Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Inoel Deaza was hit hard in the Cougars 9-3 loss and he fell to 0-6 on the season.  He gave up four runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in two innings.

Haas Pratt was the hitting star in the loss.  He belted two solo homeruns.

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.

Cougars’ pitching gave up 13 runs on 20 hits in a 13-6 loss to Burlington.  Four different pitchers gave up at least three runs and it was John Herrera who picked up the loss.  He gave up four runs (two earned) on seven hits with five strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings and the loss drops him to 2-7 on the season.

Jermaine Mitchell went two for five with two RBIs and a run.  Michael Massaro went three for five with a double, an RBI and two runs.

Trevor Cahill improved to 3-1 on the season with a great start in the Cougars 3-0 win.  He gave up six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in seven shutout innings.

Jermaine Mitchell had a nice day at the plate in the win. He went one for four with a solo homerun and two runs.

James Heuser had a great start in the Cougars 8-1 win over Burlington.  He gave up a single run on six hits and two walks with eleven strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. 

Greg Dowling had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, three RBIs and two runs.

Kane County beat Wisconsin 6-2 and Henry Alberto Rodriguez improved to 2-3 with a decent start.  He gave up two runs on two hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five innings.

Greg Dowling had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for four with a double, two RBIs and a run.

Scott Deal improved to 3-4 on the season with a nice start in the Cougars 4-2 win over Clinton.  He gave up just one run on five hits with four strikeouts in seven innings.

Greg Dowling was the hitting star.  He went two for four with a double and three RBIs.

Kane County hitters were held in check and in all, they picked up just five hits.  Michael Massero was the hitting star and he went two for three with an RBI.

Derrick Gordon took the loss.  He gave up one run on three walks in 1 2/3 innings.

The Cougars managed just six hits in their 5-2 loss to Clinton.  Larry Cobb had three of those hits and he also drove in one of the runs with a solo homerun.

Henry Alberto Rodriguez took the loss and he dropped to 1-3 on the season. He gave up two runs on five hits and three walks with four strikeouts in four innings.

Scott Moore gave up a run to Clinton in the top of the eleventh that proved to the be the game winner in a 7-6 eleven inning loss for the Ports.  Moore dropped to 0-4 on the season and while he took the loss, James Heuser was hardly stellar in his start. He gave up six runs in 5 2/3 innings.

Jermaine Mitchell had a nice day at the plate.  He went two for six with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Andrew Bailey had a mixed start in Kane County’s 7-6 loss to Beloit.  He did give up four runs in six innings without getting a decision but he did strikeout eight batters.  TJ Franco, Jr. game up three runs in the seventh inning and he took the loss.

Haas Pratt was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for four with a homerun and three RBIs.