Late Homers Beat Chiefs Saturday Night in Lansing
Published on June 6, 2015 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
Lansing, MI- The Peoria Chiefs tied the game with a two-run homer in the seventh but gave up two homers in the bottom of the inning in a 6-2 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts on Saturday night. The loss, their fourth in a row, drops the Chiefs to a season-worst four games under .500 at 26-30.
Trailing 2-0 into the seventh inning, the Chiefs tied the game against Lansing starter Chase de Jong. Danny Diekroeger led off with a single, his second hit of the game. Alex DeLeon launched a towering home run off the fair pole in right field for his third home run of the season. The blast cleared the 23-foot-high wall down the line and hit halfway up the pole to tie the game 2-2.
Kender Villegas took over for Jack Flaherty to start the bottom of the seventh and Mike Reeves singled before Chris Carlson walked. Tim Locastro, the Lugnuts #9 hitter, put the hosts back on top 5-2 with a home run into the left-field berm. After an out, Richard Urena's fourth hits of the game was a mammoth home run to right-field for a 6-2 Lugnuts lead.
Flaherty took a no-decision with a career-high six innings. The right-hander allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits while striking out five and walking three. Villegas (0-1) took the loss allowing four runs on three hits and a walk in 1/3 of an inning. Nick Lomascolo threw the final 1 2/3 shutout innings while walking one and striking out two.
Notes: The Chiefs had not been four games under .500 since finishing the 2012 season as a Cubs affiliate at 63-75...Peoria was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position Saturday and 5-for-37 (.135) on the road trip...Diekroeger, who's 10-game hit streak ended Friday, collected two hits and leads the Chiefs with 17 multi-hit games...The Chiefs snapped a 21 inning stretch without a walk when Andrew Sohn walked with one on in the third inning...The Chiefs have scored three runs or less in seven straight games going 1-6 in that stretch...Peoria has allowed six runs or more three times in the last six games...Flaherty hasn't thrown a pitch with the lead this season...His previous career-high was five innings on August 25, 2014 in the Gulf Coast League...DeLeon batted cleanup for the fourth time this season...The Chiefs have not lost seven straight games in the state of Michigan since a 13-4 win in Midland on July 15, 2013...The Chiefs are 15-37 on the road against the Eastern Division since the start of the 2011 season...Manager Joe Kruzel returned after missing two games to attend his daughter's high school graduation in Ohio...The series continues at 1:05 p.m. Central Sunday as the Chiefs send All-Star RH Daniel Poncedeleon (6-0, 1.51) to the mound against Lansing RH Jesus Tinoco (1-3, 3.26)...The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 5:50 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 MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.
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