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Chiefs End Road Trip With 10-2 Loss

July 14, 2008 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Comstock Park, MI - The first-place Peoria Chiefs lost the finale of their 13-game road trip to rehabbing Magglio Ordonez and the West Michigan Whitecaps 10-2 Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of 10,592. The Chiefs are now 17-8 on the half and 47-46 on the season heading into tomorrow's league-wide day off. Ordonez started the Whitecaps two-out rally in the first inning against Kevin Kreier. Jovan Rosa bare-handed Magglio's 45-foot roller down the third-base line but had no throw on the single. Alex Avila followed with a full-count single, and both runners scored on a double to the gap by Joe Tucker. West Michigan added to their lead in the second with an unearned run. With one down, Cory Middleton doubled down the left-field line and advanced to third on a deep flyout by Keith Stein. Kreier then walked Justin Henry and Kody Kaiser to load the bases in front of Ordonez. With the crowd on its feet, Ordonez hit a grounder to third that was bobbled by Rosa allowing Middleton to score for a 3-0 Whitecaps lead. Kreier responded by retiring Avila on a groundout to end the inning. Peoria got on the board against Caps starter Jon Kibler in the third inning. Nate Samson led off with a double and moved to third on an infield single by Elvis Lara. Brandon Guyer put the Chiefs on the board with a sac fly to center that easily scored Samson. Kibler struck out Rosa and got Luis Bautista on a groundout to end the inning. West Michigan answered the Chiefs run with one of their own in the bottom of the third. Tucker led off with a single and moved to second on a basehit by Ronnie Bourquin. After a strikeout, Middleton singled to load the bases. The Whitecaps took a 4-1 lead when Tucker scored on a RBI groundout by Keith Stein that hit Kreier in the leg. The home team took a 5-1 lead in the fifth against Jon Mueller when Ron Bourquin singled and later scored on a groundout by Cory Middleton. The Whitecaps blew the game wide open in the seventh against reliever Chris Siegfried. Avila led off with a double and moved to third when Tucker reached on an error. Bourquin made it 6-1 with a sac fly to medium center field. Newton cranked a two-run homer to left-center for an 8-1 lead, and Middleton followed with a laser shot over the left-field wall to give the Caps an eight run advantage. Siegfried is now tied for the team lead and second in the MWL with 12 homers allowed on the season. The Chiefs added a late run in the eighth against reliever Scott Green. Samson led off with a double and scored on an error by Tucker at shortstop. The Whitecaps answered with a run of their own against Siegfried. Kaiser led off with a double and moved to third on a flyout. After a walk, Bourquin drove Kaiser home for a 10-2 West Michigan lead. Kreier allowed four runs on five hits over just three innings, his shortest outing as a starter. The righty walked two and struck out one, a season-low. Mueller allowed one run on two hits over three innings. Siegfried allowed five runs on five hits and a walk in his two innings. In four at-bats, Ordonez finished his rehab outing 1-for-4. He singled and scored in the first, reached on a run-scoring error in the second, flew out foul to left in the fourth and bounced to second on a 3-0 pitch in the sixth.

Player of the Game - Nate Samson (SS) - The Chiefs shortstop scored both of the team's runs as he led off the third and eighth with doubles. He leads the team with 30 multi-hit games, 99 hits and a .302 average. Samson finished the game 2-for-4 and has 14 doubles on the season.

Notes...The Chiefs began the day with a 2 ½ game lead in the Division, their largest lead since winning the First Half title in 2006...First base coach Min Sung missed the game to take Chiefs starter Dae-Eun Rhee to Chicago...Rhee is scheduled to undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on Tuesday...Sung will rejoin the Chiefs this weekend in Peoria...The Chiefs finish 10-3 on a season-long 13 game road trip through Wisconsin (4-0), Quad Cities (1-2), Kane County (3-0) and West Michigan (2-1)...Peoria is now 7-2 in the last nine game when their opponent scores in the first inning...Six of the Chiefs players had at least 12 hits on the road trip (Samson, Wyatt, Bautista, Rosa, Guyer and the promoted Marquez Smith)...Bautista went 26-for-58 (.448) on the road trip with five home runs and six doubles...The crowd of 10,592 is the largest to see the Chiefs this season...Peoria won the season series against West Michigan 4-2, their first time taking the series since 2004...They last swept a series at Fifth Third Ballpark in 1994, the first season of the franchise's existence...The entire Midwest League is off on Tuesday for the MLB All-Star Game in New York City...The Chiefs will host the Lansing Lugnuts Wednesday night at 7:00 pm on Free Hot Dogs & peanuts night at O'Brien Field...The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game show at 6:45 pm online at www.peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350 AM.

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