MWL1 Kane County Cougars

Cougars Crush Kernels in Opener

Published on August 11, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release


CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Through four games on their Iowa road trip, the Kane County Cougars have four victories and have outscored their opponents, 42-12. Wednesday night at Veterans Stadium the Cougars routed the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 11-2. The offense connected for 17 hits, including five from Leonardo Gil, and the pitching trio of Murphy Smith, Max Peterson and Jose Guzman allowed only four.

Jason Christian gave the Cougars a lead they never gave back with a second-inning homer off Max Russell (1-2), and it remained 2-0 until the fifth. Anthony Aliotti hit an RBI double, and Rashun Dixon singled him home. Then Juan Nunez delivered a two-out two-run single to make it 6-0. Smith allowed his only run in the bottom half, and the Cougars sent 10 to the plate during a five-run sixth to reach 11 runs. Aliotti had a two-run double, Gil nailed a run-scoring single, Christian roped a sacrifice fly, and Mitch LeVier scored on an error.

Smith (7-0) gave up one run on three hits over six innings for his fifth straight quality start. He walked two and struck out two in the win. Peterson faced the minimum over two frames, and Guzman yielded one run in the ninth before ending it, giving the Cougars their 10th win in the last 13 games and 25th in the last 37. The Cougars (27-17, 59-54) and Kernels (24-19, 68-44) go at it again Thursday night at 6:35 CT. Jonathan Joseph (1-4, 4.45) is scheduled to pitch against Tyler Kehrer (4-4, 5.08). The game will be broadcast online at www.kccougars.com with pre-game coverage starting at 6:20 p.m.

6:20 PM (CT) Pre-Game Show, 6:35 First Pitch on kccougars.com Thursday's Probable Starters RH Jonathan Joseph (1-4, 4.45) Vs. LH Tyler Kehrer (4-4, 5.08)

WP: Murphy Smith (7-0) LP: Max Russell (1-2) SV:

T - 3:08 A - 2,131

Leonardo Gil (5-for-6, R, RBI, 2B)

Notables

- Conner Crumbliss has an 11-game hitting streak and is 17-for-46 (.370) during it.

- Anthony Aliotti has an eight-game hitting streak and is 12-for-36 (.333) during it.

- Leonardo Gil became the first Cougar with 5+ hits in a game since Mike Massaro (8/10/07 vs. Lansing).

- Cougars manager Aaron Nieckula (272) is four wins shy of passing Lynn Jones (275, '94-'97) for most wins by a KC skipper.

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