Kane County Cougars lose slugfest in home game

The Kane County Cougars had a 7-run lead at one point in the game, but the Cleburne Railroaders scored 14 straight runs to win 15-9 and even the series Wednesday night at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.

The Cougars (13-16) once again saw a big inning in the fifth scoring six runs and taking an 8-1 lead. However, the Railroaders didn’t stay behind for long. In the sixth inning, Cleburne stringed together six runs, including a grand slam by Cooper Weiss to put the Railroaders down 8-7.

After Taylor Broadway (2-0) neutralized the Cougars for the next two innings, the Railroaders’ bats struck again in the seventh. Jake Stevenson (0-3) entered the game and gave up two runs quickly to give the Railroaders the lead 9-7.

It didn’t stop there, though, as later in the inning the bases were loaded once again. Jose Sermo picked up his first hit of the season in a big way with the second grand slam of the game and gave the Railroaders a 14-8 lead.

The final nail in the coffin would come in the top of the ninth inning off an Andres Sosa sacrifice fly, to set up the final score for the game of 15-9.