MWL1 Kane County Cougars

Cougars Lose Finale in Wisconsin

Published on August 31, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release


APPLETON, Wisc. - The Kane County Cougars never led Tuesday night and suffered their most lopsided loss of the season with a 16-4 defeat against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Time Warner Cable Field. Though the Cougars had to settle for a split of the four-game set, they got some help in the playoff race. With Clinton's loss in Peoria and Beloit's loss to Burlington, the Cougars remain 1.5 games behind Clinton for the top playoff spot and 1.0 game ahead of Beloit for the Wild Card spot with six games remaining in the regular season.

Aaron Larsen (0-1) suffered the loss in his Cougars debut. He gave up six runs -- two earned -- during a rough second inning. Kenny Smalley gave up two runs in three innings, Max Peterson yielded four runs -- three earned -- in 1 1/3 innings and Connor Hoehn ceded four runs in 1 2/3 frames. Ryan Doolittle also worked in the eighth inning and gave up two of the Rattlers' 15 hits.

All of the Cougars' runs came during a fifth-inning rally against Jake Odorizzi. Tyreace House notched a sacrifice fly, and Leonardo Gil belted a two-run triple and scored on an error to cut the deficit to 6-4, but that was as close as the Cougars could get.

The Cougars (34-29, 66-66) play all six of their remaining regular season games at Elfstrom Stadium and open a three-game series with the Peoria Chiefs (31-31, 69-62) on Wednesday night at 6:30 CT. Murphy Smith (7-2, 3.93) is scheduled to face major leaguer Carlos Silva, who will be on a rehab assignment from Peoria's parent-club Chicago Cubs. The game will be broadcast on WBIG 1280-AM and 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 WBIG 1280-AM & kccougars.com Wednesday's Probable Starters RH Murphy Smith (7-3, 3.93) Vs. RH Robinson Lopez (1-0, 1.59)

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