Cougars win 4-3 on frosty night
Travis Jones and Ryan Stovall each came up with two-out RBI singles Monday night as the Kane County Cougars held off the Burlington Bees 4-3 on a 40-degree night at Elfstrom Stadium.
The victory was the Cougars’ first of the year in a series opener and second straight overall.
The Bees scored 2 runs in the first inning against Sugar Ray Marimon, but the Cougars fought back.
Brian Fletcher singled home Alex Llanos in the first against Seth Frankoff, and Lane Adams reached on an error with two outs in the third, which allowed Yowill Espinal to score to tie it at 2-2.
Marimon left after 4 innings. He gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, walked two and struck out four in a no-decision, and Jon Keck followed with a pair of hitless, scoreless innings.
The Cougars pulled ahead, 3-2, in the sixth inning when Jones singled to score Murray Watts, but the Bees tied it in the seventh against Dusty Odenbach.
Adams reached on an error to open the Cougars’ eighth. He took third on a sacrifice bunt by Geulin Beltre, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single to center by Stovall off Drew Tyson (1-2) to give the Cougars a 4-3 lead.
Chase Boruff (2-0) worked the eighth and ninth innings to earn the win.