Cougars Crush Yankees, 14-4

Published on May 17, 2003 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Southwest Michigan Devil Rays News Release


BATTLE CREEK, Mich. - A day after suffering their second-worst loss in franchise history, the Battle Creek Yankees took another beating. The Kane County Cougars crushed the Yankees 14-4 Saturday night in a Midwest League baseball game at C.O. Brown Stadium. Game 2 of the four-game series is Sunday afternoon at 2.

The Western Division leaders pounded out 15 hits to hand Battle Creek its second straight double-digit defeat. On Friday night, Fort Wayne whacked the Yankees 13-0 - one run shy of the worst defeat in franchise history, 14-0 to Burlington in 1997.

The largest home crowd of the season (2,951) was on hand for T-shirt Night.

The Yankees actually led 1-0 after three innings. A pair of walks and an RBI single by Juan Camacho pushed across a run in the second inning.

But Kane County scored two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and seven in the sixth to go ahead 12-2.

Battle Creek scored a run in the fourth on a double by Tommy Rojas and an RBI single by Joaquin Arias. Willie Vasquez led off the sixth with a double and scored on a groundout by Matt Carson. In the ninth, singles by Carson and Rudy Guillen set the stage for a sacrifice fly by Camacho.

Carson had two of the Yankees' nine hits.

Yankees starter Jeremy King (3-4) was tagged with the loss. Kane County starter Drew Dickinson (5-2) picked up the win.

BATTLE CREEK vs. KANE COUNTY
Sun ‹ RHP Jose Valdez (3-2, 4.17) vs. RHP Joe Blanton (2-5, 3.06)
Mon ‹ RHP Ray Clark (0-1, 3.32) vs. RHP Jared Burton (2-0, 1.66)
Tue ‹ RHP Anderson Garcia (1-2, 1.63) vs. LHP Bill Murphy (2-3, 2.78)

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