Chiefs Win 2-1 Saturday
July 19, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
SOUTH BEND, IN - The Peoria Chiefs tied the game in the fourth and won it with the help of two errors in beating the South bend Silver Hawks 2-1 in ten innings Saturday night. The win snaps a three-game losing streak and moves the Chiefs to 17-11 in the second half and 54-43 overall.
The hosts jumped out to an early lead as the first two batters collected hits against Luis Perdomo. Andrew Velasquez led off the bottom of the first with a double off the center-field wall and he scored on a single to center by Chuck Taylor. Taylor stole second but Perdomo retired the next three batters to get out of the inning down 1-0.
The Chiefs tied the game in the fourth against Blake Perry. C.J. McElroy Jr singled, stole second and move to third on a wild pitch with nobody out. Two batters later, Juan Herrera doubled to right to tie the game 1-1. Perry struck out Ronald Castillo to end the inning with the game tied.
The game remained tied into the 10th inning before the Chiefs broke through with the help of South Bend's defense. Kenny Peoples-Walls reached on an error by third baseman Joe Munoz and was sacrificed to second by Rafael Medina. With two outs Vaughn Bryan walked and McElroy reached on an infield single. Munoz committed another error on a groundball hit by Carson Kelly as Peoples-Walls scored the go ahead run. Bud Jeter relieved Nick Saianides and got Justin Ringo to ground out to end the frame
Pinch-hitter Fidel Pena led off the bottom of the 10th with a single against Kevin Herget. Velazquez sacrificed and Pena move to third on a wild pitch. Herget got a pop out and intentionally walked the MWL home run and RBI leader Daniel Palka. Zach Loraine came out of the bullpen to get the last out as Munoz popped out to second to end the game.
Perdomo allowed one run on four hits over six innings of work. He walked two and struck out four in the no-decision. Kyle Barraclough returned to the Chiefs on Saturday and allowed one infield single over two shutout innings while striking out four. Herget (4-3) earned the win with 1 2/3 shutout innings in which he allowed two singles and struck out three. Loraine earned his ninth save by retiring the only batter he faced.
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