Kane County Cougars sweep doubleheader at home

In your not-so-typical doubleheader, the Kane County Cougars took both games against the Lake Country Dockhounds on Tuesday afternoon at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva. The first game saw Konnor Ash go the distance in a 10-2 win, then the Cougars, behind Claudio Finol, clawed back in and stole the second game 7-6.

Game 1 of the make-shift double-header was a continuation of a game started back on July 10 between the Cougars (39-43) and the Dockhounds (48-33). In that game, Konnor Ash (7-2) was dealing, striking out four and only allowing one hit through the first four innings of play. At the plate the Cougars had Ash’s back. They scored three runs in the first inning, featuring a 2-run double by Armond Upshaw that scored Todd Lott and Marcus Chiu.

That’s when the rain suspended the game. The Cougars extended their lead in the fifth inning. Trendon Craig singled his way aboard, and then Allen reached on an error. Chiu stepped up and lined a shot into center field that got down for a single, scoring Craig and pushing the lead to 4-0.

Lott got involved again after that, roping a ball down the left-field line to the wall, scoring Allen easy and Chiu from first base to make the score 7-0. Lott picked up another RBI and second double of the game in the seventh inning, driving in Craig and making the score 8-0. In the eighth inning, Kane County pushed across its ninth and 10th runs of the game off a double by Zane Spinn that scored Robby Martin Jr. Spinn then scored himself after an error on a flyball to right to give the Cougars a double-digit lead 10-0.