Cougars’ offense wakes up

Posted May 10, 2011 2:00 am

Special to the Daily Herald

The Kane County Cougars’ offense is back.

After going nearly three weeks without scoring more than 5 runs in a game and averaging 2.3 runs over the last 16 games, the Cougars scored eight times on 13 hits Tuesday night to beat the Beloit Snappers 8-4 in the opener of a six-game home stand at Elfstrom Stadium.

The Cougars scored in each of the first five innings, providing starter Sugar Ray Marimon (2-2) with plenty of support.

Brian Fletcher nailed a 2-run single in the first against Andrei Lobanov (0-2) to make it 2-0.

Murray Watts belted a one-out solo homer in the second and the rout was on.

and Beloit scored a run in the top of the third, Fletcher nailed RBI singles in the third and fourth and Lane Adams added a run-scoring single for a 6-1 lead.

Alex Llanos’ two-out, 2-run single in the fifth made it 8-1.

Marimon lasted 5 innings, gave up 1 run and struck out seven for the win.

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