Kane County Cougars at Clinton Lumberkings
Thursday, April 18th, 2002
Alliant Energy Field (Riverview Stadium), Clinton,
Iowa


The Cougars had one big inning tonight and that inning
propelled them to the victory. Other than that inning
the game wouldve been 3-2 Clinton. The Cougars scored
five runs. The Cougars sent ten men to the plate and
had five hits.

Dontrelle Willis made his third start of the year, and
pitched well. He went six innings, and gave up three
runs. Elvis DeJesus then came in and pitched the
seventh and gave up a walk and a single. Kevin Cave
was next and pitched two innings, getting three
strikeouts.

For the Lumberkings, Jason Norderum started the game
and got shelled. David Maust came in and stopped the
bleading, he went two and one thirds inning of perfect
ball getting two strikeouts. Chris Bye then got two
outs and gave up five earned runs.

Michael Tucker got up to the plate five times and he
reached base all five times. He walked three times and
had two singles to right. He only scored once. Jason
Stokes had three hits. He got a double and had two
runs batted in.


The scoring started in the second inning for the
Kings. Dominick Ambrosini lead things off with a
triple to left, on the play leftfielder, George Arnott
dove for the ball, and missed it, the ball got past
him and Ambrosini made it to third. Clyde Williams
then hit a sacrifice fly to right to allow Ambrosini
to score from third.

The Cougars scored in the fifth when, with one out.
Anthony Brewer walked, then stole second. Hunter Wyant
then singled to left to get Brewer to third. Jason
Stokes singeld up the middle to score Brewer. George
Arnott then lined one hard to left, the leftfilder
Ambrosini caught the ball around the knee caps, and
threw the ball to second, he almost got Wyant out at
second. Charles Frazier then singled to left to drive
home Wyant to take the lead. Michael Tucker then
walked. The Lumberkings then made a pitching change,
David Maust came in with the bases loaded and two
outs. Maust gets a fielder's choice, to end the
inning.

The next half inning saw the Lumberkings score again,
with one out. Shawn Norris single through the middle.
Drew McMillon then lined one to center. Anthony Brewer
came in instead of going out, and missed the ball, it
went over his head. McMillon got a triple. Norris
scored. Willis got out of the inning with a groundout
and a strikeout.

Greg Thissen led of the sixth inning with a single to
right. Josh Labarderia then single past a diving
Stokes. Thissen moved to third. Dominic Ambrosini then
grounded out to third. On the play Thissen would score
to give the Kings the lead 3-2.

In the eighth inning the Cougars put up a rally.
Michael Tucker singled to right. Guy Lynam tried to
put down the sacrifice bunt. He got the bunt down and
put it into no mans land between the mound and an
uncoverd first base bag. Kris Clute then tried the
butcher boy play and it worked. He singled to right to
load the bases. William Arroyo grounded out to first.
On the play Tucker scored. Anthony Brewer then blooped
one to center for a single. On the play Lynam scored.
Hunter Wyant then grounded out to short, on the play
Clute scored. Lumberkings pitcher Chris Bye uncorked a
wild pitch to move Brewer to third. Jason Stokes riped
a single to left to score Brewer. The Kings brought in
a new pitcher, Rob Caputo. His first pitch to George
Arnott, was way behind him. Arnott would end up
walking. Charles Frazier was hit by the first pitch he
saw. This loaded the bases. Michael Tucker then walked
to bring home Stokes. Guy Lynam then struck out with
the bases loaded to end the inning.


Anthony Brewer-CF, 1-4, 2 R, 2 BB, SB, K
Hunter Wyant-DH, 2-4, R, BB, SB, GIDP
Jason Stokes-1B, 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, R
George Arnott-LF, 0-3, 2 BB
Charles Frazier-RF, 1-4, RBI, HBP
Michael Tucker-3B, 2-2, R, 3 BB
Guy Lynam-C, 1-5, R, 2 K
Kris Clute-SS, 1-5, R, K
William Arroyo-2B, 0-5, RBI, GIDP

Dontrelle Willis, 6 ip, 6 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 7 k, 80
np, 54 s
Elvis DeJesus, 1 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 2 k
Kevin Cave, 2 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 3 k


Kane County--000-020-050--7-9-0
Clinton--010-011-000--3-11-0

W-Elvis DeJesus
L-Chris Bye


A-886
T-2:41


Alumni Report

Philadelphia 7 Florida 8
Josh Beckett, 5 ip, 4 h, 3 r, 3 er, 1 bb, 4 k, ND, 0-1
K
Gary Knotts, 1 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k
Michael Tejera, 0 bb, 3 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 0 k

New Haven 2 Portland 5
Brandon Sloan, 2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 1 k, HBP
Brandon Bowe, 1 ip, 0 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 1 k, SV
Quincy Foster-CF, 2-4, SB, CS
Matt Padgett-RF, 0-2, SB, 2 BB, K
Jose Santos-3B, 0-4, 3 K
Adrian Gonzalez-1B, 3-3, HR (Scott Prather) 2B, 2 RBI,
2 R, 2B, BB
Chris Aguila-LF, 0-4, R
Drew Niles-2B, 0-4, K
Stephen Morales-C, 1-3, HR (Scott Prather) 3 RBI, R
Brandon Sloan-P, 0-1, K

Jupiter 3 St.Luice 4
Todd Moser, 6 ip, 5 h, 4 r, 2 er, 0 bb, 7 k, L
Steve Sawyer, 2 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 0 k
Chip Ambres-CF, 0-4, 3 K, HBP
Will Smith-LF, 2-4, 2 2B, R, K
Miguel Cabrera-3B, 1-4, R
Pat Magness-DH, 0-2, R, SACF, RBI
Josh Willingham-1B, 1-4, R, 3B, K, E
Jim Kavourias-RF, 0-4, K
Josh Wilson-SS, 3-4, K
Matt DeMarco-2B, 0-4, R

Alumni News
Gustavo Lopez has been promoted to Portland from
Jupiter
Denny Bautista has been brought up to Jupiter


This Day In Cougars History
4/18/93, Charles Johnson goes 3 for 4 with 2 R, 2 2B,
HR, 5 RBI as the Cougars beat the QC 9-5

4/18/95, In a game shifted from Clinton to KC due to
unplayable field conditions at Clinton. The Cougars
defeat the Kings 19-15 on a day when gusty winds reach
50 mph. The Cougars send 18 men to the plate and score
14 of them in the 3rd, inning. John Roskos 3 2B.


Birthdays
Miguel Cabrera, SS (01) 19
Jake Greene, P (94) 30


Thanks
David Malamut

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