GENEVA,
IL –
Kane County Cougars right-hander Scott
Mitchinson pitched a third straight quality
start Tuesday night but came out on the
short end of a 2-0 finish against the Cedar
Rapids Kernels in front of 4,192 at Elfstrom
Stadium. The Cougars' offense managed only
three hits in the game, which had a 1-hour,
34-minute rain delay in the seventh inning.
Mitchinson
(3-1) gave up his only run in the fifth
inning and yielded four hits, walked one and
struck out seven in his first loss of the
season. Leonardo Espinal relieved Mitchinson
because of the rain interruption and gave up
an eighth-inning tally for the 2-0 score
that became the final. Kernels right-hander
Jordan Walden (2-3) allowed just one hit --
a fifth-inning double by newcomer Carlos
Arrieche -- during his six-inning tenure and
got the victory.
Game 3 in the
four-game set is Wednesday night at 6 CT.
Craig Italiano (4-0, 1.06) will face Michael
Anton (5-1, 2.09).
Players of
the Game:
Carlos
Arrieche (offense); Scott
Mitchinson
(pitching)
