MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Snap Scoreless Streak, Fall 9-1 at Cedar Rapids

August 25, 2013 - Midwest League (MWL1)
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Cedar Rapids, IA- The Peoria Chiefs snapped a 30-inning scoreless streak on Sunday night but still lost to the first-place Cedar Rapids Kernels 9-1. The loss, their fourth in a row, drops the Chiefs to 28-34 in the second half and 66-63 overall in 23. With eight games left in the regular season, Peoria is three games behind Clinton in the Wild Card race.

Chiefs right-hander Cory Jones made his return from the disabled list with his first start since July 22 but the Kernels came out swinging. With one down in the first, Tyler Grimes reached on a single off the glove of Ildemaro Vargas at third base. Grimes moved to second on a wild pitch and with two on and two out, Travis Harrison singled for a 1-0 lead. The Kernels made it 2-0 when Bo Altobelli's double down the left field line plated Mike Gonzales.

The Kernels added on in the third inning and knocked Jones out in the fourth. In the third, Adam Walker singled to right, moved to second on an error and scored on a Gonzales double. With the Chiefs down 3-0, Cedar Rapids doubled the lead in the fourth. Ryan Walked doubled to left, Jeremias Pineda singled and Jonathan Murphy walked to load the bases. Grimes blooped a single to center for a 4-0 lead and a wild pitch put Cedar Rapids up 5-0. Jay Voss relieved Jones after a walk and Gonzales was hit by a pitch for a 6-0 Kernels lead.

The Chiefs, who hadn't scored since the seventh inning of a 13-inning loss on Thursday night, hit into a double play early in the game and left a lead-off triple at third in the fifth. The Chiefs finally broke through in the sixth inning against Tim Shibuya. Bruce Caldwell walked and moved to second on a single by Jonathan Keener. Both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt and with one out, Caldwell scored on a sacrifice fly by Breyvic Valera. The run scored exactly 30 innings after the previous Chiefs run three days earlier and one inning before the Chiefs would have tied an all-time franchise scoreless record.

Cedar Rapids scored three runs off Joe Scanio in the sixth to pad their lead for a 9-1 win. Altobelli delivered the first with a sacrifice fly and Ryan Walker singled home the other two before Scanio got out of the inning.

Jones (7-2) took his first loss since June 20 as he allowed six runs, five earned, on eight hits over 3 1/3 innings. The right-hander walked three, struck out one and threw two wild pitches in his return to the mound. Voss allowed two hits over 2/3 of an inning and left in the fifth after a grounder back to the mound hit him in the upper body. Scanio allowed three runs on three hits over two innings with two walks and two strikeouts. Brady Adamek threw a scoreless inning with one hit allowed and one strikeout. Catcher Gerwuins Velazco threw a perfect eighth inning with two flyouts and a groundout.

Notes With the Chiefs loss, Quad Cities clinched the first playoff spot in the second halfThe Chiefs are 0-for-28 with runners in scoring position since a single by CJ McElroy Jr. tied the game with Burlington in the seventh inning on ThursdayTrevor Martin had two hits including his first triple of the seasonVelazco is the third position player to pitch this season and the first since Nick Martini on May 13 at Quad CitiesJones had won five straight decisionsThe runs and earned runs mark a season-high for Jones while the eight hits allowed tie a career highThe 3 1/3 innings mark his shortest start of the seasonThe Chiefs went 31 consecutive innings without scoring May 16-19, 1988 which included an 18-inning 1-0 loss to Clinton and a 3-0 lossThe Chiefs have still never been shutout over three straight 9-inning gamesCedar Rapids has won seven straight games against the Chiefs, a streak that started in Iowa on July 26Peoria trails the season series 11-7 with two games leftThe Chiefs are 3-11 in their last 14 gamesGame three of the series is Monday at 6:35 p.m. as Chiefs RH Chris Perry (2-2, 3.32) takes on Kernels RH Tim Atherton (7-4, 2.72)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Premier Print Group Pre-Game Show at 6:20 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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