Pitchers clamp down to end Whitecaps slide
April 15, 2008 - Midwest League (MWL1)
West Michigan Whitecaps News Release
PEORIA, IL - Alfredo Figaro has recorded the last two Whitecaps victories following a seven inning performance that ended a four game slide and spurred a 5-1 triumph in Peoria.
Figaro allowed just one unearned run along with four hits, four walks and eight strikeouts. He was also the winning pitcher last Wednesday when West Michigan defeated Great Lakes at Fifth Third Ballpark.
Jordan Newton and Joe Tucker each went 3-for-4 with a run scored to spur the Whitecaps offense. After Peoria took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on two walks and an error, the âCaps collected three consecutive two-out hits off Chiefs starter Chris Siegfried. Newton and Tucker each singled in the second and both came home on the third triple of the season by Audy Ciriaco. The hit by Ciriaco was a line drive over the head of the center fielder, Drew Rundle. Ciriaco and Chris Carlson each finished 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Roger Tomas led off the fifth inning with his first home run of the season for West Michigan. Rudy Darrow and Noah Krol pitched the eighth and ninth, respectively for the Whitecaps. Reliever Hung-Wen Chen tossed three innings of shutout relief for the Chiefs while Blake Parker kept the âCaps off the scoreboard in the ninth inning. Following the game, Paul Nardozzi was announced as the West Michigan starting pitcher for Wednesday. The Whitecaps hope to avoid use a member of the starting rotation in the series finale.
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