MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Lose 2 on Thursday

Published on August 7, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


PEORIA, IL- The Peoria Chiefs dropped the continuation of their suspended game from Sunday to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 2-1 in 11 innings on Thursday night before losing the regularly-scheduled game 6-1. The pair of losses drops the Chiefs record to 23-23 in the second half and 60-55 overall.

The Chiefs began play in the top of the tenth inning tied at one with Richy Perdoza leading off against new Wisconsin pitcher Harvey Martin. Pedroza flew out and Vaughn Bryan singled. Bryan was caught stealing second and CJ McElroy singled but Juan Herrera struck out to end the inning. The Chiefs brought on Jhonny Polanco to pitch and he worked around a one-out single. The Chiefs went in order in the 11th and after Omar Garcia led off the bottom of the 11th with a single, Taylor Brennan popped up a bunt for the first out. Polanco issued three straight walks to follow, including one to Dustin DeMuth to force in the winning run as the Chiefs fell in walk-off 2-1.

Arturo Reyes started the game on Sunday with 7 1/3 innings allowing an unearned run on seven hits with ten strikeouts. Kyle Barraclough followed with 1 2/3 innings with three strikeouts. Polanco (3-1) tossed 1 1/3 innings allowing one run on two hits with three walks and one strikeout to take the loss.

In the regularly-scheduled game, Wisconsin scored a pair of runs in the third inning against Luis Perdomo. Garcia led off with a single and Rafael Neda doubled him to third. Perdomo balked home Garcia before Angel Ortega singled and Wisconsin led 2-0.

The Timber Rattlers scored three more runs in the fourth. David Denson doubled and Brennan singled him to third. A wild pitch moved Brennan to second and Garcia was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Neda ripped a ball through the legs of Cesar Valera at third for a two-run error for a 4-0 score. After Ortega reached on a force play, he stole second with Garcia scoring when Herrera missed the catch on the throw from Carson Kelly.

Wisconsin added another run in the seventh against Robert Stock. Johnny Davis walked and Chris McFarland singled Davis to third. McFarland stole second and David Denson singled in Davis for a 6-0 Rattlers lead, but Wick threw McFarland out at the plate.

The Chiefs offense was stymied by Preston Gainey, who worked seven shutout innings with a career-high 12 strikeouts. He had at least one strikeout in every inning but the fifth. He struck out the side with two walks in the sixth and struck out the side in order to end his outing. Gainey allowed only three hits, all singles.

The Chiefs offense got a run against reliever Luke Curtis in the eighth. Bryan lined a one-out double to left and took third on defensive indifference. He scored on McElroy's ground out to short to make it a 6-1 score.

Perdomo (2-3) pitched five innings allowing five runs (three earned) on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Stock tossed the final four innings allowing one run on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

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