Cougars Win, Now 7-1 on Homestand
July 18, 2010 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Kane County Cougars News Release
GENEVA, Ill. - The Kane County Cougars moved their winning streak to a season-high five games Saturday night with a 7-3 victory over the West Michigan Whitecaps in front of 10,058 at Elfstrom Stadium. Dan Straily pitched six shutout innings, Leonardo Gil homered and drove in three and Jason Christian and Rashun Dixon each scored twice. The Cougars have won 12 of their last 15 games and are 6-1 on their nine-game homestand. They also have not trailed at any point during the win streak.
Straily (7-6) posted his seventh quality start, tossing six innings of five-hit ball. He walked and fanned seven in the victory. When A.J. Huttenlocker allowed an eighth-inning run, it snapped the Cougars' consecutive scoreless innings at 26 2/3. Max Peterson gave up two runs in the ninth before Jose Guzman entered and recorded his 13th save.
Conner Crumbliss drilled an RBI single in the third to put the Cougars ahead, 1-0, and then they put up three runs in the fourth off Giovanni Soto (5-6). Dixon walked with the bases loaded, Gil poked an RBI single and Juan Nunez notched a sacrifice fly to make it 4-0. Gil homered in the sixth and had a sacrifice fly in the eighth, and Dixon scored on a wild pitch to account for the Cougars' seventh run.
The Cougars (14-8, 4645) and Whitecaps (7-15, 33-58) continue the three-game series Sunday afternoon at 1 CT. Ian Krol (7-3, 2.28) will oppose Trevor Feeney (7-9, 3.49). The game will be broadcast on WBIG 1280-AM and online at www.kccougars.com with pre-game coverage starting at 12:45 p.m. 11:45 AM (CT) Pre-Game Show, 12:00 First Pitch on WBIG 1280-AM & kccougars.com Monday's Probable Starters RHP Murphy Smith (4-0, 5.48) Vs. LHP Jared Wesson (2-0, 2.15)
WP: Bo Schultz (4-1) LP: Trevor Feeney (7-10) SV: A.J. Huttenlocker (1)
T - 2:44 A - 4,515
Leonardo Gil (2-for-4, HR, 2 RS)
Notables
- Anthony Aliotti went 3-for-4 and is batting .394 in July.
- Myrio Richard owns a 14-game hitting streak, the longest by a Cougar this season.
- The Cougars are 13-4 in July, eight wins shy of a new franchise record for July victories (20-8, '04).
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