Chiefs Drop 11-2 Decision to Cougars
Published on June 26, 2018 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs lost 11-2 to the Kane County Cougars in game two of the series on Tuesday afternoon. The Chiefs are 4-2 in the second half and 43-33 overall with the series finale scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday night.
The Cougars jumped out to another early lead on Chiefs starter Franyel Casadilla in the top of the first. Yoel Yanqui continued the inning with a two-out infield single followed by a Ernie De La Trinidad walk. Ryan Grotjohn cleared the bases with a three-run homer over the right field wall as Kane County went ahead 3-0.
Kane County added to their lead in the top of the third inning. Grotjohn smacked a one-out double down the right field line and Tim Susnara drove him in on a line drive double to left center for a 4-0 advantage.
Another Cougars run came across in the top of the fourth. Jancarlos Cintron bunted for a single to lead off the inning but he was caught stealing for the second out of the inning. Jasrado Chisholm drew a two-out walk and Yoel Yanqui singled to right as Chisholm scored on a throwing error from right fielder Scott Hurst. Yanqui advanced to second on the throw as well while Kane County took a commanding 5-0 lead.
The scoring continued in the top of the fifth for the Cougars. Grotjohn led off with a single to left and was brought in on a double by Susnara. Luis Lara singled home Susnara to widen the margin to 7-0.
Peoria answered in the bottom of the sixth using the long ball against Cougars starter Jayson McKinley. Scott Hurst slammed a leadoff triple and with one out, Elehuris Montero cranked a two-run homer down the left field line for his team high eighth jack of the season as the deficit was cut to 7-2.
A leadoff homer provided a quick answer for Kane County against Chiefs reliever Zach Prendergast in the top of the seventh. De La Trinidad delivered a solo blast to right center to extend the lead to 8-2.
Three more runs capped off the Cougars scoring in the top of the eighth. Chisholm connected on a one-out double and with two down, De La Trinidad scored Chisholm on a single up the middle. Grotjohn singled again and Susnara walked to load the bases before Luis Lara singled to make it 11-2.
Casadilla (0-1) took the loss throwing five innings allowing six earned runs on 12 hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Prendergast pitched 2 2/3 innings allowing four runs on five hits with two walks and one strikeout. Dayton threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings on two hits with no walks and two strikeouts.
Notes
The Chiefs are 12-6 during day gamesPeoria has been outscored 68-32 in the first inning this season and 7-0 in the seriesCasadilla made his Chiefs debut and finished one shy of career-highs in runs, hits and earned runsThe 19 hits allowed is a season highMontero has the team lead in home runs with eight and RBI with 43The homer was his first with a runner on base this seasonGonzalez had two doubles for the ChiefsKane County scored 20 unanswered runs until Peoria scored in the bottom of the sixthRodriguez has thrown out 41.8% of runners and leads the team by throwing out 18 runners trying to stealHurst exited the game in the top of the eighth with an injury and Nick Plummer entered the game to play left field as Bryce Denton moved to play right fieldThe series concludes at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday with post-game fireworks and the first 1,000 fans 13 and up receive a Jack Flaherty bobble headWednesday is Batman night with appearances by Batman, Batgirl and AlfredWednesday is also First Responder Night where First Responders can get discounted tickets using the promo code FIRST at peoriachiefs.comIt's a Bang for your Buck Wednesday featuring $1 hot dogs, $1 nachos and $1 popcorn at the concession standThe Chiefs will start RH Johan Oviedo (3-6, 5.43) against Kane County LH Mack Lemieux (2-5, 4.39)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:45 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive and is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the Tune-In Radio AppThe game is also available on MiLB.tv for subscribers.
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