Chiefs Combine to No-Hit LumberKings Thursday Night
July 23, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL- Three Peoria Chiefs pitchers, including rehabbing St. Louis Cardinals hurler Jaime Garcia, combined to no-hit the Clinton LumberKings 2-0 on Thursday night as the visitors got just one base-runner. The Chiefs got five near-perfect innings from Garcia and four perfect innings from relievers Steve Sabatino and Cody Schumacher to move to 18-10 in the second half and 51-45 overall with three games remaining on the current home stand.
Garcia, Sabatino, and Schumacher combined to allow only one LumberKings baserunner on the evening when Garcia hit James Alfonso with a pitch in the third. A fielder's choice groundout and a strikeout ended the inning, and the LumberKings would not reach base the rest of the way.
The Chiefs had no runs on four hits through the first seven frames, but they broke into the run column in the eighth against Clinton starter Zack Littell. With one out Andrew Sohn doubled, and he went to third on a single by Jhohan Acevedo. Acevedo advanced to second on a throwing error by LumberKings right fielder Chantz Mack. Sohn scored the game's first run on a wild pitch when Clinton attempted to intentionally walk Mercado. After the wild pitch, the LumberKings pitched to Mercado, and he singled to drive in Acevedo for the 2-0 lead.
Schumacher took the mound with the 2-0 lead and a crowd of 5,154 rooting for the no-hitter. James Alfonso lined out to center and Martin Peguero flew out to right. Schumacher quickly got to 0-2 on Austin Cousino before a ball high and outside. Cousino lined out softly to Alex DeLeon at first to complete the Chiefs first no-hitter since July 4, 2011
Garcia went five hitless innings in his rehab outing, allowing only a hit batter to reach base while striking out six. Sabatino pitched 2 1/3 perfect innings, striking out two in his return to the Chiefs from the Florida State League. Schumacher (1-0) got the win with 1 2/3 perfect innings, striking out one to earn the win and preserve the no-hitter.
Notes: The no-hitter is the first by the Chiefs since Austin Kirk threw a 9-inning no-hitter July 4, 2011 against Clinton, also a 2-0 Chiefs victory...The no-hitter comes after a shutout Wednesday afternoon, the first back-to-back shutouts for the Chiefs since a pair of 4-0 wins in a double-header April 16, 2014 at Lake County...Garcia is the second major leaguer to rehab with the Chiefs this season after outfielder Jon Jay saw action in three games May 26-28 against Clinton...The Chiefs have had 24 different MLB players rehab at Dozer Park in 54 games since May 24, 2002...Sohn extended his hit streak to nine games...Luis Cruz singled in the fifth to extend his hit streak to eight games...The closest Clinton came to a hit was in the sixth inning when Acevedo made a diving catch in center field on a line drive to rob Alfonso of a hit...The Chiefs have outscored opponents 46-38 in the eighth inning this season...The Chiefs got their tenth last-at-bat win of the season...Peoria is 10-9 in shutouts and 14-10 in two-run games...The Chiefs continue their homestand with the first of a three-game series with the Kane County Cougars Friday night at 7:00... The pitching matchup features a pair of All-Stars as Peoria LH Austin Gomber (9-3, 3.10) opposes Kane County RH Markus Solbach (9-2, 2.30)...Friday will feature the first of three straight post-game Fireworks shows at Dozer Park...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...The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.
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