MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Chiefs Win Streak Ends Saturday 9-2

Published on July 5, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


Davenport, IA - The first-place Peoria Chiefs had not trailed in 65 consecutive innings until they allowed an 8-run barrage in the seventh inning Saturday night in a 9-2 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits. The loss snaps a franchise record 11-game win streak and sends the Chiefs to 11-6 on the second half and 41-44 on the season.

The win streak came to a screeching halt as the Chiefs turned in their worst half inning of the season in the bottom of the seventh. Cardinals' first round pick Brett Wallace reached on an error by Nate Samson to start the frame and scored on a double by Carlos Pupo. Tommy Pham doubled home Pupo and scored two batters later on a double by Paul Vazquez. D'Marcus Ingram reached on an infield single and Adron Chambers knocked Chiefs reliever Julio Castillo from the game with a RBI single for a 5-1 Bandits lead. John Mueller came on and gave up a sacrifice fly to Peter Kozma before walking Francisco Rivera. Wallace capped the big inning with his first career home run, a three-run shot off the tiki bar in the right-field berm. Pupo doubled again by Mueller struck out Pham to finally end the eight-run frame.

The Chiefs got on the board in the first inning for the seventh time in the last 12 games against Bandits emergency starter Chuckie Fick. Jonathan Wyatt led off with a single and stole second base as Samson struck out. Marquez Smith put the Chiefs on top 1-0 with a single to right for his team-leading 48th RBI. Jovan Rosa bounced into a 3-6-1 double play to end the inning with the Chiefs up 1-0.

Quad Cities tied the game almost immediately against Jose Pina in their half of the first. Chambers led off with a double to center and moved to third on a single by Kozma. After Chiefs catcher Josh Donaldson dropped a foul pop-up, Rivera singled to right to tie the game 1-1. Pina struck out Wallace and then got Pupo to bounce into a inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.

Pina allowed just the one unearned run on three hits in two innings of work. On a strict pitch count after last year's arm injury, Pina struck out two and did not issue a walk in his MWL return.

Castillo (0-1) took the loss allowing six runs, three earned, on six hits over 4 1/3 innings. The right struck out three, hit one and walked one. Mueller gave up a home run, two runs and two hits while striking out one in 1 2/3 innings.

Player of the Game - Jonathan Wyatt (CF) - Wyatt had a hand in both of the Chiefs runs Saturday night. He singled, stole a base and scored in the first and then drove home Drew Rundle in the ninth with a sacrifice fly to left. Wyatt finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI.

Notes... The last Chiefs loss was at Burlington on June 23...That was also the last time the Chiefs scored less than three runs in a game...The loss also ends a seven game road win streak, the longest since winning a franchise record nine straight road games from May 27-June 17, 2006...The Chiefs are 4-1 on a season-long 13-game road trip that continues through July 14...Peoria was 2-for-2 with runners in scoring position and left just one runner on base....The 8-run seventh inning was the worst of the season for the Chiefs, they had allowed seven runs against Kane County in the fourth inning on April 11...Quad Cities retired 17 straight Chiefs at one point...Peoria batters did not draw a walk and had five innings where the Bandits pitchers threw 10 pitches or less...The Chiefs had not trailed in 65 innings and have trailed at the end of just 12 innings of the 112 played during the last 12 games...The Chiefs trail the season series against the Bandits 7-5 with two games left...Bautista had a career-high nine game hit streak snapped in which he is 19-for-37 (.514) with five home runs, six doubles and 13 RBI... Game two of the three-game series is Sunday at 5:00 pm...The Chiefs will send LH Chris Siegfried (2-6, 7.26) to the mound in against Bandits RH Josh Wilson (1-1, 4.12)...The game can be heard live beginning with the pre-game show at 4:45 pm online at www.peoriachiefs.com or on WOAM 1350 AM.

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