MWL1 Kane County Cougars

Cougars Fall to Bandits in Return Home

Published on May 13, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release


GENEVA, Ill. - The Kane County Cougars dropped the opener of a four-game series, 5-1, Thursday night against the Quad Cities River Bandits in front of 4,062 at Elfstrom Stadium. The defeat put the Cougars back to .500, and they now trail the first-place Bandits by four games in the Western Division standings at the midway point of the 1st half.

Starter Justin Marks (1-4), coming off his first victory and quality start of the season, suffered the loss. He gave up a first-inning run before settling down to retire 10 of the next 11 hitters. The Bandits managed two in the fifth against him and got a homer from Jason Stidham in the sixth to make it 4-0. Marks gave up the four runs on seven hits, walked two and fanned four. Bo Schultz erased a sixth-inning jam but then got touched for one in the seventh for a 5-0 score. Kyle Christensen posted two perfect relief innings in the stead of Schultz.

The Cougars managed just five hits in the game and fanned 11 times against a trio of Quad Cities pitchers. Shelby Miller (1-2) pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings for the victory. The Cougars' lone run came in the bottom of the ninth against Jesse Simpson when Nino Leyja singled home Anthony Aliotti for an unearned run.

The Cougars (17-17) and Bandits (21-13) continue the four-game series Friday night at 7 CT. Rob Gilliam (2-1, 2.87) is scheduled to face Joe Kelly (2-2, 2.96). The game will be broadcast on WBIG 1280-AM and online at www.kccougars.com, with pregame coverage starting at 6:45 p.m.

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