Chiefs Lose Saturday 7-5
August 28, 2016 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs surrendered two solo homers in the early innings and failed to mount a comeback in a 7-5 loss Saturday night. The loss drops the Chiefs to 29-32 in the second half and 69-62 on the season.
Juhmai Jones opened up the scoring with a solo homerun off Chiefs starter Ronnie Williams to make it 1-0 Bees. Troy Montgomery added another solo home run in the third inning to make it 2-0 Bees.
Eli Alvarez put the Chiefs on the board in the fifth inning. Carlos Torres singled to lead off the inning and moved to third on a groundout by Jose Martinez. Alvarez smacked a triple to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The Bees added a run in the sixth inning after Jordan Serena singled and Brennon Lund doubled him home to make it 3-1 Bees. The Bees broke the game open in the seventh inning by plating three runs. Michael Barash reached on a fielding error, Jones singled, and Matt Thaiss tripled home both runners for a 5-1 lead. Serena singled home Thaiss to make it 6-1.
The Chiefs came back in the bottom half of the inning after Josh Swirchak singled, Torres doubled, and Magneuris Sierra moved Torres to third and plated Swirchak on a sacrifice fly to make it 6-2. Torres scored on a groundout by Jose Martinez to make it 6-3.
The Bees grabbed another run in the eighth after a leadoff double by Connor Justus and a single by Brandon Sanger to extend the lead to 7-3.
The Chiefs rallied again in the bottom half of the frame with another pair of runs. Chris Chinea walked and Leo Pina smacked a two-run homer to make it 7-5. Matt Davis followed with a double, Torres singled, but Martinez struck out swinging to end the inning. Bees reliever Aaron Cox shut down the Chiefs in order in the ninth to end the game.
Williams (L, 1-3) allowed five runs, only three of them earned, on seven hits and two walks while striking out five across six and two-thirds innings.
NotesWilliams matched his Chiefs season high with 6 2/3 innings of workTorres notched his fourth three-hit performance in a Chiefs uniformPina's homer was his second in the past four gamesAlvarez recorded his 34th multi hit game of the seasonThree of Davis' seven hits have been doubles this seasonThe Chiefs are 12-14 in two-run gamesThe Chiefs are 7-1 at home against Burlington this season and 12-5 overall with two games leftGame three of the series is Sunday at 5:00 p.mIt is Bark in the Park Day as well as Homer's Birthday presented by CityLinkThe first 1,000 fans in attendance will receive a Team Poster courtesy of the Peoria Journal Star and CityLinkThe Chiefs will start RHP Jake Woodford (5-5, 3.29) against Bees RH Jose Rodriguez (6-5, 3.11)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 4:45 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which 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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