Published: May 03, 2008 01:04 am            

L-Kings score four in 10th inning to win

GENEVA, Ill. — The Clinton LumberKings erupted for four runs in the 10th inning to take a 6-2 win over the Kane County Cougars in the first game of their three-game series Friday night.

Trailing 2-1, Clinton scored once in the eighth and game went to extra innings tied 2-2. In the top of the 10th Engel Beltre scored on a wild pitch and Timothy Smith and Mitchell Moreland belted back-to-back home runs to give the L-Kings the victory. Smith’s blast was a two-run shot.

Both teams scored once in the third inning. Kane County went up 2-1 with a run in the seventh.

Clinton starting pitcher Neftali Feliz worked five strong innings, allowing just one unearned run on six hits. He walked one and piled up eight strikeouts.

L-King reliever Julio Santana allowed a run over two innings. Winner Chris Dennis (1-0) worked two shutout frames before Ryan Turner closed things out for Clinton with a scoreless 10th.

Renny Osuna drove in two runs for the L-Kings. Beltre was 3-for-5.

The teams are scheduled to meet again today at 6:30 p.m. and close the series at 1 p.m. Sunday.

LUMBERINGS 6, COUGARS 2

CLINTON KANE COUNTY

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Beltre cf 5 2 3 0 Keough lf 5 0 2 1

Osuna ss 2 1 1 2 Vitters 3b 4 0 0 0

Gac 1b 5 0 0 0 Dowling 1b 4 0 1 0

Smith dh 5 1 1 2 Brown cf 2 0 0 0

Moreland rf 5 1 2 1 Lissman lf 1 0 1 0

Santana lf 5 0 0 0 Smith dh 4 0 0 0

Greene 3b 3 0 1 0 Johnson rf 4 1 3 0

Felix c 4 1 2 0 Rosendo c 4 1 1 0

Lawson 2b 4 0 0 0 Cobb 2b 4 0 2 0

Correa ss 3 0 0 0



Clinton 001 000 010 4 —6

Kane County 001 000 100 0 —2

E—Keough. DP—Clinton 2, Kane County 1. LOB—Clinton 6, Kane County 5. 2B—Moreland, Greene, Cobbs, Johnson, Dowling. 3B—Beltre. HR—Smith (1), Moreland (1). CS—Johnson. SF—Osuna 2.

IP H R ER BB SO

Clinton

Feliz 5 6 1 0 1 8

Santana 2 1 1 1 1 0

Dennis W,1-0 2 3 0 0 0 2

Turner 1 0 0 0 0 1

Kane County

Mitchinson 7 1/3 5 2 2 1 6

Friend L,3-1 2 2/3 5 4 4 0 5

HBP—by Mitchinson (Greene). WP—Friend. Balk—Santana. PB—Felix 2. Time—2:52. Attendance—6,351.

        

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