Chiefs Lose Extra-Inning Pitchers Duel 2-1 on Sunday
May 3, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Chiefs Lose Extra-Inning Pitchers Duel 2-1 on Sunday Carpenter strikes out career-high eight
Cedar Rapids, IA - The Peoria Chiefs fell to the Cedar Rapids Kernels 2-1 Sunday afternoon on a suicide squeeze bunt with one out in the bottom of the 11th. The game was scoreless after nine, both teams scored in the tenth and the Kernels won it on a bunt single by Darwin Perez to drop the Chiefs to 11-11 on the season.
Scoreless after nine innings the Chiefs finally scratched across a run in the tenth thanks to a shaky Kernels defense. Josh Vitters led off with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. Michael Brenly reached on an error by third baseman Adam Younger while Vitters advanced to third. Ryan Flaherty followed with a grounder to first baseman Gabe Jacobo. With Vitters coming home, Jacobo threw high and wide of the plate for an eror and allowing the game's first run to score. After a pop-up Keith Nabors walked David Macias to load the bases, but Josh Harrison lined out to left to end the frame with Peoria leading 1-0.
The Chiefs returned the favor in the bottom of the tenth. Erik Hamren walked Matt Crawford with one out and then struck out Alexi Amarista. Jacobo hit s soft liner to Junior Lake and the shortstop hesitated before muffing the catch and kicking the ball itno center for an error. With runners on the corners Angel Castillo singled past Flaherty to score Crawford and tie the game. Rebel Ridling helped the Chiefs extend the game when he came off the bag to tag out Ryan Groth and end the inning after an errant throw by Lake from shortstop. The Chiefs had runners on first and third in the 11th against Jeremy Thorne but failed to score as Lake struck out and Brenly bounced out. Cedar Rapids led off the bottom of the inning with a double by Adam Younger against Chris Huseby. Younger moved to third on a sac bunt and scored on the squeeze bunt by Perez. Macias charged the bunt from third but was not able to get his throw to the plate in time to get Younger as the game ended.
The Kernels put the first runner of the game on third base in the top of the eighth against the Cheifs bullpen. Matt Crawford sinled off Mike Perconte with one out and Ryan Buchter came out of the Peoria bullpen to face left-handed hitting Alexi Amarista. Buchter hit Amarista and Crawford moved to third on a flyout to deep center by Gabe Jacobo. Amarista stole second to put two in scoring position for Cedar Rapids but Angel Castillo lined out to Junior Lake to end the threat.
Carpenter held the Kernels hitless through the first 4 2/3 innnings and allowed just one hit over six shutout innings. The righty struck out a career-high eight and walked three while blanking the Kernels over six innings for the second time this week. Perconte allowed a hit and a walk in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Buchter did not allow a hit while walking one, hitting one and striking out one in 1 2/3 innings. Hamren was charged with a blown save despite not giving up an earned run. The righty allowed one unearned run on one hit while walking one and striking out one in his lone inning. Huseby (0-2) allowed two hits and a run in his lone inning of work.
Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Chris Carpenter (SP) - Carpenter allowed just five base runners over six innings and strck out a career-high eight. Five days after beating Cedar Rapids 1-0 with six shutout innings, Carpetner held the Kernels to one hit and at one point struck out four in a row.
Notes...A late scoring change Saturday night revived Josh Harrison's hit streak and extended it to 11 games after it appeared he went 0-for-4...He was given a first inning single that was originally ruled an error on Kernels shortstop Darwin Perez...Harrison was 2-for-4 on Sunday and now has a 12-game hit streak in which he is 18-for-42...Before Sunday a run had been scored by the bottom of the sixth inning in every Chiefs game this season...Peoria is 5-2 in day games...A second inning error by Chris Carpenter was the first error made by a Chiefs pitcher in 172 1/3 innings this season...The eight strikeouts by Carpenter ties for the most for any Chiefs pitcher this season and surpass his career-high of seven from September 3, 2008 at Spokane...Carpenter has back-to-back quality starts and two of the Chiefs four quality starts this season...Harrison has four of the Chiefs seven sacrifice bunts this season...The three-game series conclude Monday in Cedar Rapids at 6:35 pm...The Cheifs will start RH Chris Archer (1-0, 1.59) against Kernels RH Manuarys Correa (1-2, 6.55) in a rematch of Tuesday's game two Chiefs 3-0 win...The game can be heard starting with the pre-game show at 6:20 PM on 96.5 ESPN Radio and www.peoriachiefs.com.
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