Chiefs Lose 6-0 Wednesday
August 10, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Geneva, IL - The first 17 Peoria Chiefs were retired in order by Kane County Cougars right-hander Greg Billo before Ben Klafczynski singled with two outs in the sixth as the Cougars easily dispatched the Chiefs 6-0 Wednesday night. The series opening loss drops the Chiefs to 18-27 on the half and 51-64 overall.
With Billo in complete control, Kane County grabbed an early lead against Chiefs' All-Star Austin Kirk. With one out in the bottom of the first Kevin David singled and moved to third on a two-out ground-rule double off the bat of Brian Fletcher. Cheslor Cuthbert put the home team on top 2-0 with a double off the wall in right-center. Kane County added to their lead in the fourth on a two-out error by third baseman Dustin Geiger that allowed Fletcher to score from third.
The Cougars knocked Kirk from the game in the fifth with another two out rally. Brett Eibner doubled David home with two down and moved to third on an infield single by Fletcher. Cuthbert's second run-scoring double of the night put Kane County up 5-0 and sent Kirk to the dugout as Alvaro Sosa took over on the mound and escaped the inning.
Billo retired the first 17 Chiefs with ease on 10 groundouts, three flyouts, a foul pop up and three strikeouts. Billo also made a nice defensive play to retire Jesus Morelli on a swinging bunt in the third inning. The closest the Chiefs got to a hit through the first five innings was a deep line drive off the bat of Rafael Valdes. But Eibner made a nice running catch to the warning track in left-center to retire Valdes and end the fifth. With two outs in the sixth Klafczynski delivered a solid single to center to end the no-hit and perfect-game bid. Billo lowered his MWL-leading ERA to 1.40 as Antonio Cruz took over in the seventh.
The Chiefs left two on in the seventh against Cruz after Arismendy Alcantara and Geiger each singled with nobody out. Alcantara moved to third on a deep flyout by Richard Jones before Cruz struck out Anthony Giansanti and Valdes to keep the Chiefs off the board. Kane County tacked on an unearned run in the seventh against Sosa for the 6-0 final margin.
Kirk (5-8) allowed five runs, four earned, on 10 hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out one and did not issue a walk. Sosa threw 2 1/3 innings and allowed an unearned run on one hit. Peve Levitt threw one scoreless inning with one hit allowed and a strikeout.
Notes: Peoria had not been shutout since back-to-back shutouts in Dayton on July 21 and 22The first 13 Chiefs were retired by Cedar Rapids RHP AJ Schugel on Saturday and the Chiefs didn't get their first hit until the sixth inning before rallying for an 8-3 winBillo has thrown 15 straight scoreless innings against the Chiefs since Peoria beat him 4-1 in early MayKlafczynski has a career-high six game hitting streakThe 2 hour 13 minute game was the quickest for the Chiefs since a 6-1 loss at Quad Cities on June 18 ended in 2:07Peoria is 16-21 in the first game of a series and 6-13 on the roadThe Chiefs are 4-6 against Kane County this season with a 1-3 mark in GenevaThe Chiefs play six more games at Kane County this seasonThe three-game series continues at 6:35 p.m. on Thursday Peoria starts RH Starling Peralta (2-3, 6.54) against Cougars RH Yordano Ventura (2-4, 4.70)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 6:20 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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