Michael Antonio, Cougars buzz Bees

Posted May 24, 2012 4:00 pm

Special to the Daily Herald

Michael Antonio turned in a couple defensive gems in the seventh inning, then delivered a go-ahead, 2-run double in the eighth to lift the host Kane County Cougars to a 4-3 win over the Burlington Bees on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva.

The Bees (20-25) had a 3-2 lead in the seventh when theyfilled the bases with no outs. B.A. Vollmuth bounced a ball to third that Antonio backhanded and threw home to start a 5-2-3 double play. The next batter, Douglas Landaeta, ripped a ball down the third-base line that Antonio dove to grab. He got up and fired a strike to first to retire the side.

The Cougars' Danny Mateo singled to start the bottom of the eighth and took third on Lane Adams' double. Antonio followed with a ground-rule double that bounced over the fence in left-center, scoring Mateo and Adams to give the Cougars (24-22) their first lead of the game.

Jason Mitchell (1-3) worked the final 2 innings for the win.

Murray Watts drove in the first Cougars' run and Justin Trapp hit a solo homer.

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