MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Cougars Use Six-Run Third to Beat Chiefs

Published on July 2, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


GENEVA, IL - The Peoria Chiefs gave up one big inning Tuesday night and it cost them in a 6-1 loss to the Kane County Cougars. The loss drops the Chiefs to 8-4 on the second half and 45-36 on the season with two games left in the series.

After the Chiefs left a runner in scoring position in the first and lost a baserunner in the second, the hosts jumped on Arturo Reyes in the third. Reyes, who had retired the first six Cougars batters, allowed singles to Carlos Penalver and Shawon Dunston to start the inning. With runners on the corners, Dunston stole second and Penalver scored on a passed ball for a 1-0 lead. Jacob Hannemann walked and Ben Carhart fouled off five two-strike pitches before launching a three-run homer to left. With two down, former Chiefs Yasiel Balaguert and Jacob Rogers both singled and scored on a double by Jeimer Candelario. Zach Loraine took over for Reyes and got out of the inning with the Chiefs down 6-0.

Neither team got a runner past second base until the ninth inning. With one down, Justin Ringo doubled to left and moved to third as Carson Kelly singled. Newcomer Robelys Reyes got the Chiefs on the board as he beat out a double play ball with Ringo scoring and Kelly out at second. Luis Perez flew out to deep center to end the game with the Chiefs falling 6-1.

Reyes had the shortest start of his career at just 2 2/3 innings as he allowed six runs on six hits with one walk and one strikeout. Loraine threw a career-high 3 1/3 shutout innings allowing one hit while walking one and striking out one. Chris Perry struck out four over two shutout innings of work while walking one.

Notes: The Chiefs are 0-4 at Kane County this season and 3-7 overall against the First Half Western Division ChampionsPerry is tied for fourth in the MWL with 79 strikeouts despite throwing just 47 innings on the seasonLoraine's previous career high was 2 1/3 innings on May 16The Chiefs have more wins on Tuesday than any other day this season and are now 9-2 on Tuesday, 4-2 on the roadPeoria is 15-11 in the first game of a series, 6-7 on the roadThe Chiefs lead the MWL in being shutout nine times and having played in 16 shutouts with a 7-9 mark in those gamesTuesday marks just the third time all season the Chiefs starting pitcher didn't throw at least three inningsThe last time was on April 19 when Chase Brookshire allowed seven runs in just 2/3 of an inning at Fort Wayne in a 15-10 lossThe six runs allowed by Reyes were a career high and the 2 2/3 innings marked his shortest outing of his careerThe previous low was four inningsThe six runs allowed were the most by a Chiefs starter since Alex Reyes allowed eight at Beloit on June 5Game two of the series is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. as the Chiefs send RHP Alex Reyes (5-5, 4.57) to the mound against Cougars RHP Tyler Skulina (4-3, 2.63)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:10 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 Tune-In Radio App.

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