Thanks to strong pitching and clutch offense, the Kane County Cougars claimed a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Monarchs on Friday night at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.

Cougars starter Jack Fox earned his ninth quality start of the season with a strong outing. The right-hander allowed just one run on five hits with two strikeouts and no walks across six innings of work. In relief of Fox, Zach Veen (3-1), Casey Crosby and Jake Gozzo worked three scoreless innings to seal the victory.

However, Kansas City (50-35) struck first in the top of the second. With two outs, Ross Adolph belted a solo homer over the right-center field wall off Fox to give the Monarchs a 1-0 advantage.

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