Miller (1-3, 4.79). The game will be broadcast on WBIG 1280-AM and online at www.kccougars.com with pregame coverage starting at 4:45 p.m.
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