Cougars' Losing Skid Hits Four
Published on July 16, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release
GENEVA, Ill. - The Kane County Cougars' losing streak hit four games on Saturday night after a 9-3 loss against the Great Lakes Loons in front of 9,285 at Elfstrom Stadium. The Cougars have not led at any point during the four-game skid, a season-worst span of 36 innings. They are 4-12 against the Eastern Division yet still at the top of the Western Division.
Despite not holding a lead, the Cougars were tied after five innings and trailed by one after six, but the Loons erupted for three runs in the seventh against Mitch Hodge and two more in the eighth against Chase Boruff for the 9-3 final. Jason Adam (3-5) entered the sixth with a chance for his first quality start since June 2 but left with one out in the inning. He ended up yielding four runs on five hits in 5 1/3 innings in the loss. Adam, Hodge and Boruff gave up 12 hits to the Loons.
The Cougars' offense knocked out 10 hits and drew six walks but went 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position and stranded a season-high 13 runners on base. Brian Fletcher went 3-for-3 with one RBI -- a game-tying run in the fifth scored by Angel Franco, who reached base four times. The Cougars had scored three runs on 16 hits in their entire series with Lansing and scored three runs on 10 hits Saturday night in the loss. They left the bases loaded twice and stranded two runners twice.
The Cougars (13-9, 41-50) and Loons (13-9, 52-39) play Game 2 of the series Sunday afternoon at 1 CT. Leonel Santiago (7-6, 3.04) is scheduled to oppose Garrett Gould (9-4, 2.17). The game will be broadcast on WBIG 1280-AM and online via kccougars.com with pregame coverage starting at 12:45 p.m.
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