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Citizen Cain: Hounds Star Comes Through with Bat and Glove in Extras

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Alex Cain knocked in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th inning, helping his own cause on the mound in the DuPage County Hounds’ 5-4 extra-inning win over the Lexington Snipes in Bloomington.

 

With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the 9th, Cain moved over from first base to the pitchers’ mound for his second appearance of the year. After surrendering a walk and a single, Cain fought to three straight outs, concluding with back-to-back strikeouts with runners on second and third.

 

In the top of the 10th inning, Clayton Johannes was plunked by a Nick Barnhill pitch and soon after stole second. That brought up Cain, leadoff hitter for the night, who laced a dying line drive that bounced out of first baseman Matt James’s glove. Johannes scored on the RBI single to put DuPage up 5-4.

 

Cain experienced deja-vu with a walk and single to start the bottom of the 10th. But catcher Mike Roberson threw out Zach Barkdull, Lexington’s catcher, as he tried to steal third base. Cain walked the next hitter as well, but induced Chris Maranto to hit a groundball to shortstop. Connor Kopach swept it in his glove, stepped on second base, and rifled to Brian Lees at first for the game-ending double play.

 

Cain’s two hard-nosed scoreless innings were enough to earn him the W. He finished 3-5 at the plate with a run and two RBIs and also stole three bases.

 

The Hounds (11-3) swiped seven bags on eight attempts throughout the game. Other stars at the plate included Johannes (1-4, one run, two RBIs, one stolen base) and Trent Carrier (1-3, two runs).

 

The Snipes (5-6) fell behind 1-0 in the top of the 1st when Connor Kopach drove in Cain on a single, but the home team responded with Adam Casson’s RBI groundout in the bottom of the frame.

 

DuPage retook the lead off Lexington starter Kyle Weller in the 2nd on Johannes’s RBI groundout. Cain’s single in the 4th and Johannes’s base knock in the 6th provided insurance for the Hounds. Last week, Weller kept the Hounds without a hit until the 9th inning in a 4-2 Snipes win.

 

Christian Bokich took the 4-1 lead into the 6th inning before running out of gas. With the bases loaded and one out, Jeff Cardenas lined a two-run double down the left field line. Chase Thurston then walked consecutive batters, including Eric Fight with the bases loaded to tie the game, 4-4.

 

Thurston rebounded for a scoreless 7th inning, and Josh Davis kept Lexington off the board in the 8th.

 

The Hounds finished with a 4-2 record on their six-game road trip. The team returns home to face the very same Lexington Snipes tomorrow night. Game time is 7:00 at Benedictine University.



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