MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Lose 6-5 Saturday

Published on April 28, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - The Peoria Chiefs let leads of 3-0 and 5-2 slip away Saturday night in a 6-5 loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps in game one of a three game series. The loss drops the Chiefs to 9-14 on the season and 1-3 on their current 13-game roadtrip.

The Chiefs came out swinging against Joe Ross in the first inning and built a 3-0 lead. Zeke DeVoss started the game with a single to right and moved to second on a bunt single by Pin-Chieh Chen. Wes Darvill loaded the bases with a single to shallow left to extend his hit streak to 12 games. Paul Hoilman put the Chiefs on 2-0 when he slammed a double off the left-field wall. After a pair of outs, Taiwan Easterling made it 3-0 with a single to third before he was caught stealing second to end the frame.

Chiefs' starter Jose Rosario retired the first seven TinCaps he faced before walking Cody Adamson with one out in the third. Alberth Martinez doubled to left as Adamson scored and Jace Peterson singled to put runners on the corners. Rosario struck out Justin Miller before Peterson broke for second and Martinez stole home on the throw. With the Chiefs up 3-2, Rosario escaped the inning with runners on the corners.

Peoria grabbed those runs back in the top of the fourth against Ross. Easterling led off with a single to left and stole second base. With one out, Eduardo Gonzalez doubled to left and went to third on the throw home as Easterling scored for a 4-2 Chiefs lead. DeVoss made it 5-2 with a sacrifice fly to right as the Chiefs regained the three run lead.

Fort Wayne came right back in the bottom of the inning as Duanel Jones led off with a double to right. With one down Zach Kometani doubled to left to score Jones and cut the Chiefs lead to 5-3

The Chiefs kept the two run lead into the sixth when Rosario ran into trouble. With one down, Jones collected his second double of the game with a hit to left. Austin Hedges followed with a double of his own as Jones scored to cut the Chiefs lead to 5-4. Austin Reed relieved Rosario and Hedges moved to third on a ground out to shortstop. A wild pitch tied the game and Adamson doubled to center on a ball deflected by Marco Hernandez diving up the middle. Martinez singled to right and Adamson scored on the throw to put the TinCaps on top 6-5. The Chiefs didn't get a base runner over the final three innings against the TinCaps bullpen.

Rosario allowed five runs on seven hits over 5 1/3 innings of work while striking out five and walking two in the no-decision. Reed (0-2) allowed one run on two hits over 1 2/3 innings. He walked one and threw a wild pitch. Yao-Lin Wang threw one shutout, hitless inning with a strikeout.

Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Taiwan Easterling (CF) - Easterling singled twice, stole two bases, scored and run and drove in a run. He finished 2-for-4 and saved a run with a diving catch in center field.

Notes: Hoilman has a 13-game hitting streak, the longest active streak in the Midwest League and tied for the second longest this seasonDarvill has a 12-game streak...Saturday was the first road game since April 6 the Chiefs did not hit a home runEasterling stole two bases, matching Darvill for the single-game Chiefs high this seasonThe Chiefs allowed nine hits, seven doubles on SaturdayReed is 0-2 with a blown save on the road tripThe Chiefs have two blown saves in their last two lossesEasterling had his first multi-hit game and is the last played on the active roster to have a multi-hit gameWang has not allowed an earned run in 11 innings this seasonHoilman is now 3-for-5 with the bases loaded this season and has eight bases-loaded RBIThe Chiefs as a team have just six hits with the bases loaded, half from HoilmanHoilman leads the Chiefs with 14 RBIOliver Zapata leads the Chiefs with three outfield assistsRosario had lost three straight starts before this no-decisionRoss, the TinCaps starter is the younger brother of Oakland A's starting pitcher Tyson Ross and is the Padres #9 prospectBrad Zapenas, an eighth-inning defensive replacement at third base, committed his first error of the season in 44 chancesThe Chiefs were 3-9 on the road against the East Division last season and are 1-3 this seasonThe Chiefs are 3-4 all-time at Parkview Field which opened in downtown Fort Wayne for the 2009 seasonThe second game of the series is Sunday at 2:05 CDTThe Chiefs will start RH Ben Wells (1-1, 6.23) against TinCaps RH Matt Wisler (0-2, 4.76)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pre-game show at 1:50 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android.

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