MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Lose on Bases Loaded Walk Sunday

August 24, 2014 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


CLINTON, IA- Alex Reyes struck out nine batters over six innings and Ronald Castillo homered but the Peoria Chiefs blew a 3-1 lead over the last three innings and lost 4-3 on a walk-off walk to the Clinton LumberKings Sunday afternoon. The loss drops the Chiefs to 67-64 overall and 30-32 in the second half with eight games remaining.

The Chiefs jumped out to an early lead but also missed an opportunity to do more damage in the first inning against Clinton lefty Eddie Campbell. With one out Luis Perez doubled to left-center and Justin Ringo was hit in the shoulder by a Campbell offering. Ronald Castillo singled to right and manager Joe Kruzel waved Perez home where the Clinton catcher was waiting to apply the tag for the second out of the inning. Steve Bean singled to right to bring home Ringo for the first run of the game before Campbell got out of the inning.

Alex Reyes struck out all three Clinton batters in the first inning and had seven strikeouts through his first four innings with just one hit allowed. In the fifth inning Clinton got even as Justin Seager singled to center, moved to second on a sac bunt and scored on a double by Wil Martinez.

The Chiefs responded immediately as Castillo rocketed a line-drive home run to left field with one out in the sixth inning, his sixth home run of the season. Bean followed with a single and moved to second as Rafael Medina singled. Both runners moved up on a groundout and Bean scored on a Campbell wild pitch.

Reyes locked down the LumberKings through six innings with nine strikeouts and three hits allowed. He gave way to Jhonny Polanco in the seventh and Clinton drew a lead off walk. With one out Nelson Ward beat out a sac bunt attempt and both runners moved up on a wild pitch. After a flyout to shallow center, Luke Guarnaccia singled to left-center to tie the game at three.

Clinton won the game in the bottom of the ninth against reliever Jacob Booden. Seager again started the rally with a single to center and he moved to second on a sac bunt. The Chiefs intentionally walked Martinez and Guarnaccia singled to center to load the bases. Booden got ahead of Luis Caballero 0-2 before four straight pitches out of the strike zone scored pinch-runner Martin Peguero on the walk-off walk.

Reyes struck out nine and allowed one run on three hits over six innings with no walks in the no-decision. Polanco allowed two runs on three hits and one walk in his one innings. Booden (0-2) took the loss allowing one run on two hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings.

Notes: Chiefs pitchers have struck out 1,091 batters which is third most in franchise historyReyes did not issue a walk for the first time in 20 starts this seasonHe has 30 strikeouts to just three walks over 18.1 innings in three August startsReyes has 129 strikeouts in 102.2 innings for a franchise single-season best 11.31 strikeouts per nine innings by a starterHe ranks 25th on the single-season strikeout list with 129Opponents are batting just .202 against Reyes this season, the fourth lowest mark in franchise history for a pitcher with at least 90 innings (teammate Rob Kaminsky is 2nd at .190)Castillo homered for the first time in 144 at-bats since he went deep against Clinton at home on July 9 in his first game off the disabled listCastillo has five RBI in his last three gamesC.J. McElroy Jr. became the 15th player in franchise history with 800 or more career plate appearancesThe Chiefs have lost consecutive games in their opponents final at-batPeoria has lost five straight road games dating back to Wednesday, August 13 at BurlingtonThe Chiefs have lost two straight Sunday games on the road in walk off fashion without allowing a hit to the final batter and Booden took the loss both timesThe series continues Monday as the Chiefs start RH Luis Perdomo (3-4, 4.50) against Clinton RH Seon Gi Kim (1-3, 3.03) at 6:30 p.mThe broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:15 p.m., on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android. The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the Tune-In Radio App.

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