Chiefs Can't Dig Out of Early Hole in Dayton
April 25, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Dayton, OH - A five-run bottom of the third inning did in the Peoria Chiefs on Thursday night as they dropped the opener of a three-game series to the Dayton Dragons 11-5. The loss drops the Chiefs to 8-9 on the season with five games remaining on the roadtrip.
Beau Amaral started the Dragons offense with a single against Joe Cuda to lead off the bottom of the first. Zach Vincej followed with a single and with runners on the corners he stole second to put two in scoring position. Jeff Gelalich delivered a sacrifice fly to center to put the Dragons on top 1-0 before Cuda struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
The Chiefs had a chance in the third with two on and two out by Jeff Winker's diving catch in left-center robbed Jacob Wilson of extra bases. The Dragons added on in the bottom of the inning as Amaral hit a two-run homer for a 3-0 lead. With one out Gelalich singled and stole second before scoring on a double by Winker. With two down Junior Arias singled in Winker and stole two bases. Following a walk, Robert Ramirez singled in Arias to put the Dragons on top 6-0.
Dayton kept the offense going in the fourth as Amaral led off with his third hit in as many at-bats. Vincej singled to left and Gelalich delivered his second sacrifice fly of the night for a 7-0 lead. Seth Mejias-Brean doubled to left as Vincej scored easily to put the hosts on top 8-0.
The Chiefs finally got on the board in the fifth against Sal Romero. Carson Kelly and Charlie Tilson started the frame with a pair of infield singles and moved up 90 feet on a groundout. CJ McElroy drove in Kelly with an infield single to cut the Dayton lead to 8-1. In the top of the seventh the Chiefs added a run against Joel Bender. Kelly doubled to right and scored on a line drive single to center by Tilson.
The two teams traded runs late as the Dragons put three on the board against reliever Dixon Llorens in the seventh. Peoria answered those three in the top of the eighth but that's as close as the visitors would get. Alex Mejia started the eighth with a walk and scored easily on a double off the wall by Wilson. Patrick Wisdom launched his league-best fifth homer of the season off the left-field concession stand for the final runs of the game and an 11-5 Dayton lead.
Cuda (1-1) allowed eight runs on 11 hits over four innings while walking one and striking out six. Joe Donofrio threw two perfect innings and struck out one. Llorens allowed three runs on three hits and a walk over 2/3 of an inning and Michael Aldrete threw 1 1/3 hitless innings with one strikeout.
Notes: Jordan Walton has a MWL season-high 13-game hitting streak Mejia has reached safely in all 15 of his 2013 starts...Wisdom has homered in three straight games and has eight RBI on the roadtripHe leads the Midwest League with five homers and leads the Chiefs with 14 RBI on the season Tilson has three straight multi-hit gamesThe Chiefs were swept in three games in their most recent trip to Dayton, July 20-22, 2011 getting outscored 28-5 in the processThe last two games of that series were a shutout and the Chiefs had not scored in 25 innings straight innings at Fifth Third Field before plating a run in the fifthThe three game series continues at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time on FridayThe Chiefs will start LH Hector Hernandez (0-1, 5.40) against Dragons RH Robert Stephenson (0-2, 6.23)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 5:45 p.m. Central Time on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.
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