Cedar Rapids Kernels at Kane County Cougars


April 25th, 2002

Kernels
Name POS AB R H RBI
Ransel Melgarejo CF 4 0 1 0
Dallas McPherson 3B 2 0 1 1
Jeff Mathis C 3 0 0 0
Casey Kotchman 1B 4 0 0 0
Nick Gorneault LF 3 0 0 0
Greg Porter RF 3 0 0 0
Ed Welch RF 0 0 0 0
Tommy Murphy SS 4 0 1 0
Ryan Nevins DH 4 0 2 0
Jon Cahill 2B 1 1 0 0
Justin Turner PH 1 0 0 0
Cougars
Name POS AB R H RBI
Anthony Brewer CF 4 0 1 0
Hunter Wyant DH 4 0 0 0
Scott Hicks LF 1 0 0 0
George Arnott LF 2 0 0 0
Jason Stokes 1B 3 1 1 0
Heath Kelly 3B 2 0 0 0
Charlie Frazier RF 2 1 0 0
Guy Lynam C 3 0 1 0
Rex Rundgren SS 3 0 1 1
William Arroyo 2B 3 0 0 0



Cedar Rapids 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
Kane County 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 2 4 2

E-Steward, Lynam 2, LOB CR-8, KC-4, 2B-Stokes, Lynam, 3B-Brewer, SB-Gorneault, SACB-Cahill, Kelly, GIDP-Mathis, PiO-Murphy

Kernels
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison
Jaime Steward 5.2 2 2 0 2 2 L (1-2) 80p 46s
Mark O'Sullivan 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 ND 24p 13s
Jason Dennis 1 1 0 0 0 2 ND 15p 12s

Cougars
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison
Dontrelle Willis 5 4 1 0 4 8 W (1-0) 84p 48s
Elvis DeJesus 3 1 0 0 2 3 ND 49p 30s
Kevin Cave 1 0 0 0 0 1 SV (4) 8p 7s

WP-O'Sullivan, PB-Lynam, SO-Melgarejo, McPherson, Kotchman 2, Gorneault 3, Porter 2, Murphy 2, Cahill, Brewer, Wyant, Frazier 2, Arroyo, BB-McPherson 2, Mathis, Gorneault, Porter, Cahill, Arnott, Frazier

T-2:29, A-2,048

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Dontrelle Willis earned his first victory of the season, giving up four hits, one run, no earned runs and striking out eight in five innings to lead the Kane County Cougars past the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 2-1 Thursday.

Trailing, 1-0, Kane County tallied two runs in the bottom of the fifth. Jason Stokes scored from third on an error by Kernels pitcher Jaime Steward and Rex Rundgren scored on an RBI fielder's choice.

Cedar Rapids (12-8) took a 1-0 lead in the third inning after Dallas McPherson's RBI single scored Jon Cahill.

Ryan Nevins was 2 for 4 for Cedar Rapids.

Voice Of A Season Ticker Holder
by David Malamut

The Cougars froze the Kernels, in front of just over two thousand freezing Cougar fans at the Elf. Good pitching and an inning when we did somehting diffrent, we actually had a Cougar cross home plate. All of that combined helped to bring the Cougars their second win in a row.

Dontrelle Willis got his first victory of the season, after going his first three starts without a decsion. He lasted five innings, and 84 pitches. Dontrelle allowed four hits, no more than one hit an inning. He gave up one run after the runner got on with a walk. Willis did walk four, which is the first time in his three starts that he walked more than one. He struck out eight, which is the most he has struck out this year. He started out twelve of the twenty-one hitters he faced with a strike. Of those he didn't get a first pitch strike three of the four walks were the result of the time at-bat.

The bullpen did it's job, Elvis DeJesus pitched three innings, he was a little bit wild. He threw 49 pitches, with 30 strikes. Elvis gave up one hit and one walk. He also struck out three. Kevin Cave came in for the save in the ninth he got the side down in order, including getting one strikeout.

Cedar Rapids also got good pitching, Jaime Steward started and lasted into the sixth inning. He gave up two hits and two unearned runs. He walked two and struck out two. He threw 80 pitches, Steward retired the first seven Cougars he faced.


The scoring started in the third inning for the Kernels when with one out, Jon Cahill walked. He would advance to second on a wild pitch. Ransel Melgarejo then flied out to center. Dallas McPherson singled to left to score Cahill.

In the fifth inning the Cougars offense finally did something. Jason Stokes led things off with a double to left. Heath Kelly put down a nice sacrifice bunt to move Stokes to third. Charles Frazier walked. Guy Lynam then hit one back to the pitcher, Steward. He tried to throw the ball home to get Stokes but threw the ball to the back stop to allow Stokes to score the Cougars first run of the game. Rex Rundgren then grounded into a fielder's choice, on the play Frazier would score, and Lynam would be out at second.

