Canaries Rally Comes Up Short

Canaries Rally Comes Up Short

Sioux Falls, SD – Kane County scored four runs in the top of the tenth inning and held off a Sioux Falls rally in the bottom half to win 7-5 and repeat as Miles Wolff Cup champions. 

Mike Hart gave the Birds an early 2-0 lead with a pair of two-out RBI singles before the Cougars responded with three runs late in the game. Scott Combs tied things up with a two-out RBI single in bottom of the eighth and the two teams played to extra innings from there. 

Kane County took the lead for good with a grand slam in the top of the tenth. Josh Rehwaldt scored on a passed ball and Joe Vos smacked an RBI single to bring the tying run to the plate but a double play ended the game. 

Combs finished with three hits to lead the Birds offense while Hart, Rehwaldt and Vos each finished with two.