MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Lose 7th Straight Sunday

Published on June 19, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
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Davenport, IA - The Peoria Chiefs finished the first half of the 2011 season by being swept out of Davenport in a 9-1 loss against the Quad Cities River Bandits on Sunday. The loss, their seventh straight, leaves the Chiefs at 33-37 to end the first half of play. The Midwest League is now off for the All-Star Break with the second half of the season beginning at home Friday night.

The Chiefs grabbed a rare lead in the first inning thanks to a Quad Cities error. Matt Szczur led off with a single, stole second and moved to third when the throw by catcher Geoff Klein bounced into centerfield. Peoria went on top 1-0 when Greg Rohan's sacrifice fly to deep left scored Szczur from third.

The River Bandits came back in the bottom of the second against Graham Hicks. With one out Victor Sanchez singled to left and Chris Edmonson launched his third homer of the season to right field. The two run blast just cleared the glove of a leaping Anthony Giansanti and put Quad Cities on top 2-1.

Quad Cities blew the game open in the third inning. Ronny Gil led off with a double and with one out, Klein drew a walk. Cody Stanley singled home Gil for a 3-1 lead and Hicks left the mound with Peoria trainer A.J. Larson. Yohan Gonzalez replaced Hicks and got hit hard allowing both inherited runs to score plus one of his own on a single and a double. The double by Colin Walsh plated a pair and gave the Bandits a 6-1 lead. Quad Cities added to their lead in the fourth as the first three Bandits singled off Gonzalez for a 7-1 lead which would have grown with a good defensive play from Pierre LePage at second base.

Quad Cities grabbed a pair of unearned runs in the seventh inning against reliever Larry Suarez. An error by Rohan at third put Sanchez on first and an error by Suarez put two on base with no outs. Walsh delivered a run-scoring single and with one down, Edmonson scored on a sacrifice fly for a 9-1 Bandits lead.

Hicks (1-3) left the game with an apparent injury after 2 1/3 innings. He allowed five runs on six hits and a walk. Hicks struck out one and left with two runners on base. Gonzalez allowed both inherited runners to score and then gave up two of his own on five hits and two walks over 2 1/3 innings. Suarez allowed two unearned runs on two hits while striking out two over two innings. Casey Harman threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings to finish the game while striking out three.

Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Matt Szczur (CF) - The Chiefs centerfielder had two hits, a stolen base and scored Peoria's only run in the first inning. He finished the game 2-for-4 and has 70 hits at the All-Star break.

Notes: Rohan leads the Midwest League in batting at the All-Star break with a .329 average while Szczur is second at .327Rohan is also among the top five in hits, RBI and on-base percentageSzczur is third in runs scored and Jones is third in homers and top five in slugging percentageThe Chiefs lead the MWL as a team with a .268 batting averageGonzalez has allowed at least one run in six of his last eight outings and eight of the nine runners he has inherited this season have come around to scoreThe Chiefs are 2-4 in Davenport this season and 3-6 against the playoff bound River BanditsLast season the Chiefs were 38-31 in the first half but still finished fourth and missed the playoffsThe Chiefs are 5-13 in June and 3-13 in their last 15 road gamesThe Chiefs longest losing streak last season was four gamesThe seven game losing streak is the longest since June 7-13, 2009 but that team recovered to win the second half and make the playoffs with an 81-57 recordPeoria also lost seven straight in 2008 and twice in 2004The Chiefs have been outscored 40-6 in the last 56 innings since Richard Jones' grand slam put the Chiefs on top of Wisconsin 5-1 Tuesday night in the third inningIn the last six games the Chiefs have been outscored 29-6 and out-hit 37-25Before the first inning, the last time the Chiefs led at the end of an inning was after the third on Tuesday night with a 5-1 lead before losing that game 12-1The Chiefs are 12-9 in day games this season and 7-4 on Sunday's with a 3-4 road markPeoria is 13-10 in the final game of a series, 5-6 on the roadEach of the last four series have been sweeps, three against the Chiefs and one in Peoria's favorThe Chiefs will be represented by a league-best seven All-Stars in the MWL All-Star game Tuesday night in DavenportThe league is off for the All-Star Break until Friday, June 24The Chiefs host Kane County Friday at 6:30 p.m. with a post-game concert by Christian Recording Artist Lincoln BrewsterThere will also be a post-game Fireworks Show and a Pitch-in for Charity Tennis Ball TossNeither team has announced their starting pitcher for FridayThe broadcast can be heard starting with the pre-game show at 6:10 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for an iPhone/iPad app and a Droid app.

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