Kane County Cougars lose to Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs evened the series against the Kane County Cougars with a 9-2 victory, throwing a combined five scoreless innings after giving up two runs in the fourth inning against the Kane County Cougars on Saturday night at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.

After a scoreless first inning, the rain came out and delayed the game by over an hour. When the game resumed, the Monarchs got the scoring started in the third inning off Westin Muir. Yoyner Fajardo picked up a base hit, and then Micah Pries ripped a ball to the right-center field wall.

Fajardo came around to score, and the Monarchs took an early lead 1-0. After Muir walked Jorge Bonifacio, John Nogowski smoked the second double of the inning to the right-center field wall, clearing the bases and pushing the lead to 3-0.

Kansas City tacked on another run in the fourth inning when Josh Bissonette reached on a fielder’s choice. He then scored after Ryan Leitch smacked a double, giving the Monarchs a 4-0 lead.