Chiefs Win Sixth Straight with 4-1 Sunday Victory
Published on June 10, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs extended their winning streak to six games with a 4-1 win over the Kane County Cougars Sunday afternoon at Peoria Chiefs Stadium. The win puts the Chiefs at 31-32 as they go for seven straight, and look to finish their second straight sweep Monday evening at 6:30.
The Cougars jumped on the board first in the top of the third against Starling Peralta. Lane Adams walked with two outs before Michael Antonio reached on an infield single to Dustin Geiger at third as Adams advanced on the play to put runners on the corners. With Murray Watts batting, the Cougars executed the double-steal as Adams scored with a steal of home giving Kane County a 1-0 lead.
Peoria used small ball to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth. Javier Baez led off with an infield single and stole second base with Geiger up to bat. Geiger popped out, and Yasiel Balaguert followed with a strikeout on a wild pitch, as Baez advanced to third. With Yaniel Cabezas batting, another wild pitch by Andrew Ferguson allowed Baez to score, tying the game at 1-1.
The Chiefs jumped on in front with one swing in the bottom of the fifth. Oiver Zapata and Taiwan Easterling led off with back-to-back bunt singles. After Anthony Giansanti flew out, Paul Hoilman slammed a three-run homerun over the berm in left field to give Peoria a 4-1 lead. The homer was his fourth of the season and Hoilman leads the Chiefs with 39 RBI.
Peralta went three innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks, striking out two. Austin Reed (3-4) also tossed three innings, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out one. Felix Pena hurled two innings, allowing just one hit and one walk, striking out two. Yao-Lin Wang came in for the ninth, going one perfect inning with one strikeout while recording his team-leading eight save of the season.
Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Paul Hoilman (1B) - Hoilman smacked his team-leading fourth homerun, a three-run shot, in the fifth inning to help Peoria extend their win streak to six games. The homerun was Hoilman's lone hit, but it proved to be the game-winner as the Chiefs cruise to a 4-1 win.
Notes: Sunday was the sixth win in a row for the Chiefs, the longest of the season for Peoria...During the streak, the Chiefs have not scored more than four runs in a game, while not allowing more than two runs in any game...The Chiefs have recorded a save in all six games of the streak...Wang has four saves during the streak, and a team-leading eight on the season...Sunday marks the first time this season the Chiefs have won three series in a row...Sunday was the first homerun for Hoilman since May 7 at Quad Cities...The homerun was his first at home since his walk-off grand slam on April 24 against Lansing...Sunday was the first start for Peralta since May 25 against Clinton...The three-hit game for Zapata was his fourth of the season and first since May 24 against Clinton...Peoria can get back to .500 on Monday with a winThe Chiefs have not been .500 since they were 6-6 on April 17The Chiefs were 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, with the lone hit being Hoilman's three-run homer...Game three of the series will be Monday with first pitch at 7:00 p.m...Monday is another Half-Price Ticket day with individual tickets going for $5.00 in the seating bowl and $3.50 in the Hy-Vee Hills Lawn...The Chiefs will send LH Gerardo Concepcion (2-4, 6.16) to the mound against RH Aaron Brooks (4-6, 4.97)...The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.
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