Chiefs Beat Kernels 4-1 Friday
April 19, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs won their third straight game on Friday afternoon as starting pitcher Kurt Heyer shut down the Cedar Rapids Kernels in a 4-1 victory in front of a season-high 5,240 fans. The win moves the Chiefs back over .500 at 7-6 and they go for the sweep of the Kernels on Saturday afternoon.
After the Chiefs left two on base and lost a runner at third in the bottom of the first, Cedar Rapids struck first in the top of the third inning against Heyer. With two down and a runner on first, the Twins 2012 first-round first Byron Buxton tripled off the right-center field wall to put the Kernels on top 1-0.
The Chiefs bounced right back against Hudson Boyd in the bottom of the inning. With one out Ildemaro Vargas reached on an infield single deflected by Boyd and stole second. Alex Mejia tied the game with a single to center and moved all the way to third on the throw home by Buxton. With two down Jordan Walton doubled over the head of right fielder Adam Brett Walker to put the Chiefs on top 2-1. The double extended Walton's hit streak to nine games and was his second two-base hit of the young season.
Heyer took over from there, allowing just two more singles and retiring the final 11 Kernels he faced as the Chiefs built a 4-1 lead. Peoria added the final two runs on the fifth inning on a single by Walton and a sacrifice fly from Jacob Wilson.
Heyer (1-0) earned his first professional win with a career-high seven innings in which he allowed one run on four hits. Heyer did not issue a walk and tied a career-high with eight strikeouts. Zach Petrick allowed three singles in two shutout innings while recording two strikeouts and earning his second save.
Notes: Jordan Walton has a team season-high nine-game hitting streakBreyvic Valera has a seven-game hit streakAlex Mejia has reached safely in all 11 of his 2013 startsMejia leads the team with fifth multi-hit games and has back-to-back multi-hit games in this seriesMejia is 5-for-7 with four runs scored, four RBI, two walks a double and a stolen base against the KernelsThe Chiefs are 3-1 in day gamesFriday was the first of five straight day games for the Chiefs, two at home and three in Kane CountyThe Chiefs have 24 hits in the first two games of this seriesPetrick has 17 strikeouts and no walks issued in 11 2/3 innings this season and he has not allowed an earned runThe opponent has scored first in three straight gamesThe third-inning run was the first earned run allowed by Heyer since Opening Night, a span of 10 2/3 inningsThe Chiefs and Kernels play 19 times this season, the most Peoria plays any opponent...The three-game series concludes at 1:00 p.m. on SaturdayThe Chiefs will start LH Dail Villanueva (0-1, 5.14) in his third start of the season against Kernels LH Mason Melotakis (1-1, 2.89)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 12:45 p.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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