Chiefs Hold On, Top Bees 2-1 Tuesday
July 7, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL- The Peoria Chiefs scored two runs in the second and held on to beat the Burlington Bees 2-1 Tuesday night. The win is Peoria's third in a row and lifts them to 6-7 in the second half and 39-42 overall.
The Chiefs started the scoring in the bottom of the second against Bees starter Keynan Middleton. Alex DeLeon led off with a double and moved to third on a single by Harrison Bader. After Bader stole second DeLeon came home on a single by Steve Bean. Bader scored from third when Luis Cruz bounced into a double play to give the Chiefs a 2-0 lead.
The Bees got on the board in the sixth against Chiefs starter Jack Flaherty. Zach Houchins led off with a single and Natanael Delgado doubled to move Houchins to third. Houchins scored and Delgado advanced to third on a wild pitch with Steven Mateo batting to make it 2-1. After Flaherty struck out Mateo he gave way to Anderson Gerdel, who induced back-to-back groundouts to end the threat and strand Delgado at third.
Flaherty (4-1) pitched 5 1/3 innings and allowed one run on four hits, one walk, and one hit batter, striking out five. Gerdel pitched 2 1/3 shutout innings of relief, allowing three hits and striking out two. Kyle Grana pitched 1 1/3 hitless innings to get his ninth save of the season, striking out one and walking one.
Notes: Seferina singled in the third to extend his hit streak to eight games...Bean's RBI single in the second gives him a six-game hit streak...Flaherty has won four of his last five starts...Grana is tied with Rowland for the team lead with nine saves...Grana leads the Chiefs with 29 games pitched and trails only Rowland in games finished with 20...The Chiefs are 30-17 when allowing four runs or less...Peoria is 9-1 on Tuesdays, including 4-1 in Tuesday home games...The Chiefs and Bees move to Burlington for game three of a four-game home-and-home series with the Bees Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.... The pitching matchup features Peoria RH Matt Pearce (3-8, 3.65) against Burlington RH Justin Anderson (5-6, 3.38)...The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:15 p.m., on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android...The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.
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