Chiefs Fall 6-1 Wednesday
April 26, 2017 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Davenport, IA - The Peoria Chiefs allowed three more home runs and lost the series and road trip finale to the Quad Cities River Bandits 6-1 Wednesday night. The Chiefs went 2-5 on the trip and are now 8-11 on the season heading into a four-game homestand against Cedar Rapids.
The Chiefs left a runner at third base in the top of the first against Carson LaRue. Quad Cities took the lead in the bottom of the inning as leadoff man Ronnie Dawson crushed a Ronnie Williams offering over the right-center field wall for a solo home run.
Peoria left runners on base in each of the next three innings and Quad Cities added on in the fourth. Stephen Wrenn led off with a single and Randy Cesar launched a two-run homer to left that bounced past the Ferris Wheel behind the berm for a 3-0 lead.
The Chiefs left a runner in scoring position in the fifth and left two on in the sixth as Quad Cities changed pitchers. The Bandits knocked Williams from the game in the bottom of the sixth. Spencer Johnson led off with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. With two outs Williams walked Daz Cameron and gave way to Mike O'Reilly. Number nine hitter Rodrigo Ayarza greeted O'Reilly with a two-run double down the right-field line for a 5-0 Bandits lead.
The Chiefs finally got on the board in the seventh with a two-out rally against Abdiel Saldana. Shane Billings singled to right and moved to third on a single by Andrew Knizner. Tommy Edman drove home Billings with a single but Brian O'Keefe popped out in foul territory to end the inning.
Quad Cities answered that run in the bottom of the inning against O'Reilly. Jake Rogers hit his second homer of the series and fourth of the season for a 6-1 lead. The Chiefs loaded the bases in the ninth to put the tying run in the on deck circle but didn't score as they left the last of their 13 runners on base.
Williams (1-1) took the loss allowing five runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked three, struck out five, allowed two homers and threw a wild pitch. O'Reilly allowed one run on two hits over 2 1/3 innings while striking out two.
Notes The Chiefs had homered in seven straight games, two shy of the franchise record set in 2002Billings in the seventh to extend his hit streak to eight gamesO'Keefe singled in the fourth and has a seven-game hit streakEdman leads the Chiefs with six doublesPeoria was 2-for-15 with a runner in scoring position and left 11 on base with at least one left on in every inningThe Chiefs have allowed 27 home runs on the season, which leads not only the MWL but all of Minor League BaseballQuad Cities leads all of MiLB with 31 home runs and they have five in the seriesThe Chiefs allowed 15 home runs and 50 total runs on the seven-game road trip and 24 of those runs scored via the long ballWilliams is tied for second in the MWL with four homers allowed and has allowed a homer in eight of his 10 career Chiefs startsPeoria has allowed at least five runs in 10 of 19 games and they are 2-8 in those gamesThe Chiefs return home for a four-game series against the Cedar Rapids KernelsThe series opens with LH Ian Oxnevad (0-2, 5.93) on the mound against Kernels RH Sean Poppen (0-0, 1.74) at 6:30 p.m. ThursdayThursday is a Baumgarten Distributing Beer & Brat Thirsty Thursday and a Taco Bell Live Mas ThursdayFans can enjoy 12 ounce cans of domestic beer and soda for $2.00 and 16 ounce craft beers and margaritas are $3.00Slices of pizza are $1.00 and college students get $5.00 tickets with a valid student IDAs part of the Taco Bell Live Mas Thursday fans can bring a receipt for a Taco Bell purchase over the last seven days for a buy one get one free ticket offer, limit four free ticketsThe broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:15 p.m. onwww.peoriachiefs.com/listenlivewhich also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and AndroidThe broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the Tune-In Radio App.
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