By Michael Dixon, Lincoln Saltdogs

LINCOLN, Nebraska – DH Jason Rogers had four hits, but the ‘Dogs lost 11-6 to the Kane County Cougars at Haymarket Park on Sunday afternoon.

BOX SCORE

Rogers is 7-for-12 in his first three games back but the ‘Dogs (34-33) lost their first game of the four-game series.

Rogers opened the scoring with an RBI single in the 3^rd inning before Kane County (33-35) tied the game with an RBI groundout from DH Jonah Davis in the 4^th.

The Cougars took the lead for good in the 5^th inning. 3B Olivier Basabe led off the inning with a homer, and later in the inning 1B Todd Lott hit a grand slam – his fourth homer of the series – to make it 6-1.

CF Nick Anderson hit his 19^th homer and second in as many games to make it 6-2 in the bottom of the 5^th, but Kane County scored two more in the 7^th. RF Armond Upshaw made it 7-2 with an RBI single before Lott’s fifth RBI of the game came on a groundout to make it 8-2.

The Cougars extended the lead to 9-2 on a sacrifice fly from LF Harrison Smith in the 8^th inning, and Kane County added two more on an RBI single from Basabe and RBI groundout from C Hector Sanchez in the 9^th inning.

Lincoln rallied for four runs in the 9^th inning. 2B Nate Samson hit a two-run single and RF Connor Panas had a two-RBI single later in the inning.

RHP Zach Keenan allowed six runs – five earned – with no walks and a season-high seven strikeouts. RHP Carter Hope allowed two runs in one inning, RHP Matt Cronin allowed one run in the 8^th and RHP Nic Laio allowed two runs – one earned – in the 9^th inning.

1B Luke Roskam went 2-for-4 with a walk and has now reached a league-leading 33 straight times.

The series concludes on Monday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and pregame coverage begins at 6:35 on KFOR FM 101.5/1240 AM.

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