MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Bounce Back to Even Series, 13-4

Published on July 14, 2013 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Midland, MI- The Peoria Chiefs rebounded from Saturday's shutout to tie a season-high in runs scored during a 13-4 win over the Great Lakes Loons on Sunday afternoon. Down 3-1 after four innings, the Chiefs scored in four of the final five frames to improve to 11-12 on the second half and 49-41 overall.

The Chiefs jumped out on top in the second inning against Brandon Martinez. With one out, Breyvic Valera walked and Nick Martini singled. A force out of Martini put runners on the corners and Valera scored when third baseman Brandon Dixon couldn't throw to first in time after diving to knock down a hot smash by Gerwuins Velazco.

Great Lakes took the lead in the third against Brad Watson. Jeremy Rathjen led off with a double and moved to third on a single by Jose Capellan. Robbie Garvey tied the game with a single to center and Kevin Taylor sacrificed both runners up one base. The Chiefs plan to walk Corey Seager intentionally to load the bases back fired when Tyler Ogle also walked, forcing home Capellan for a 2-1 Loons lead. An error on Ildemaro Vargas at second base put the Loons up 3-1 before Watson induced a double play to end the inning.

The Chiefs got even in the fifth with a rally of their own. Charlie Tilson singled with one out and scored without a throw when Jacob Wilson doubled to right-center. Jordan Walton pulled a double down the right-field line to score Wilson and tie the game before Martinez got out of the inning with a pop up and ground out.

Two innings later the Chiefs took advantage of mistakes by Great Lakes to grab the lead. Tilson reached on an error by Seager at shortstop and stole second. He moved to third on a ground out and scored on a wild pitch by Steven Griggs for a 4-3 Chiefs lead. In the eighth inning, Vargas walked with one out, stole second and moved to third when the throw went into center field. He scored on an infield single by CJ McElroy to put the Chiefs on top 5-3.

Great Lakes got one run back in the eighth but couldn't get even. Seager and Ogle both walked against Sam Tuivailala, with Ogle reaching one pitch after Valera dropped his foul pop up to third base. Both runners moved up on a groundout to first and Zach Russell took over for Tuivailala. Russell struck out Dixon but a wild pitch scored Seager to cut the Chiefs lead to 5-4. With the tying run at third, Russell struck out James Baldwin III to end the threat.

Peoria put the game away in the ninth with their second huge inning of the road trip. Walton and Jeremy Schaffer led off with walks against Luis Meza and after fouling off two sacrifice attempts, Valera singled home Walton. Martini doubled home two for an 8-4 lead and with one out, Velazco singled off the wall as Martini scored. McElroy walked and Tilson drove home Velazco with a single. Crayton Bare replaced Meza and got the second out before Walton launched a three-run homer into the right-field berm to put the Chiefs on top 13-4. Walton's home run, his third of the season, was the first for the Chiefs on this road trip and ended the scoring in the 13-4 Chiefs win.

Watson (2-2) earned his second straight win with three runs allowed on six hits over six innings. He struck out four and walked three, one intentionally. Tuivailala struck out three and allowed one run on two walks and no hits over 1 1/3 innings. Russell earned his second saves with four strikeouts over 1 2/3 perfect innings.

Notes: The last home run for the Chiefs came last Sunday at home when Jeremy Schaffer hit two against BeloitThe 13 runs scored tie a Chiefs season highPeoria beat Cedar Rapids 13-4 on April 18 and Lake County 13-10 May 1Every Chiefs starter had at least one hit and scored at least one runSeven Chiefs drove in a run and five had more than one hitWalton tied a career high with four RBI and hit his first home run since May 11Velazco tied a career high with two RBI and three of his five RBI on the season have come on this road tripThe last three times the Chiefs have been shutout they have responded with big games the next day scoring 8, 10 and 13The Chiefs entered Sunday with just 54 stolen bases, last in the MWL, and tied a season high with three steals SundayThe Chiefs are 12-12 in day games this seasonOn Monday the Chiefs try to win consecutive road games for the first time in the second halfValera leads the Chiefs with 25 multi-hit games while Walton now has 23Patrick Wisdom missed his second straight game with a jammed middle finger on his right hand and will be re-evaluated MondayThe Chiefs are 16-15 all-time against the Loons and Dodgers affiliatesPeoria is 8-7 at Dow DiamondThis was the first Chiefs win against the Loons since June 4, 2011The series and roadtrip conclude on Monday at 7:05 p.m. ET as the Chiefs start RH Cory Jones (5-1, 1.02) against 16-year-old LH Juilo Urias (2-0, 2.70)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Premier Print Group pre-game show at 6:50 p.m. ET on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.

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