Chris Parmalee helped the Beloit Snappers move a game closer to Midwest League baseball’s Western Division wild-card spot here Thursday night.
Parmalee hit two home runs to lead the Snappers to an 8-6 win over the Kane County Cougars.
Beloit (32-28) is 3 ½ games behind Kane County (35-24) for the wild-card spot.
Michael McCardell (2-1) picked up the win, while Spencer Steedley notched his sixth save.
Parmalee drove in four runs, and Ben Revere scored twice for Beloit.
The two teams continue their four-game series tonight.
SNAPPERS 8, KANE COUNTY 6
Beloit (ab-r-h-rbi)—Revere lf, 5-2-2-0; Cates ss, 4-1-0-0; Olson 3b, 4-2-1-0; Parmelee rf, 4-2-3-4; Singleton 2b, 3-0-0-0; Fernandez c, 4-0-1-1; Benson cf, 4-0-0-0; Yersich 1b, 4-0-1-0; Santana dh, 4-1-1-0. Totals: 36-8-9-6.
Kane County (ab-r-h-rbi)—Keough rf, 4-0-1-0; Lissman ph, 1-0-0-0; Klein lf, 4-1-1-1; Dowling 1b, 4-0-0-1; Cobb 2b, 5-1-2-2; Frash dh, 4-1-2-1; Brown cf, 2-1-0-0; Hamblin 3b, 4-1-1-0; Johnston c, 3-1-1-0; Ray ss, 3-0-0-1. Totals: 29-6-8-6.
Beloit 302 010 200—8
Kane County 010 210 002—6
E—Yersich 2, Revere, Richmond, Keough, Ray. DP—None. LOB—Beloit 4, Kane County 7. 2B—Yersich, Hamblin. HR—Parmelee 2, Frash, Cobb. SF—Singleton, Ray.
IP H R ER BB SO
Beloit
McCardell (W, 2-1) 5 2-3 6 4 4 1 5
Williams 2 1-3 1 0 0 0 3
Hirschfield 2-3 0 2 0 2 1
Steedley (S, 6) 1-3 1 0 0 0 1
Kane County
Richmond (l, 5-4) 6 6 6 5 1 2
Lysander 1-3 2 2 0 0 1
Hertzler 2 2-3 1 0 0 0 3