MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Ringo Homers Twice, Chiefs Score 10 Runs in Win

Published on August 13, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Peoria Chiefs News Release


BURLINGTON, IA- The Peoria Chiefs collected 10 runs on the strength of two Justin Ringo home runs to build a big lead and beat the Burlington Bees 10-7 Wednesday night. The win moves the Chiefs to 64-56 overall 27-24 in the second half, two games out of a playoff spot with 19 games left.

Peoria wasted no time in getting to Harrison Cooney and the Bees. Cooney, who started the game with the third best ERA in the MWL, gave up a leadoff double to Vaughn Bryan and hit CJ McElroy Jr. Juan Herrera hit a comebacker and Cooney threw wild down the right-field line as both Bryan and McElroy scored for a 2-0 Chiefs lead. Ringo launched the next ball over the center field wall for a two-run homer and a 4-0 lead.

With the Chiefs on top 4-1, Ringo and Cooney keyed another big inning in the fifth. Bryan reached on a bunt single and McElroy sacrificed back to the mound. Cooney again threw the ball away, this time into centerfield, as Bryan moved to third and McElroy to second. With one out, Ringo launched a three-run homer of the 20-foot-high wall in right for his second homer of the game and a 7-1 Chiefs lead. Two batters later Rowan Wick beat out an infield single and scored on a Ronald Castillo double for an 8-1 lead.

Burlington got two back in the bottom of the inning when Bo Way hit a two-run homer off Chase Brookshire. The Chiefs scored in the sixth when Carson Kelly singled home McElroy with the bases loaded but Herrera was thrown out at the plate on the play to end the inning. Earlier in the frame Bryan had been thrown out at the plate on a grounder to shortstop give the Chiefs four outs at the plate in the series.

Castillo dropped a flyball in right field in the bottom of the sixth allowing two Bees to score as they cut the Chiefs lead to 9-5 against Brookshire. Two more scored against reliever Steve Sabatino in the seventh on a Cambric Moye bases-loaded double as the Chiefs lead was down to 9-7. With two on and two out, Kevin Herget entered the game and struck out Erick Salcedo to end the inning.

The Chiefs scored the final run of the game in the top of the eighth. Richy Perdoza singled and Bryan walked before both runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt by McElroy. Herrera's sacrifice fly to right scored Pedroza for a 10-7 lead. Burlington put two on in the bottom of the inning but a 4-6-3 double play erased the threat.

Brookshire (4-6) picked up the win allowing five runs, three earned, on 11 hits over 5 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out four. Sabatino allowed two runs on four hits over one innings of work with a strikeout. Herget picked up his sixth hold with one hit allowed over 1 1/3 shutout innings as he walked one and struck out one. Kyle Barraclough nailed down his sixth save with a perfect ninth inning and a strikeout.

Notes: Ringo hit two homers in the same game for the first time in his pro career and also drove in a career-high five RBIRingo is 17-for-45 (.378) against the Bees this season and four of his eight homers have come at Community FieldThis was the Chiefs fourth multi-homer game of the season and first since Mason Katz hit two on June 15, the last game of the first halfThe Chiefs scored four runs in the top of the first for the first time since scoring five at Cedar Rapids on May 14The Chiefs last scored 10 runs on July 12, also at BurlingtonThe Chiefs are 10-5 against Burlington this season, their eighth time winning 10 or more games against the Bees in franchise historyMcElroy was hit by a pitch for the 15th time this season with ties him with Andy Hall (1996) for seventh on the Chiefs single season list and he is tied for ninth on the Chiefs career list with 17With two sacrifices Wednesday, McElroy has 12 on the season which is tied for 12th on the Chiefs single-season listHis 18 career sacrifices are tied for fifthBrookshire leads the Chiefs with five pickoffsHe has allowed 13 earned runs in the first inning in his 16 starts...Barraclough is six-for-six in save chances and has saved the Chiefs last four wins including three straight gamesThe saves in back-to-back games by one person are the first since Chris Perry June 25-26...The Chiefs have 999 strikeouts as a pitching staff, one shy of recording 1000 for the 10th time in team historyWith two more on Wednesday, the Chiefs offense leads the league having hit into 98 double plays on the seasonThe series concludes Thursday at 6:30 p.m. as the Chiefs send RH Luis Perdomo (2-3, 4.15) to the mound against Bees RH Daniel Hurtado (1-2, 1.98)The Chiefs will be looking for their first sweep since June 24-26 and first road sweep since May 13-14 when they won four in a row at Cedar RapidsThe 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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