Cougars lose lead, fall 6-5

Leading 5-2 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Kane County Cougars were unable to hang on as they fell to the host Quad Cities River Bandits 6-5 in 10 innings Wednesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.

Angel Baez tossed 3 scoreless innings of relief before he walked Tyler Rahmatulla to begin the ninth. Rahmatulla quickly scored on a 2-run homer from Anthony Garcia to pull the River Bandits (32-34) within a run.

Virgil Hill singled with one out while Casey Rasmus bounced into a fielder’s choice to replace Hill at first. Rasmus scored the tying run on a double by pinch hitter Luis Mateo, which sent the game to extra innings.

Travis Miller worked a scoreless top of the 10th inning while Quad Cities grabbed the winning run in the bottom of the inning against Matt Ridings (4-3) as Garcia doubled to the left-center field gap, scoring Colin Walsh all the way from first.

Robinson Yambati started for the Cougars (34-32) and tossed 5 innings while surrendering 2 runs on 4 hits.