Kane County Cougars rally in the ninth inning to force deciding Game 5 of championship series

In more late-game drama of the Miles Wolff Cup Finals, the Kane County Cougars strung together three runs in the top of the ninth inning against the Sioux Falls Canaries to stun the crowd at the Birdcage with a 3-2 Cougars win and force a deciding Game 5.

It was an early strike by the Canaries on Friday night against Vin Timpanelli in the bottom of the second inning. Jordan Barth and Josh Rehwaldt went back-to-back on home runs leaving the Bird Cage and put Sioux Falls ahead 2-0. After that, it was a pitching clinic put on by Timpanelli and Tanner Brown. The Cougars starter went the next three innings only allowing one hit, two strikeouts, and no runs, while Brown pitched seven scoreless tacking on seven strikeouts.

The Cougars will play in Game 5 of the Miles Wolff Cup Finals at 5 p.m. Saturday at Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to decide who will be the champions of the league.