Cougars Pull Away from Wisconsin
Published on May 27, 2018 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release
Geneva, Illinois - The Kane County Cougars knocked off the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, 8-3, in front of 6,896 fans at Northwestern Medicine Field on Sunday night.
The Cougars (25-21) struck for a pair of runs in the second inning. Eduardo Diaz slugged a solo home run, his second of the year. After Tim Susnara doubled, Joey Rose drove Susnara in with a single to make it 2-0. In the seventh, the Cougars broke the game open. After back-to-back walks to start the inning, the next two batters were retired. With runners at first and third and two outs, Yoel Yanqui singled home a run, beginning a string of six consecutive hits for the Cougars. Renae Martinez and Yan Sanchez collected RBI singles. Eduardo Diaz followed with an RBI double and Tim Susnara capped the inning with a run-scoring knock. In all, the Cougars sent 11 batters to the plate and scored six times in the seventh inning.
Wisconsin (22-28) stranded a combined ten runners in the first eight innings of the game, including stranding the bases loaded in the first inning. However, the Timber Rattlers broke through in the ninth. An error on Cougar shortstop Jazz Chisholm started the inning. Devin Hairston followed with a single. The next batter, Jay Feliciano, clubbed a three-run homer to get Wisconsin on the board and cut the Cougar lead to 8-3.
Cougar starter Jeff Bain (3-1) earned the win, tossing 5.2 innings of shut out ball on six hits and four strikeouts. Erbert Gonzalez hurled an inning of no-run ball, striking out all five batters he retired. Abraham Almonte allowed the homer in the ninth, but recorded the final five outs of the night for the Cougars.
Wisconsin starter Carlos Herrera (0-3) took the loss, surrendering two runs on six hits over five innings of work. Wilfred Salaman yielded four runs over 1.2 innings. Jose Cuas gave up the final two Cougar runs, tossing 1.1 innings out of the Wisconsin bullpen.
The Cougars' eight-game homestand concludes Monday afternoon with game four of four against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Left-hander Mack Lemieux (1-3, 5.13) takes the ball for the Cougars. Purchase tickets by calling 630-232-8811 or on kccougars.com.
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