MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Win Series at Wisconsin with 4-2 Tuesday Victory

Published on August 21, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Grand Chute, WI - The Peoria Chiefs scored four unanswered runs to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon clinching a 3-1 series win. The win give the Chiefs their first series win on the road since June 25-27 and moves the team to 57-69 on the season, 22-35 in the second half.

The Chiefs allowed two unearned runs on Monday night and errors plagued them again in the bottom of the first Tuesday afternoon. With two outs Ben McMahan hit a grounder to third that got through Dustin Geiger for an error. Cameron Garfield took advantage with a double to left off Jeff Antigua for a 1-0 Rattlers lead.

Wisconsin added to the lead with help of another error in the third. Chad Stang singled off the glove of Antigua with one out. Brandon Macias singled to right and as Stang took third, the throw was cut off on the infield. Macias was hung up between first and second as Stang broke for home. The throw from first baseman Jacob Rogers hit Stang who scored as the ball bounced toward the Chiefs dugout with Macias taking third.

The Chiefs finally got on the board against Mark Williams in the top of the sixth. Sergio Burruel led off with his second hit of the game, a single to right. With one down Tim Saunders singled off his former college teammate and Burruel moved to second. Saunders out at second on a fielder's choice and Jorge Soler got the Chiefs on the board with a RBI infield single. Williams got out of the inning with a 2-1 Wisconsin lead as Chadd Krist popped up to shortstop to strand two runners.

Peoria pushed head with a two-out rally in the seventh against reliever Stosh Wawrzasek. Wes Darvill singled to right-center to start the rally and stole second to get into scoring position. Burruel's third hit of the game tied the score at 2-2 as his single to left easily plated Darvill. With Burruel to second on the throw home, Chen singled up the middle and the Rattlers catcher couldn't handle the throw home as the Chiefs took a 3-2 lead.

Another Wisconsin error helped the Chiefs add a ninth inning insurance run. Lefty Michael Strong walked Oliver Zapata to start the inning and the Chiefs outfielder stole second. Zapata moved to third on a groundout by Darvill. Burruel grounded back to the mound and Zapata broke for the plate, scoring as the Rattlers botched the rundown between third and home. Burruel, safe at first on the play, stole second before Chen drew a walk. Michael White came out of the Rattlers bullpen and got Saunders to bounce into an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.

Antigua threw a season-high 5 2/3 innings with two runs allowed on five hits. Only one of the runs was earned and Antigua struck out five. Austin Reed (5-8) threw 2 1/3 shutout innings with one hit allowed and one strikeout. Larry Suarez picked up his fourth save with a perfect ninth inning.

Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Sergio Burruel (C) - Burruel matched a career high with three hits, two singles and a double. He drove in a run, scored twice and stole a base for the first time since May 2, 2011.

Notes: Saunders has hit safely in all 10 Chiefs startsBurruel has six multi-hit games, including two 3-hit gamesJorge Soler, who had a 4-hit game on Saturday, had his first 3-hit game Tuesday afternoon and finished the series 7-for-16 with three RBISuarez is tied for 11th on the Chiefs career list with 63 games pitched, one outside of the top 10The Chiefs lead the MWL with 196 errors and 141 unearned runsThe Chiefs are 18-15 in day games in 2012 with two remainingPeoria is 22-18 in the final game of a series with a 8-12 mark on the roadThe Chiefs are 7-4 in Tuesday games, one of two days they have a winning recordThe other is Sunday at 11-9Six of the last seven runs scored against Antigua are unearnedAntigua had his longest outing since throwing 6 1/3 innings on September 1, 2011 for High-A DaytonaAntigua struck out five and now has 162 career strikeouts in 50 games, good enough for 11th on the career list and the lefty needs two more to get into the top 10Wisconsin is the only team the Chiefs faced in a four-game series this season dropping one 3-1 here in April and 3-1 in Peoria in MayThe two teams will play a final four-game series in Peoria starting SaturdayThe Chiefs are 5-10 against the Rattlers in 2012 including a 4-8 mark in AppletonThe Chiefs won a road series for the first time since June 25-27 when they won two of three in Clinton The roadtrip now moves to Beloit, Wisconsin and Pohlman field for a three-game seriesWednesday's contest begins at 7:00 p.m. with Chiefs RH Starling Peralta (4-8, 3.25) facing off against Beloit RH Tyler Jones (3-5, 5.27)Peralta has lost twice to Beloit this season including a head-to-head setback against Jones last Sunday while Jones is 1-0 in three starts against the Chiefs with a 5.06 ERAThe broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 11:50 a.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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