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Cougars fall but maintain 3-game lead

The Kane County Cougars trailed the whole way and fell 7-2 against the Peoria Chiefs in front of a season-high 12,586 at Elfstrom Stadium on Friday.

The Cougars lost two of three in the series and ended up with a 3-4 mark on their seven-game homestand.

Clinton also lost, though, which means the Cougars keep a 3-game lead for the top second-half playoff spot in the Midwest League’s Western Division with 23 games left.

Starter Jason Adam (5-7) entered the sixth in a 1-1 tie but ended up with a loss because the Chiefs scored 4 runs in the inning. The Cougars made a couple of mistakes defensively, and the Chiefs produced 5 hits to make it 5-1.

The Cougars next hit the road for a three-game series against the Cedar Rapids Kernels that begins Saturday.