Perez Homers in 12th as Chiefs Rally for Win
Published on July 13, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release
BURLINGTON, IA - The Peoria Chiefs tied the game twice and beat the Burlington Bees 4-3 in 12 innings on Sunday as Luis Perez homered in the top of the 12th. The win moves the Chiefs to 15-8 in the second half and 52-40 overall, a season-best 12 games over .500.
"Rob (Kaminsky) was very sharp early, a good mix of pitches and pitched inside for effect," said manager Joe Kruzel. "He induced some soft contact and our bullpen pitched well. Good defense and good pitching leads to this win. Give the kids credit, on a hot muggy day they hung in there in a long one and got it done."
The game was scoreless into the bottom of the fifth before the Bees struck first against Kaminsky. Ryan Dalton walked with one out and Tyler Palmer's sacrifice attempt went for a bunt single to put two on. A wild pitch moved both runners up and on a grounder to third, Steve Bean appeared to get the tag down in time but Dalton was called safe as Burlington took a 1-0 lead.
The Chiefs tied the game in the seventh against reliever Ben Carlson. Bean doubled off the wall in right and moved to third on a deep fly out. With runners on the corners, Michael Schulze tied the game with a sacrifice fly to deep left.
Burlington went back on top in the bottom of the seventh. Eric Aguilera singled and Dalton walked again before Steve Sabatino took over on the mound for Kaminsky. The Chiefs didn't get an out on a sacrifice bunt attempt as Burlington loaded the bases. With one out, Ranyelmy Mendoza put the Bees up 2-1 with a sacrifice fly before Sabatino got out of the inning.
The Chiefs again tied the game in the eighth. Justin Ringo led off with a single to left against Cole Swanson and he moved to second on a ground out. Bean beat out an infield single to second and Ringo scored as Kody Eaves threw wild to first base.
The game stayed tied into the 12th before the Chiefs took their first lead of the game. With one out, Ringo singled to left against Alex Blackford. Luis Perez drilled a two-run homer out of the stadium to left field for a 4-2 Chiefs lead. The homer is the second for Perez this season and the Chiefs third of the series. Burlington got to within a run in the bottom of the inning as Cambric Moye hit a solo home run off Zach Loraine but a flyout ended the game and gave the Chiefs a 4-3 lead.
"We scored two runs to tie with good base-running (Ringo) and a good at-bat (Schulze) for a sac fly," said Kruzel. "We didn't get frustrated early on some missed opportunities and hung in there to give us a chance. Then Perez ran into one in the 12th and we got the win."
Kaminsky allowed two runs on three hits over six innings plus two batters in the seventh. He struck out three, walked two and threw a wild pitch. Sabatino allowed one hit over three shutout innings with one walk and two strikeouts. Josh Lucas (1-0) earned his first win with two shutout innings, three strikeouts and three hits allowed. Loraine picked up his eighth save with one run allowed on one hit over one inning.
Notes: Juan Herrera has an nine-game hit streak and is 14-for-32 in that stretchKaminsky allowed more than one earned run for the first time since May 16He has six quality starts, second on the team behind Arturo Reyes (7)The Chiefs are 8-3 in Kaminsky's 11 startsThe Chiefs are 5-36 when trailing after seven inningsThe Chiefs are now 19-13 in one-run games, including a 4-3 mark against the BeesSabatino threw three more scoreless innings and has now gone 33 2/3 innings without allowing an earned runThe Peoria bullpen has not allowed a run in 10 1/3 innings this series and they are at 13 2/3 scoreless out of the pen dating back to the sixth inning against Clinton on ThursdayThe Chiefs are a Midwest League best 7-2 (.778) in extra-inningsBoth Cedar Rapids (3-1) and Kane County (9-3) are at .750The Chiefs have 12 wins in their final at-batGame three of the four-game series is at 2:00 p.m. on SundayVaughn Bryan has at least two hits in three straiight gamesBean collected three hits in a game for the third time this seasonThe four-game series ends at 6:30 p.m. on MondayThe Chiefs will start All-Star Arturo Reyes (5-5, 3.69) against Bees RH Daniel Hurtado (1-0, 2.51)The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:15 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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