Chiefs Split Sunday Doubleheader
Published on August 29, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Peoria, IL -The Peoria Chiefs lost game one of a doubleheader with the Clinton LumberKings 6-2 and were on their way to a loss in game two before Anthony Giansanti hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 victory. The split gives the Chiefs a 30-30 record on the second half of the season and allowed them to pick up a half game on the Kane County Cougars in the wild card race. With eight games to go the Chiefs trail Clinton by four games and Kane County by two an a half as they make a final playoff push.
The LumberKings got on the board in the first off starter Brett Wallach. Nick Franklin walked and advanced to third on a Mickey Wiswall single. Vince Catricala hit a sacrifice fly to center with Franklin just beating the throw at the plate for a 1-0 Clinton lead.
The LumberKings added to their lead in the second inning. Matt Cerione doubled before Ryan Royster drew a walk. James Jones singled to score Cerione and Franklin walked to load the bases. Wiswall was hit by a pitch to score Royster and Catricala walked to score Jones, making it 3-0.
Clinton continued scoring in the third off reliever Yohan Gonzalez. Henry Contreras doubled and advanced to third on a Cerione groundout to first. Royster singled to score Contreras and advanced to second on a Gabriel Noriega groundout to third. Jones doubled off the wall in right field to bring in Royster and push the lead to 6-0.
The Chiefs finally got on the board in the third off starter Tom Wilhelmsen. Hak-Ju Lee singled and advanced to third on a Logan Watkins double off the base of the wall in right. Matt Cerda hit a sacrifice fly to center to get the first run of the game across for the Chiefs and cut the LumberKings lead to 6-1.
The Chiefs cut into the Clinton lead one more time in the fourth. Jae-Hoon Ha singled and advanced to third on a Nelson Perez single. Luis Flores hit a ground ball to third that was misplayed for an error, allowing Ha to score and making it 6-2.
Wallach (6-3) pitched two innings and gave up four runs on four hits while walking four and striking out three. Gonzalez went three innings and gave up two runs on three hits while walking one and striking out one. Ronny Morla pitched the final two innings and did not surrender a run on one hit and one strikeout.
The LumberKings scored first again in game two, getting a run across in the fifth off reliever Daniel Keefe. Cerione doubled and stole third base. Gabriel Noriega singled off Keefe's leg and into center field to score Cerione and give Clinton a 1-0 lead.
The Chiefs came back in the seventh to win off reliever Stephen Pryor. Justin Bour singled and advanced to second on a DJ Fitzgerald single. Ha singled to score Bour and tie the game and move Fitzgerald to third. With the infield in, Giansanti hit a high bouncer over third base to score Fitzgerald for a walk-off 2-1 Chiefs win.
Jeff Lorick went three and 2/3 innings and did not allow a run to score on four hits and four strikeouts. Keefe went two and 1/3 innings and gave up one run on two hits and three strikeouts. Corey Martin (3-2) pitched the final inning and did not allow a runner to reach base for the win.
Casey's General Store Player of the Day: - Anthony Giansanti (CF)- Giansanti went 2-for-6 with the game winning RBI in game two.
Notes
Game two was the first win this season for the Chiefs when trailing entering the final inningThe Chiefs are now 2-7 in doubleheadersThe Chiefs hold a 14-18 record in day gamesThis was the second doubleheader the Chiefs have split on the homestand, they split with Cedar Rapids to start the homestand on WednesdayThe Chiefs now have 27 comeback wins on the seasonThe game two win is the 11th for the Chiefs in their last at-batWallach is now 0-3 as a member of the Cubs organization after going 6-0 with the Great Lakes Loons of the Dodgers organizationThe Chiefs went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position in game oneEvery Chiefs starter reached base safely in game oneWith two hits in game one Bour tied Lee for the team lead in multi-hit games with 36, he took sole possession of first with two more hits in game twoHa got a hit in both games and extends his hitting streak to eight games, the longest active streak on the teamThe Chiefs did not walk a batter in game two, the last time they did not allow a walk was August 16 at Kane CountyThe teams continue the series on Monday at 6:30 p.mMonday is Half-Price Ticket Monday-All tickets and group areas are half priceMonday is also Movie Madness Monday-Salute to Arnold SchwarzeneggerThe Chiefs will pitch RH Ryan Searle (6-7, 4.55) against Clinton RH Taylor Stanton (11-6, 4.29)The broadcast can be heard starting with the pregame show at 6:15 p.m. on 96.5 ESPN and www.peoriachiefs.com.
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