Chiefs Drop Second Half Opener 3-1 to Snappers
Published on June 19, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs dropped the opening game of a four-game series 3-1 to the Beloit Snappers on Thursday evening at O'Brien Field. The loss drops the Chiefs to 0-1 in the second half and 30-39 overall on the year. Beloit got on the board against Chiefs starter Dae-Eun Rhee in the third inning with an unearned run. Estarlin De Los Santos started the inning with an infield hit. De Los Santos stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by catcher Josh Donaldson. A walk to Mark Dolenc put runners on the corners with no outs. Rhee avoided a big inning by getting a 5-4-3 double play ball off the bat of Joe Benson; however, De Los Santos scored on the play to make it 1-0 Beloit. The Chiefs answered back in their half of the third inning against Snappers starter Michael McCardell. With one out, Cliff Andersen tripled to the gap in left-center field, and he then scored the tying run when Nate Samson reached on a throwing error by the third baseman to make it 1-1. The Snappers broke the 1-1 tie in the eighth inning against Chiefs reliever Chris Siegfried. De Los Santos homered to the berm in left-center to lead off the inning and put the Snappers in front 2-1. Siegfried allowed a base hit to Dolenc and walked Benson before departing in favor of Jordan Latham without recording an out in the eighth. After a sacrifice bunt by Paul Kelly moved both runners up, Chris Parmelee drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to extend the Beloit lead to 3-1. Peoria got the tying runs on base in both the eighth and ninth innings but hit into inning ending double plays.
Rhee pitched five innings, his most since returning from the disabled list, and allowed just an unearned run on three hits. He struck out three and walked three but did not factor in the decision. Audy Santana worked a scoreless inning out of the bullpen while allowing two hits and striking out one. Siegfried took the loss allowing two runs in an inning plus of work while striking out one and walking two. Latham worked two scoreless frames without allowing a hit and struck out a pair.
Player of the Game - Andersen (DH) - Andersen finished the night 2-for-3 with a triple, his third of the year, and scored the only Chiefs run.
Notes... Rhee has not allowed an earned run in 14 consecutive innings...The Chiefs lost the opening game of the second half in 2007 in Beloit also by a score of 3-1...Dustin Sasser was promoted to High-A Daytona following the game leaving the Chiefs with 24 players...Sasser was 1-4 with a 1.53 ERA and compiled four saves...The Chiefs are now 11-34 when scoring four runs or less...Peoria turned three more double plays to bring their total to a league-high 75...Dylan Johnston has hit safely in four straight games...Each team turned three double plays...The Chiefs are 12-4 over the last 16 games at O'Brien Field... The series continues on Friday evening at 6:30...The Chiefs players and coaches will be wearing 1908 replica Cubs jerseys that will be auctioned off throughout the game to benefit Make-A-Wish...The first 1,500 fans through the gates on Friday will receive a free Joe Girardi caricature t-shirt presented by Hardee's... The first 1,000 fans attending Friday's game will get a free copy of Baseball America magazine...Following the game will be another Pitch-In for Charity presented by Aquatech Pool and Spas and Little Caesar's Pizza also with proceeds benefitting Make-A-Wish...There will be another spectacular post-game fireworks show following the game presented by CEFCU...Peoria will send RH Hung-Wen Chen (1-3, 3.34) to the hill while the Snappers counter with RH David Bromberg (4-4, 4.65)...The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game show at 6:15 PM online at www.peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350 AM.
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