Chiefs Fall To Bowling Green 7-5 Monday
July 19, 2010 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs fell behind early, came back to tie the game, and then fell behind for good on Monday, losing to the Bowling Green Hot Rods by the score of 7-5. The loss drops the Chiefs to 10-12 in the second half of the season and 47-44 overall.
The Hot Rods got their first run of the series across in the second inning off starter Su-Min Jung. Tomas Francisco reached on an infield single and came around to score on a Robi Estrada double to right center to give Bowling Green a 1-0 lead.
The Hot Rods added to their lead in the fifth off reliever Manolin DeLeon. Ty Morrison reached on a bunt single and scored when Cody Rogers hit his sixth homer in eleven games with the Hot Rods, over the fence in right field for a 3-0 lead.
Bowling Green added another run in the sixth thanks to some poor fielding on the Chiefs. Francisco reached on an infield single and stole second base. He advanced to third on a balk and scored on a fielding error by Justin Bour at first base on a grounder off the bat of Robi Estrada to make it 4-0.
The Chiefs came all the way back to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth off starter Jason McEachern. Bour led off with a single and Nelson Perez crushed a pitch over the left field wall for an opposite-field home run to cut the Hot Rods' lead in half. Jae-Hoon Ha followed with a single and scored on a Luis Flores homer to left center to tie the game 4-4.
The Hot Rods regained the lead in the eighth off reliever Jordan Latham. Kyle Spraker reached on a throwing error by Charles Thomas and advanced to third on a Dustin Biell single. Francisco laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached safely on an error by Flores, who dropped the ball attempting to tag out Spraker at the plate. During the play Biell and Francisco advanced to second and third; both later scored in the inning on a Morrison single to make it 7-4.
The Chiefs got one back in the ninth off reliever Scott Shuman. With one out and the bases empty Bour hammered a pitch to left field for a home run to cut the Bowling Green lead to 7-5. Perez singled to keep the rally going but Jonathon Mota struck out and Ha grounded out to first to end the game.
Jung pitched two innings and gave up one run on three hits while striking out four. Larry Suarez threw two scoreless innings, surrendering two hits and striking out three. DeLeon pitched two innings and gave up three runs, two earned, on three hits and struck out one. Latham (1-3) threw two innings and gave up three runs, none of them earned, on three hits while walking one and striking out three. Yohan Gonzalez pitched a scoreless final inning without allowing a hit and walked one batter.
Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Nelson Perez (RF) - Perez went 2-for-5 with a home run and a pair of RBI. It was his 16th multi-hit game and seventh multi-RBI game this season.
Notes
The Chiefs won the series two games to one and are now hold a 15-15 series record and 11-5 series record at homeThe Chiefs are 12-18 in the final game of a series this season, 7-9 at homeBour leads the team in home runs with 10Eight of Bour's home runs have come at O'Brien Field, tied with six others including current Baltimore Oriole Lou Montanez and Cubs Double-A player Brandon Guyer for third all-time. The record for home runs at O'Brien is ten, set by Rebel Ridling last seasonBour leads the team with 56 RBIBour extended his hitting streak to six games, the longest active streak on the team and one behind his season longBour had his 23rd multi-hit game of the season, second only to Hak-Ju Lee's 26The Chiefs committed six errors for the third time this season, the other instances came on May 6 against Cedar Rapids and May 20 at Wisconsin, a 15 inning gameMota was the only Chiefs starter without a hit Monday, every Chiefs starter recorded at least one hit in each of the first two games of the seriesThe Chiefs hit three home runs in a game for the first time this seasonTuesday is an off day throughout the Midwest League and the Chiefs next play on Wednesday, when they start a three-game series at Fort Wayne at 7:05 p.m. Eastern Time The Chiefs will start RH Nick Struck (3-8, 3.61) against TinCaps RH Jerry Sullivan (7-3, 4.12)The broadcast can be heard starting with the pregame show at 5:50 p.m. Central Time on 96.5 ESPN and www.peoriachiefs.com
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