Cougars rally past Gary SouthShore

Posted July 21, 2024 4:44 pm

Daily Herald report

The Kane County Cougars fought off a four-run deficit to beat the Gary SouthShore RailCats 10-6 in front of 5,208 Sunday at Northwestern Medicine Field.

The Cougars scored their 10 runs over four innings and received clutch work from the bullpen.

Down 4-1 in the fifth, the Cougars (37-27) did most of their damage against Gary starter Tai Tiedemann (4-6). Ernny Ordonez and Claudio Finol each had two-run doubles to bring the Cougars within one run, then take a 6-4 lead. The offense kept pace thanks to a sacrifice fly from Ordonez in the sixth, and RBI contributions from Todd Lott and Simon Redi in the seventh.

As the offense bailed out Cougar starter Jack Fox, the bullpen helped out as well, working five innings of one-run baseball. Garrett Williams (4-6) worked out of a jam in the sixth to keep the Cougars ahead. Michael Brewer, CJ Carter, and Tyler Beardsley finished off the game.

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