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Chiefs Shutout in Quad Cities Monday

Published on May 13, 2013 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Davenport, IA- The Peoria Chiefs had one awful inning on Monday afternoon and it led to an 8-0 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits to end a four-game road series. The loss puts the Chiefs back at .500 with a 17-17 record as they head north to Kane County for four more road games.

The Chiefs had the first chance to score when Casey Rasmus tripled with two outs in the third inning against Jordan Jankowski but he was left 90 feet away from the plate as Breyvic Valera grounded out. Quad Cities watched the Chiefs self destruct in the fourth and took advantage. With one on and one out, Jesse Wierzbicki hit a comeback to Josh Lucas and Carlos Correa was caught between second and third. However Lucas dropped the ball and both runners were safe. Correa scored on a single by Rio Ruiz and an error on Alex Mejia on a double play ball put two on with one out. Ariel Ovando singled home a run and Jobduan Morales made it 4-0 with a single of his own. Lucas committed a throwing error on a grounder from Jordan Scott as Quad Cities took a 5-0 lead. A two-run double by Austin Elkins made it 7-0 and Miles Hamblin capped the eight-run inning with a single to right.

The Chiefs did not threaten again until the ninth when Mejia led off with a double. After a pair of outs Patrick Wisdom drew a walk by Brian Holmes retired Michael Swinson to end the game.

Lucas (0-3) allowed eight runs on nine hits over six innings. Only one of the runs was earned as he walked one and struck out three. Newcomer Sam Tuivailala struck out all three River Bandits he faced in the seventh inning in his Chiefs debut. Outfielder Nick Martini took the mound for the Chiefs in the eighth and after a leadoff single he retired three straight Quad Cities batters.

Notes: The Chiefs are 7-5 in day games this yearThe Chiefs are 2-4 in the final game of a series on the road and 6-6 overallThe Chiefs have played 12 series this season, winning four, tying four and losing four Mejia has back-to-back multi-hit gamesPeoria had a season-worst five errors in this ballpark on April 13Tuivailala was drafted as a shortstop in the 3rd round in 2010 and moved to the mound last seasonMartini is the second position player to pitch for the Chiefs this seasonRasmus threw one inning in Bowling Green on April 30The Chiefs have been shutout twice on this roadtrip and three times in the last 13 gaimes The roadtrip moves to Kane County for four more games in three daysThe series starts Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. as the Chiefs start LH Hector Hernandez (1-1, 3.81) against Kane County RH Ian Dickson (1-1, 6.41)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.

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