MWL1 Kane County Cougars

Cougars Fall to Bandits in Game 3

Published on August 23, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release


GENEVA, Ill. - The Kane County Cougars saw two different leads slip away Monday night in an 8-6 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits at Elfstrom Stadium. Advantages of 2-0 and 6-3 were not enough, and the Cougars dropped their third straight and ninth in the last 11. With 14 games left, the Cougars now trail Clinton by 1.5 games for the top playoff spot and are tied with Beloit for the Wild Card spot.

Mike Gilmartin singled home Leonardo Gil in the second, and Max Stassi scored on an error to make it 2-0. Starter Jonathan Joseph yielded an unearned run in the third for a 2-1 score and pitched well over five innings. He gave up three hits, walked four and fanned six, leaving in line for a win but getting a no-decision.

After the Bandits took a 3-2 lead in the seventh on a two-run homer by Devin Goodwin off Connor Hoehn, the Cougars rallied for four in the bottom half. Conner Crumbliss nailed an RBI double, Jose Crisotomo poked an RBI single and Anthony Aliotti drilled a two-run double to make it 6-3. But the Bandits came right back with three in the eighth off Ryan Doolittle, putting together four straight singles with two outs. Then in the ninth Jose Guzman gave up a controversial two-run homer to Robert Stock, who hit a shot down the right-field line that was ruled fair by the plate umpire. Two members of the Cougars were ejected for arguing the call. The four-game series concludes Tuesday night at 6:30 CT. Chris Mederos (5-5, 2.80) will pitch for the Cougars (29-25, 61-62), Eric Fornataro (7-13, 5.27) will go for the River Bandits (34-19, 74-48). The game will be broadcast on www.kccougars.com with pre-game coverage starting at 6:15 p.m.

6:15 PM (CT) Pre-Game Show, 6:30 First Pitch on kccougars.com Tuesday's Probable Starters RH Chris Mederos (5-5, 2.80) Vs. RH Eric Fornataro (7-13, 5.27)

WP: Jose Rada (2-0) LP: Jose Guzman (4-2) SV:

T - 3:12 A - 5,019

Mike Gilmartin (2-for-3, RBI, RS)

Notables

- Jose Crisotomo has a six-game hitting streak and has collected at least one RBI in four straight games.

- Cougars manager Aaron Nieckula (274) is two wins shy of passing Lynn Jones (275, '94-'97) for most wins by a KC skipper.

- Quad Cities is 24-5 on the road in the 2nd half and has won nine straight away from home.

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