Cleburne topples Kane County Cougars

The Cleburne Railroaders found hits from every batter in their lineup Wednesday night at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva after the Kane County Cougars did the same in the first game of the series. The result was a 13-4 Cleburne victory.

The Cougars got the scoring started early though in the bottom of the first against Blair Henley. Trendon Craig got aboard with a leadoff walk and managed to reach second on his 15th steal of the season. Josh Allen moved him to third on a flyball. Marcus Chiu then shot a ball through the infield and scored Craig, giving the Cougars an early 1-0 lead. On the next at bat, Todd Lott blasted a 442-foot bomb over the batter’s eye in center field and extended the Cougars lead to 3-0.

The Railroaders struck back against Konnor Ash in the top of the fourth inning. Cooper Weiss reached first on a walk. Two batters later, Aaron Altherr smacked his second home run of the series over the left field wall to cut into the Cougars lead 3-2. After Kyle Martin singled his way on-base, Chris Kwitzer smoked a ball to the wall in left field, scoring Martin and tying the game at 3. Finally, Jacob Morrow dropped a single into shallow right field that scored Kwitzer, scoring four straight for Cleburne, giving it a 4-3 lead.