MWL1 Peoria Chiefs

Season High in Runs Leads Chiefs to 13-1 Win Over Wisconsin

Published on August 5, 2010 under Midwest League (MWL1)
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Grand Chute, WI - The Peoria Chiefs scored in each of the first four innings and cruised to a 13-1 win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Thursday night to snap a three-game losing streak. The Chiefs set season-highs for runs scored and largest victory as Justin Bour drove in a team season-high six runs. Peoria is now 18-19 on the half and 56-50 overall with one game remaining on the seven-game road trip in the state of Wisconsin.

The Chiefs jumped on Wisconsin in the top of the first for the second straight game. Hak-Ju Lee started with a slap hit down the left-field line that got stuck under the fence in foul territory for a ground-rule double. Logan Watkins bunted Lee to third and Matt Cerda made it 1-0 with a single to right-center.

Peoria doubled the lead in the second with a two-out rally against Eric Arnett (0-9). Luis Flores doubled to the deepest part of the park in right-center and scored on a line drive single to right by Anthony Giansanti. The RBI is the first for Giansanti in a Chiefs uniform as he joined the roster on Wednesday.

The Chiefs battered Arnett in the third with three more runs. Watkins led off with a walk and moved to second on a single by Cerda. They pulled off a double steal and Watkins scored on a groundout by Justin Bour as Cerda advanced to third. DJ Fitzgerald made it 4-0 with a single to left before Nelson Perez reached on a fielding error at first base by Hunter Morris. Jae-Hoon Ha put the Chiefs up 5-0 with a single to left before Arnett retired the next two batters to get out of the inning.

With Su-Min Jung cruising on the mound, Peoria added another run against Arnett in the fourth. Lee led off with an infield single and stole second as Watkins struck out. Lee moved to third on a groundout by Cerda and scored on a single by Bour for a 6-0 Chiefs lead.

Peoria broke the game wide open in the eighth against former third round pick Tony Butler, now in his third organization. Flores led off with a double before Giansanti and Lee drew walks to load the bases. Watkins made it 7-0 with a single to center and Cerda walked to force in a run. Santo Manzanillo relieved Butler and was greeted by Bour who hit a grand slam into the Chiefs bullpen in center field for a 12-0 leads. The homer, Bour's 11th of the season, just cleared the glove of centerfielder D'Vontrey Richardson who scaled the wall in an attempt to bring the blast back in.

Wisconsin scored their first run of the game in the eighth off Jeff Antigua. With one out Antigua issued back-to-back walks and Hunter Morris cut the lead to 12-1 with a single to right. Peoria pushed their lead back to 12 in the ninth when Giansanti doubled with one out and scored on a single by Watkins. Up 13-1, Bour got a chance at the Chiefs single game RBI record with two on and two out but Manzanillo struck him out to end the inning.

Jung (7-3) allowed just two hits over five shutout innings while tying a career-high with eight strikeouts. He walked two and only allowed one runner past second base in his five innings of work. Antigua allowed one run on two walks and one hit over three innings while striking out five. Manolin DeLeon allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth inning.

Casey's General Store Player of the Game - Justin Bour (1B) - Bour clobbered Rattlers pitching all night long for two hits and six RBI. He drove home a run with a groundout in the third, singled home a run in the fourth and hit a grand slam in the eighth. Bour leads the Chiefs in homers (11), RBI (69), total bases (156).

Notes

Fitzgerald has a seven-game streak.The 13 runs mark a season high for the Chiefs who scored 12 runs in three games in the first halfLee had two hits and leads the team with 30 multi-hit games while Cerda now has 25 multi-hit gamesEvery Chiefs player had at least one hit and seven players had two-hit gamesThe grand slam was Bour's 100th hit of the season, second to Lee's 107Bour passed his own season high (5) in RBI with six Thursday night, two off the Chiefs single game recordWith six RBI, Bour is now 3rd in the league with 69 RBI and leads the Chiefs with 17 multi-RBI gamesBour's grand slam was the first for the Chiefs in 83 bases-loaded at-bats this seasonThe last grand slam was by Kyler Burke on August 29, 2009 at Cedar Rapids and that was also the last 6-RBI game for a Chiefs playerLee tied the season-high for runs scored in a game with three and he leads the team in runs scored with 65Cerda leads the team with 51 walks after he took a free pass with the bases full in the eighthJung tied a career-high with eight strikeouts, the third time this season he has reached that numberHe has recorded 23 strikeouts with just two walks allowed in his last three outings in only 12 2/3 innings of workJung and Antigua are tied for the team lead with 77 strikeouts and both have thrown 84 2/3 innings on the seasonThe Chiefs have scored in the first inning in four of the six games on the road trip for a total of 12 runsWatkins leads the team with 15 sacrifices which has him tied for sixth on the Chiefs single season list and ninth on the career list Perez has struck out at least once in 13 of his last 14 startsHis second strikeout of the game in the seventh was the 192nd of his Chiefs career, passing former Major Leaguer Terry Evans for ninth on the career list... The Chiefs are 9-3 against the Rattlers this season and finished with a perfect 6-0 mark in PeoriaThis four-game series is the last matchup between the two teams this seasonThe series concludes Friday at 7:05 p.m. as the Chiefs send rehabbing RH Marcus Hatley (0-0, 40.50) followed by RH Nick Struck (6-8, 3.50) to the hill against Rattlers LH Del Howell (2-4, 4.76)The broadcast can be heard starting with the pregame show at 6:50 p.m. on 96.5 ESPN and www.peoriachiefs.com.

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