MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Hold off Dragons 2-1

Published on May 10, 2007 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Dayton, OH - For the second time in three days the Peoria Chiefs knocked off the team with the best record in the MWL holding off the Dayton Dragons 2-1 Thursday night.

For the second time in the series the Chiefs took an early lead against Dayton. With one out in the third, Yusuf Carter collected his second single of the night off Dragons starter Travis Webb. Carter moved to second on a balk and came home on a RBI single off the bat of Alfred Joseph for a 1-0 Chiefs lead.

Peoria added an insurance run in the seventh inning against reliever Pedro Viola. DJ Lewis led off with a single up the middle and moved to third on a basehit by Wellington Castillo. Viola struck out Dylan Johnston but Matt Canepa doubled the Chiefs lead with a sac fly to right-center scoring Lewis.

Dayton was kept off the board until the seventh inning. With two outs in the frame, Eddy Rodriguez reached on a ground rule double that one-hopped the fence into the first base berm. Chris Heisey cut the lead to 2-1 with a double off the left field wall. Drew Stubbs walked but Alex Maestri got Justin Turner to bounce into a fielders choice to end the inning.

With two outs in the ninth, Heisey doubled to right against Chiefs closer Rocky Roquet. But the Chiefs reliever rebounded to get Stubbs on a grounder to short ending the game. The result gives Roquet seven saves in as many chances this season.

Chiefs' starter Jose Ceda allowed just two hits, both to leadoff hitter Drew Stubbs, in four shutout innings. The righty struck out four and walked two. Alex Maestri came on in the fifth inning and allowed one run on three hits over three innings. He also issued his first walk of the season in 19 2/3 innings and struck out four. Jeremy Papelbon struck out three batters in the eighth inning including two in a row after an error allowed Juan Francisco to reach as the tying run.

Gorman's Pub Players of the game

Alex Maestri, Jeremy Papelbon & Rocky Roquet (P) - Three members of the Chiefs bullpen buckled down to get the Chiefs out of jams in the latter part of the game. The trio allowed one run on four hits while striking out eight Dragons hitters.

Notes... Yusuf Carter singled in the first to extend his hit streak to eight games...The Chiefs are 19-12 all-time in Dayton including a 17-6 mark in games played in Ohio before the All-Star Break...The finale of the four game series is Friday at 7:00 pm EDT...RH Jose Pina (0-3, 5.56) will start for the Chiefs against RH Sean Watson (3-0, 1.69)...The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game show at 5:45 PM Peoria time online at www.peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350.

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