MWL1 West Michigan Whitecaps

Shutout for the first time since June

Published on April 14, 2008 under Midwest League (MWL1)
West Michigan Whitecaps News Release


PEORIA, IL - Dae-Eun Rhee tossed six shutout innings and Marcos Mateo struck out eight batters over the final three innings as Peoria shutout the Whitecaps, 4-0. It was the first time West Michigan has been shutout since a 10-0 defeat at the hands of Dayton on June 15, 2007 when Kenny Rogers made a rehab start for the ‘Caps. Ironically, Mateo pitched for Dayton in 2007.

Rhee walked three batters in the first two innings but settled down to reduce his ERA to 0.56. Kyler Burke led the Chiefs offense by going 3-for-3 with a home run and two runs scored. Whitecaps starting pitcher Ramon Garcia allowed all four runs (3 ER) in 6.1 innings and balked twice in the process. Garcia walked one and allowed eight hits. Peoria scored an unearned run in the second inning on an infield hit by Cliff Andersen. Nate Samson delivered an RBI double in the fifth, which made the lead 2-0.

Following Burke's lead-off homer in the seventh, Samson executed a bunt squeeze that drove in Andersen with the final run of the night. Mateo's three innings of relief work figure to boost the Peoria bullpen following a double header Sunday that featured a 17-inning loss to Kane County. West Michigan has lost four in a row for the first time since the final four games of the 2007 regular season. The ‘Caps have also dropped four straight at O'Brien Field.

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