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Chiefs Crack Rattlers

Published on June 28, 2009 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release


GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Peoria Chiefs grabbed control of a see-saw affair against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers with a nine-run eighth inning on Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Field. Rebel Ridling had three RBI for the Chiefs in their 15-6 win.

The Chiefs (39-34 overall, 1-3 second half) started the scoring with two runs in the top of the third inning against Wisconsin starter Trey Watten. Drew Rundle started the inning with a double. He scored on a single by David Macias. Later in the frame, a sacrifice fly by Kyler Burke put the Chiefs in front 2-0.

Wisconsin (37-37, 3-1) rallied to tie the game with single runs in the third and fourth inning against Peoria starter Aaron Shafer. Juan Sanchez doubled off the left field wall with one out in the third. Brett Lawrie drove him in with a double that stayed just fair down the left field line.

Brock Kjeldgaard homered against Shafer in the game at Miller Park back on April 24. On Sunday, Kjeldgaard lined a one-out, solo homer in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game 2-2. The homer was Kjeldgaard's 11th of the season.

Peoria went back in front with single runs in the fifth and sixth innings. Ryan Flaherty drove in a run with a single in the fifth and an error on a dropped popup let in the run that put the Chiefs up 4-2.

Wisconsin rallied in the bottom of the sixth inning to score four runs and take the lead. Shafer gave up a double and a pair of walks to load the bases. He was replaced by Jeffrey Beliveau and the lefty promptly walked Kjledgaard to force in a run.

Beliveau struck out the next two batters, but walked Derrick McPhearson to force in the tying run. Juan Sanchez followed with a two-run single and Wisconsin had a 6-4 lead.

Ridling pulled the Chiefs to within a run in the top of the seventh inning with a sacrifice fly. Then, the Chiefs took out some frustrations on the Rattlers in the top of the eighth.

Wisconsin had been 7-0 against the Chiefs with five wins by a single run...until Sunday.

The first nine Peoria batters reached safely to start the top of the eighth. All nine would score and put the score at 14-6. Rigoberto Almonte faced the first six Chiefs in the inning and left with the bases loaded and the Rattlers down 8-6. Nick Tyson came on to try to stop the bleeding, but it only got worse after an error that allowed two runs to score, an RBI double by Ridling and a two-run single by Nelson Perez.

In all, Peoria sent 13 batters to the plate in the eighth, there was a hit batsman, a balk, and a pair of Wisconsin errors.

After the shaky start to his relief stint, Beliveau settled in and worked the final three innings in a scoreless fashion. He struck out eight over his entire outing and picked up the win.

Ridling put a cap on the scoring with an RBI double in the top of the ninth.

The Rattlers are off on Monday. They return to action on Tuesday against the Clinton LumberKings. Cody Adams (1-5, 5.64) is the scheduled starting pitcher for the Rattlers. Kenn Kasparek (4-4, 2.42) is set to start for the Midwest League affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Game time on Tuesday is 7:05pm.

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