Chiefs Score Early and Often in Friday Road Win
July 10, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Clinton, IA- The Peoria Chiefs scored in each of the first six innings and cruised to a 9-4 win over the Clinton LumberKings Friday night. The win moves the Chiefs back to .500 in the second half at 8-8 and they are 41-43 overall.
The Chiefs got on the board in the top of the first against Clinton starter Jeffeson Medina. Paul DeJong tripled to right field and with two on base he was out at the plate on a groundball to third. Oscar Mercado and Harrison Bader each stole a base in the inning and Mercado scored from third on a wild pitch for a 1-0 lead.
Clinton tied the game bottom one against Dewin Perez and the Chiefs went back on top in the second. With two down, Kenny Peoples-Walls slugged his first home run of the season into the left-field berm for a 2-1 Chiefs lead.
Peoria grabbed an unearned run in the third and added another in the fourth against Medina. In the third inning, DeJong singled and Mercado reached on an error with one out. Alex DeLeon put the Chiefs up 3-1 with a single to left as DeJong scored. Peoples-Walls drew a one-out walk in the fourth and scored on a double to left by Jhohan Acevedo for a 4-1 lead.
Clinton got a run back in the bottom of the fourth but left the bases loaded against Perez. The Chiefs added on with two runs in the fifth as Medina left the game. Mercado led off with an infield single and moved to third on a double by Bader. Both runners scored on a wild pitch for a 6-2 Chiefs lead before Osmer Morales took over on the mound for Clinton.
The Chiefs broke the game open in the top of the sixth inning against Morales. Darren Seferina walked with one out and scored on a double to left-center by DeJong. With two outs in the inning DeJong scored from second on a throwing error as Bader singled and advanced to second. DeLeon gave the Chiefs a 9-2 lead with a double to left-center, his 15th of the season.
Clinton grabbed a run against Chiefs reliever Nicholas Frey in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 9-3. The LumberKings added another run against Anderson Gerdel in the eighth with a single, double and RBI groundout from Arby Fields.
Perez (1-2) earned his first win in 2015 with five innings of work. The lefty allowed two runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out four. Frey allowed one run on three hits while striking out two in two innings of work. Gerdel allowed one run on two hits while striking out one in his one inning of work. Kyle Grana allowed one hit, walked one and struck out three in a scoreless ninth.
Notes: Seferina had his career-high 10-game hit streak snapped with a 0-for-4 night but he walked and has reached base in 11 straight games...DeJong had his first professional triple and his first career four-hit game...Mercado leads the Chiefs and is second in the MWL with 29 stolen bases...Bader has three steals in four games...The Chiefs scored in each of the first six innings before going in order in the seventh...The Chiefs have scored at least five runs seven times in the second half going 5-2 in those games...Peoria leads the season series 6-4 with a 5-2 mark in Iowa...Perez threw a season-high five innings...Grana leads the Chiefs and is tied for second in the MWL with 30 appearances...Peoples-Walls homered for the first time in 46 games and 150 at-bats dating back to June 24, 2014...The series continues Saturday at 6:30 p.m. as the Chiefs send All-Star LH Austin Gomber (8-3, 3.47) to the mound against Clinton RH Zack Littell (2-4, 3.73)...The 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 MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.
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