Cougars prevail over Burlington Bees in 13 innings

Posted May 04, 2010 11:00 pm

BURLINGTON, Iowa - The Kane County Cougars built a 2-0 lead, let it slip and then managed a run in the 13th inning to beat the Burlington Bees 3-2 Tuesday night. Rob Gilliam pitched 8 innings of 1-run ball in a no-decision, Max Stassi had 3 hits, including a homer, and Max Peterson struck out the side in the 13th to get a save in his Cougars debut. The win snapped the Cougars' losing streak at four.

and took them to 4-0 against the Bees this year.

Stassi nailed a two-out solo homer in the second off John Lamb to make it 1-0, and Conner Crumbliss poked a sacrifice fly in the seventh to score Nino Leyja.

Meanwhile, Gilliam was cruising. He got touched for a run in the bottom of the eighth but tossed the longest outing by a Cougar this year and his fourth quality start in six outings. He yielded 5 hits, walked one and struck out seven.

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