Play By Play

Kernels 1st
Melgarejo, single to center
McPherson, strike out
Mathis, ground into double play, third baseman Kelly to second baseman Arroyo to first baseman Stokes, Melgarejo out at second
Willis 13 pitches, 9 strikes
Kernels 0, Cougars 0

Cougars 1st
Brewer, strike out
Wyant, pop out to second baseman Cahill
Hicks, ground out to first baseman Kotchman, unassisted
Steward, 13 pitches, 8 strikes
Kernels 0, Cougars 0

Kernels 2nd
Kotchman, strike out
Gorneault, strike out
Porter, walk
Murphy, strike out
Willis, 17 pitches, 11 strikes, total 30 pitches 20 strikes
Kernels 0, Cougars 0

Cougars 2nd
Stokes, ground out second baseman Cahill to first baseman Kotchman
Kelly, ground out to short stop Murphy to first baseman Kotchman
Frazier, strike out
Steward 16 pitches, 11 strikes, total 29 pitches 19 strikes
Kernels 0, Cougars 0

Kernels 3rd
Fielding Change:George Arnott replaced Scott Hicks in Leftfield
Nevins, ground out to second baseman Arroyo to first baseman Stokes
Cahill, walks
-Cahill moves to second on passed ball on catcher Lynam
Melgarejo, flied out to centerfielder Brewer
McPherson, single to left, Cahill scored.
Mathis, walk, McPherson to second
Kotchman, strike out
Willis, 27 pitches, 11 strikes, total 5 7 pitches, 31 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 0

Cougars 3rd
Lynam, flied to leftfielder Gorneault
Rundgren, single to left
Arroyo, popped out to pitcher Steward, Rundgren doubled off first, pitcher Steward to first baseman Kotchman
Steward 7 pitches 7 strikes, total 36 pitches 26 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 0

Kernels 4th
Gorneault, strike out
Porter, strike out
Murphy, single to left
-Murphy, picked off first, pitcher Willis to first baseman Stokes
Willis, 11 pitches, 8 strikes, total 68 pitches, 39 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 0

Cougars 4th
Brewer, flied out to centerfielder Melgarejo
Wyant, flied out to firstbaseman Kotchman
Arnott, ground out to short stop Murphy to first baseman Kotchman
Steward 14 pitches 7 strikes, total 50 pitches 33 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 0

Kernels 5th
Nevins, single to right
Cahil, sacrifice bunt, catcher Lynam to first baseman Stokes, Nevins to second
-error on dropped foul pop up on catcher Lynam, nobody moved up
Melgarejo, strike out
McPherson, walk
Mathis, ground out to second baseman Arroyo to first baseman Stokes
Willis 16 pitches 9 strikes, total 84 pitches 48 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 0

Cougars 5th
Stokes, double to left
Kelly, sacrifice bunt, pitcher Steward to first baseman Kotchman, Stokes to third
Frazier, walk
Lynam, reaches on throwing error by pitcher Steward, Stokes scored, Frazier to second
Rundgren, reaches on fielder's choice, Lynam out at second, short stop Murphy to second baseman Cahill, Frazier scored on the play, Rundgren to first
Arroyo, flied out to centerfielder Melgarejo
Steward 20 pitches, 10 strikes, total 70 pitches 43 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Kernels 6th
Pitching Change:Elvis DeJesus replaces Dontrelle Willis
Kotchman, pop out to short stop Rundgren
Gorneault, walk
-Gorneault, stole second, moved to third on throwing error by catcher Lynam
Porter, strike out
Murphy, ground out to short stop Rundgren to first baseman Stokes
DeJesus 15 pitches 7 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Cougars 6th
Brewer, popped out to first baseman Kotchman
Wyant, pop out to right fielder Porter
Arnott, walk
Pitching Change:Mark O'Sullivan replaces Jaime Steward
-wild pitch on O'Sullivan moves Arnott to second
Stokes, ground out to pitcher O'Sullivan to first baseman Kotchman
Steward 10 pitches 3 strikes total 80 pitches 46 strikes
O'Sullivan 4 pitches 3 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Kernels 7th
Nevins, single to right
Cahill, strike out
Melgarejo, lined out to centerfielder Brewer
McPherson, walk, Nevins to second
Mathis, lined out to third baseman Kelly
DeJesus 26 pitches 17 strikes, total 41 pitches 24 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Cougars 7th
Kelly, lined out to centerfielder Melgarejo
Frazier, strike out
Lynam, double to left
Rundgren, ground out to first baseman Kotchman to pitcher O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan 20 pitches 10 strikes, total 24 pitches 13 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Kernels 8th
Kotchman, popped out to leftfielder Arnott
Gorneault, strike out
Porter, flied out to centerfielder Brewer
DeJesus 8 pitches, 6 strikes, total 49 pitches 30 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Cougars 8th
Pitching Change:Jason Dennis
Arroyo, strike out
Brewer, triple to center
Wyant, strike out, catcher Mathis to first baseman Kotchman
Arnott, ground out short stop Murphy to first baseman Kotchman
Dennis 15 pitches, 12 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2

Kernels 9th
Pitching Change:Kevin Cave replaces Elvis DeJesus
Murphy, strike out
Nevins, ground out first baseman Stokes unassisted
Pitch Hitter:Justin Turner replaces Jon Cahill
Turner, lined out to leftfielder Arnott
Cave, 8 pitches 7 strikes
Kernels 1, Cougars 2