MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Drop Second Half Home Opener Tuesday

June 25, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Peoria, IL- A ninth-inning run helped the Peoria Chiefs avoid their first home shutout of the season, but wasn't enough in a 4-1 defeat to the Quad Cities River Bandits on Tuesday night. The loss dropped the Chiefs to 1-4 on the half and 39-33 on the season heading into game two of the series on Wednesday.

Quad Cities scored first with a run in the third inning against Brad Watson. Brett Phillips led off with a walk, advanced to second on a balk and third via a wild pitch. Carlos Correa was hit by a pitch to put runners at the corners, and a Jesse Wierzbicki sacrifice fly to left field plated Phillips while moving Correa to second. Roberto Pena cracked a single to left to score Correa and put the River Bandits up 2-0 before Watson escaped the inning on a ground out.

The River Bandits added two more runs in the fourth inning. Austin Elkins opened the frame with a triple to right field and was driven in on a Jordan Scott single. Scott stole second and moved to third on a Teoscar Hernandez single. Jobduan Morales singled to plate Scott and move Hernandez to third. With runners at the corners Watson forced Wierzbicki into a ground out to escape the inning, but not before the River Bandits extended their lead to 4-0.

The Chiefs never threatened starter Vincent Velasquez or reliever Juan Minaya until the ninth inning. With one out Jacob Wilson doubled and Jordan Walton moved him to third with a single. Patrick Wisdom lifted a sacrifice fly to right field to score Wilson preventing the shutout by making the score 4-1, which would ultimately be the final tally.

Watson (0-1) gave up four runs on seven hits and one walk while fanning one in four innings pitched. Sam Tuivailala tossed 1 2/3 scoreless frames without allowing a hit and walking two while punching out one. Thomas Lee pitched 2 1/3 perfect innings while striking out three. Dixon Llorens threw a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts.

Notes: Martini extended his hit streak to career-high 10 games with a single in the fifth inning Wilson extended his errorless streak at second base to 22 straight games Wilson scored his team-leading 44th run The Chiefs last two runs, including their final run on Sunday, were by a Wilson double and Wisdom sacrifice fly combinationThe Chiefs bullpen did not allow a hit in five innings pitched The loss capped the Chiefs first three-game losing streak since April 28-30 when they were swept by Bowling GreenFormer River Bandit, Watson, made his first start as a ChiefQuad Cities scored two runs in the third frame equaling their total offensive output in their June 14-16 series against Peoria in which they were outscored 15-2The game was the Chiefs first at Dozer Park since June10. Peoria is now 20-12 at home this seasonThe Chiefs continue their series against Quad Cities at 7:00 p.m. on WednesdayWednesday is "Won Dollar Wednesday" meaning $1 hot dogs, 1$ ice cream sandwiches and 1$ fountain sodasAlso if the Chiefs do not win, all fans can exchange their ticket for a free ticket to any Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday game this seasonThe Chiefs start RH Cory Jones (2-1, 1.44) against River Bandits Jordan Jankowski (3-0, 3.13) The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Premier Print Group 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.

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