Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

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.

The Cougars got little offense in their doubleheader with Burlington.  In the first game, Kane County was shutout on just two hits and a fantastic start by James Heuser went to waste in the 1-0 loss.  He threw four shutout innings and struck out six.

In the second game, the Cougars picked up just one run in a 5-1 loss.  The lone run came on a solo homerun by Greg Dowling.  Joe Piekarz took the loss and he gave up three runs in just three innings.