Kane County Cougars at Cedar Rapids Kernels
Friday, April 12th, 2002
New Memorial Stadium, Cedar Rapids, Iowa


The Cougars ran into a hot pitcher today in Kernels
starter Johan Santana. Santana struck out 11 in five
and two third innings of work. He gave up three hits,
and walked one. At one point from the second till the
sixth he retired 13 in a row, striking out eight. He
gave up a first inning single to Scott Hicks, then
promptly caught him off of first base for the final
out of the inning. He ran out of gas in the sixth
inning.

In the sixth inning the Cougars loaded the bases with
one out and came away empty handed. With one out,
Winton Zapey singled to right, the Kernels did not
hold him on first so he stole second. William Arroyo
then walked. Athony Brewer made it bases loaded when
he singled to left. Heath Kelly then struck out. That
was the last hitter that Santana would see. The
Kernels then brought in John Rouwenhorst to face
Hicks. Scott broke his bat, in the process he grounded
to first base to end the inning.

The Cougars had Phil Akens make his second start of
the season. He went six inning, giving up five hits
and three runs. Phil walked one and struck out six.
After the third inning, that is the inning that he
would give up his last run. After that inning, he
settled down and retired the next eight hitters till
he was removed from the game after the sixth inning.

In the second inning, after the Kernels scored their
run, with a man on third. Tommy Murphy walked. Ed
Welch then bunted down the third base line. The ball
was for some reason picked up just before it was going
to go foul. This loaded the bases. Phil Akens then
beared down and struck out Justin Turner. Ransel
Melgarejo then poped up to second. Jeff Mathis who had
homerd the inning before, then struck out to end the
inning.

The scoring started in the first inning for the
Kernels when, Jeff Mathis extended his seven game
hitting streak with a home run to right field. After
the homer Akens struck out the next two hitters to end
the inning.

The Kernels added another run in the second when Mike
Napoli lead things off with a double to right. Greg
Porter followed with a single to left. On the play
left fielder Hunter Wyant overan the ball, which
allowed Napoli to score.

Adding one more run in the fourth the Kernels took a
commanding three to nothing lead. With one out Tommy
Murphy doubled to right. Ed Welch then grounded out to
second. On the play Murphy was running and made it all
the way around to score.

Tyler Banks came on for the Cougars in the seventh and
struck out the first hitter he faced. Ed Welch then
bunted for a single, the ball made it just back to the
pitcher and he beat the throw., Welch would then steal
second, and advance to third on a wild pitch. One out
later, Ransel Melgarejo then doubled to left to score
Welch.

The Cougars did make a run at the Kernels in the ninth
when, Heath Kelly laid down a perfect bunt to third
for an infield single. Scott Hicks then singled to
right to get Kelly over to third. Jason Stokes then
hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Kelly.


Anthony Brewer-CF, 1-4, 3 K
Heath Kelly-SS, 1-4, R, 3 K
Scott Hicks-DH, 2-4, CS
Jason Stokes-1B, 0-3, SACF, RBI, 3 K
Charles Frazier-RF, 1-4, CS, 3 K
Hunter Wyant-LF, 0-4
Michael Tucker-3B, 0-3, K
Winton Zapey-C, 2-3, SB
William Arroyo-2B, 0-2, BB, 2 K

Phil Akens, 6 ip, 5 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 6 k
Tyler Banks, 2 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 1 k


Kane County--000-000-001--1-7-0
Cedar Rapids-110-100-10X--4-8-0

W-Johan Santana, 2-0
L-Phil Akens, 0-1



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T-2:20


See You All Tomorrow When The Cougars Come Home To
Play The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers For A 4 p.m. Game
Time At The Elf!!

The Cougars made a roster move before the game. Kris
Clute was put on the disabled list, with a sore
neck/shoulder. Heath Kelly was brought in on a rehab
assignment. He is wearing the number 41.



Alumni Report

Atlanta 2 Florida 0

Josh Beckett, 6 ip, 5 h, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 5 k, L, 0-2,
K
Kevin Olsen, 1.1 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k
Gary Knotts, 1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 0 k
HR-Chipper Jones (Beckett) 1 st Inning, 1 On


This Day In Kane County History

4/12/91, In the 1st Cougars game ever, they defeat the
South Bend White Sox, 8-0 at South Bend

92-Future NFL Pro Bowl Deffensive Back, John Lynch is
the winning pitcher in his last game with the Cougars
before leaving to play pro footbal with the Tampa Bay
Bucs

94-Dan Ehler tosses 6 ip, 1 h, and Kevin Millar hits a
homer as the Cougars beat Fort Wayne 3-2

98-Pablo Ozuna (Peoria), went 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 BB,
2 R, K


Birthdays

Billy Owens, 1B (92) 31



Remember to vote for who you think will be the Cougars
2002 MVP on my website at members.core.com/~malshere,
the poll will close on the 15th, when the new poll for
April Player Of The Month will be posted.

Thank You


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