Chiefs Drop Middle Game of Series to Beloit
April 29, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL- The Peoria Chiefs lost the middle game of their home series 5-4 to the Beloit Snappers on Wednesday at Dozer Park. The loss drops the Chiefs to 9-11 on the season going into Thursday night's rubber match with the Snappers.
The Chiefs scored first in the third inning against Beloit starter Junior Mendez. Oscar Mercado was hit by a pitch with one out and stole second and third base in the next at-bat. He scored on a groundout by Collin Radack to give Peoria the 1-0 lead.
Beloit came back to take the lead in the fifth against Chiefs starter Austin Gomber. The Snappers started the inning with back-to-back singles to right by Shawn Duinkerk and Jose Chavez and both runners moved up 90 feet on a sacrifice bunt. Both came home to score on an Edwin Diaz double into the left field corner for the 2-1 Beloit lead.
Beloit extended their lead to 5-1 in the eighth. Fernando Baez came on to start the inning and issued one-out walks to Diaz and Brett Vertigan. Both runners advanced 90 feet on a wild pitch by Baez. Max Kuhn bounced out to Baez and Robby Rowland came in to pitch with two outs. Rowland's first pitch was driven over the left field fence by Yairo Munoz to put the Snappers up by four.
The Chiefs came back with three of their own in the bottom of the eighth to make it 5-4. Magneuris Sierra led off with a walk against Snappers righty Corey Miller. Sierra went to third on a Mercado double and two batters later scored when Justin Ringo hit a sacrifice fly to left center. Alex DeLeon chased Miller from the game with a two-run homer to left field to pull the Chiefs within one.
Gomber (1-3) allowed two runs on five hits over a career-high seven innings. He struck out four and walked none in the loss. Baez came in to start the eighth and went ?..." of an inning, allowing two runs on no hits and two walks without recording a strikeout. Rowland came in and worked 1 ?..." innings, yielding one run on one hit while striking out two and walking none.
Notes: DeLeon's home run is the third for the Chiefs in 2015, and the second at home in the last two games...His multi-RBI game was his third such performance of the season...Gomber recorded the ninth quality start by Chiefs pitchers this season, and his seven innings ties a career-high...Richy Pedroza became the second pinch-hitter used by the Chiefs this season after Danny Diekroeger pinch hit April 23 against Quad Cities...Peoria has now out-scored their opponents 14-9 in the third inning...Mercado now leads the Midwest League with 10 stolen bases...It marked Mercado's third multi-steal game of the season and first since April 15...The Chiefs continue the homestand on Thursday night with game three of the homestand beginning at 7:00 p.m....It's Thirsty Thursday at Dozer Park sponsored by Miller Lite with $1 domestic beers and fountain drinks...The Chiefs are scheduled to start RH Daniel Poncedeleon (1-0, 1.53) against Beloit RH Daniel Goeestt (0-2, 7.20)... The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:45 p.m., on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android...The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.
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