Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

You know you’re usually going to lose when you have more errors (3) then you have runs (1) and that’s just what happened to Kane County in their 8-1 loss to Clinton.  While the pen gave up the bulk of the runs, it was starter Trevor Cahill who took the loss.  He gave up three runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings and the loss drops him to 3-2 on the season.

Gustavo Rosendo was the only Cougar with two hits.  Christian Vitters drove in the only run in the ninth inning.

There wasn’t much offense in either game, but the Cougars finished with a split in their doubleheader with Cedar Rapids. The first game was a 3-1 loss and Jermaine Mitchell drove in the lone run.  Andrew Bailey took the loss despite striking out ten in 5 1/3 innings. He gave up three runs on six hits.

In the second game, James Heuser struck out nine in six shutout innings to pick up the win.  Christian Vitters went two for three with a double and an RBI.

It’s been a tough year for the Cougars and things didn’t improve today as they were swept by Beloit in their doubleheader.  In the first game, the Cougars scored three late runs but their comeback fell short as they lost 4-3.  Scott Deal was roughed up and he dropped to 1-3 on the season and Greg Dowling his a solo homerun.

The second game wasn’t as close and the final was 5-2.  Trevor Cahill was shelled in the first and he got only two batters out while Christian Vitters went two for three with a double, a triple, a run and an RBI.

Kane County lost to South Bend 5-3 but it wasn’t because of a decent start by James Heuser.  He gave up three of the runs on four hits and one walk with eleven strikeouts in six innings.  Joe Piekarz took the loss and he gave up two runs in two innings.

All three runs for the Cougars came on solo homeruns.  Jermaine Mitchell, Greg Dowling and Christian Vitters all went yard in the loss.

Thomas Italiano was knocked around on the mound in the Cougars 6-3 loss.  He gave up four runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts in just three innings.

Christian Vitters singled twice and drove in two runs.  Greg Dowling singled twice and scored twice.

The Cougars couldn’t put together a winning streak as they lost another game.  Inoel Deaza took the loss and he gave up three runs on six hits and one walk with one strikeout in 4 1/3 innings.  He’s now 0-2 on the season.

Gustavo Rosendo went three for four with two doubles and two RBIs.  Christian Vitters had two hits, two runs and two RBIs.

Matthew Sulentic had two hits and three RBIs in the Cougars 5-2 win over Quad Cities.  Christian Vitters had two hits and two runs while Michael Affronti hit a two run homer.

T.J. Franco Jr. picked up the win in relief of starter Scott Deal. He threw two shutout innings and he gave up just one hit.