Chiefs fall to Snappers
Published on June 20, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs fell to the Beloit Snappers 5-1 in the second game of their four-game series on Friday night in front of 4,606 fans at O'Brien Field. The loss puts the Chiefs at 0-2 in the second half and 30-40 overall. Two scoreless innings started the contest before the Chiefs jumped on board first in the bottom of the third. With two down, Luis Bautista came to the plate against Snappers starter David Bromberg and hit a solo home run off the foul pole in right field to put the Chiefs up 1-0. Jovan Rosa followed with a double to left center, and Josh Donaldson put runners at the corner when he reached on an infield single. The Chiefs chance for more runs ended when Dylan Johnston flew out to center, leaving the Chiefs ahead by one run. The Snappers wasted no time responding in the fourth off Chiefs starter Hung-Wen Chen. Kelly began the inning with a single before being thrown out as Chris Parmelee reached on a fielders choice. Deibinson Romero doubled to left center, and both runners were driven in on a single from Ozzie Lewis. Lewis reached third on a stolen base and an error by Chiefs catcher Donaldson before Chen struck out the next two batters to end the inning with the Snappers up 2-1. For the second time in the game, the Chiefs lost a runner at third and missed their chance at reaching the Snappers. The team led off their half of the seventh with a single from Elvis Lara off Snappers reliever Brian Kirwan. He moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Nate Samson, his fourteenth of the season. Lara was thrown out in an attempt to steal third before Rosa ended the inning with a fly out to right, with the Chiefs still trailing 2-1. The ninth inning had a promising start for the Chiefs when Jon Mueller came in and struck out the first two batter but, Greg Yersich doubled to left, and Allan de San Miguel reached on an error by Bautista. A triple by Estarlin De Los Santos to right-center drove both runners home, extending the Snappers lead to 4-1. Joe Benson reached on a throwing error by Rosa at third base allowing De Los Santos to score making it a 5-1 deficit. Chen took the tough luck loss by tossing six innings and allowing two runs on six hits. He struck out six and did not walk a batter for the second straight start. Craig Muschko allowed one hit in two scoreless innings of work. Mueller allowed three unearned runs on two hits in his only inning of work.
Player of the Game - Cliff Andersen (CF) - Andersen reached base all four times he came to the plate. He finished the night 3-for-3 with a double and a pair of infield singles and also drew a walk.
Notes... Marquez Smith left the game after the second inning due to hamstring tightness...The Chiefs are now 11-35 when scoring four runs or less...Samson is tied for first in all of Minor League baseball in sacrifice hits with 14... He moved into a tie for sixth place on the Chiefs single season history list...This was Chen's second game in a row in which he had a quality start with no run support... Tonight was the seventh straight night the Chiefs have scored three runs or less...The last game with more than three runs was an 8-5 loss to Quad Cities on June 10...The Chiefs are 2-2-1 on nights when wearing special jerseys to be auctioned off...The Chiefs are 2-for-12 in the series with runners in scoring position...The Chiefs are 12-4 over the last 16 games at O'Brien Field... The series continues on Saturday evening at 6:30 pm...Saturday will be Faith and Family Night at O'Brien Field...The Christian rock band Rush of Fools will be the featured post-game concert presented by Berean Bookstore and 91.5 WCIC...Peoria will send RH Kevin Kreier (2-1, 3.96) to the mound against RH Santos Arias (2-3, 2.22) for Beloit...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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