Chiefs Lose 2-1 in 11 Innings Sunday
Published on July 31, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Clinton, IA - The Peoria Chiefs and Clinton LumberKings played 10 scoreless innings Sunday afternoon and both teams scored with two out singles in the 11th as Clinton won 2-1. The loss drops the Chiefs to 2-9 on the road trip which ends Monday night in Clinton.
Peoria's Austin Kirk, who no-hit Clinton on July 4, and Clinton's Tony Butler matched scoreless innings through the sixth. The Chiefs left a runner in scoring position twice in the first five innings and Clinton left one runner while also bouncing into a double play.
Clinton nearly scored in the eighth and 10th but the Chiefs recovered both times. In the eighth, Matt McGee bounced out with runners on the corners and in the 10th Julio Morban bounced out with the bases loaded. Reliever Jonathan Arias kept the Chiefs off the board in the 10th after Brandon May walked and Rubi Silva collected a pinch-hit single.
The Chiefs scored the first run of the game in the top of the 11th against Clinton reliever Tyler Blandford. With two down Richard Jones singled to right and moved to third on a single by Anthony Giansanti. Elliot Soto singled up the middle to plate Jones for a 1-0 lead before Blanford got out of the inning.
Peoria called on Daniel Berlind to get the save for the second day in a row. Berlind got two quick outs before Mickey Wiswall singled to center. Matt Browning followed with a single to left and Robbie Anston ran for Wiswall. Berlind hit Anthony Phillips to load the bases and Carlos Ramirez won the game for Clinton with a two-run single to right.
Kirk threw six shutout innings and allowed just two hits. He struck out four and did not issue a walk. Pichardo threw three shutout innings and allowed two hits with three strikeouts. Alvaro Sosa threw a shutout inning and allowed one hit and one walk. Berlind (0-3) allowed two runs on three hits in 2/3 of an inning.
Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Eliott Soto (SS) - Soto was 3-for-4 with the Chiefs only RBI and a sacrifice bunt. He also turned in numerous outstanding defensive plays to keep Clinton off the board.
Notes: In five starts this season against Clinton, Kirk is 3-0 with a 1.11 ERAIn those five starts he has gone at least six innings four times and has allowed a total of 18 hits and four runs over 32 1/3 inningsKirk has 32 strikeouts and five walks against Clinton this seasonKirk leads the Chiefs with nine quality starts on the season and today was his third in JulyThe Chiefs have lost 21 games in the opponents final at-bat and are a MWL worst 4-9 in extra inningsThe Chiefs had not lost at Clinton all season and are now 4-1 at Alliant Energy Field this season with one game leftThe Chiefs have played 10 straight games with three runs or less scored and have been outscored 61-22 on the roadtripPeoria is 16-30 in games decided by two runs or lessPeoria has 16 saves and 16 blown saves on the seasonPeoria is now 4-16 when the game is tied entering the ninth inningSoto has six 3-hit games and 19 multi0hit gamesHe also leads the team with nine sacrificesThe last time the Chiefs were in a 0-0 game into extra innings was June 13, 2008 in a 1-0, 11-inning home loss to BurlingtonPeoria and Burlington played through 12 scoreless innings in 1991 before the Bees won 1-0 in 13 inningsWhen Silva pinch-hit in the 10th it marked the first pinch-hitter used by the Chiefs since May 10 and just the third all seasonChad Noble struck out April 23 against Beloit and Greg Rohan was intentionally walked in the 10th inning against Burlington on May 10Future Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. was in attendance SundayGriffey Jr. is a Special Assistant to the Seattle Mariners GM and Clinton is a Seattle affiliateThe three-game series and 12-game road trip ends on Monday at 7:05 p.m.Peoria starts RH Starling Peralta (1-3, 7.48) against LumberKings RH Nathan Reed (3-3, 3.64)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 6:45 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for an iPhone/iPad app, a Blackberry app and a Droid app.
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