Peoria Chiefs 2014 Game Notes
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PEORIA CHIEFS 2014 GAME NOTES Peoria Chiefs 730 SW Jefferson Phone: (309) 680-4000 Peoria, IL 61605 Fax: (309) 680-4080 www.peoriachiefs.com [email protected] Twitter: @PeoriaChiefs @PeoChiefsGame Midwest League Affiliate Instagram: @PeoriaChiefs Snapchat: PeoriaChiefs of the St. Louis Cardinals Games No 3/4 Peoria Chiefs (1-1, 68-69 in 2013) at Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (1-1, 59-76 in 2013) Sunday, April 6, 2014 1:05 PM NeuroScience Group Field, Grand Chute, WI PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: Sunday April 6 at Wisconsin RH Alex Reyes (6-4, 3.39 in 2013) vs. LH Anthony Banda (3-4, 4.45 in 2013) 1:05 PM Sunday April 6 at Wisconsin LH Chase Brookshire (1-0, 1.57 in 2013) vs. RH Preston Gainey (4-7, 5.11 in 2013) Game 2 Monday April 7 Off Day Tuesday April 8 vs. Dayton RH Nick Petree (3-1, 1.62 in 2013) vs. LH Junior Morillo (0-0, 0.00) 6:30 PM Wednesday April 9 vs. Dayton RH Arturo Reyes (1-0,9.00 ) vs. RH Nick Travieso (0-0, 3.00) 6:30 PM 2014 SEASON AT A GLANCE Current Streak: Lost 1 ABOUT YESTERDAY: The Peoria Chiefs scored first on Saturday afternoon but the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored three runs in the Last 5 Games 1-1 fourth and fifth innings for an 8-4 win. The loss drops the Chiefs to 1-1 on the season heading into Sunday’s double header. Last 10 Games 1-1 2014 Best Mark: 1-0 EARLY ACTION: The Chiefs put runners on second and third in the second inning LAST GAME - SATURDAY 2014 Worst Mark: 1-1 with no outs but Barrett Astin escaped unscathed. The Rattlers also had two on to start R H E LOB Overall: 1-1 the second but Silfredo Garcia go three straight groundouts with one out at the plate to CHIEFS 4 9 1 8 Home Record: 0-0 keep the game scoreless. Wisconsin 8 9 1 8 Road Record: 1-1 Daytime Record: 0-1 Night Record: 1-0 CHIEFS GRAB LEAD: Peoria struck first in the third inning again Astin. Michael WP: Astin (1-0) LP: Garcia (0-1) Starters: 0-1 Schulze and C.J. McElroy Jr. both singled and Schulze moved to third on a deep fly Sv: Archer (1) Relievers: 1-0 out by Mason Katz. McElroy got picked off first base for the second out before Carson Quality Starts: 0 Kelly drove a triple to right-center to score Schulze for the 1-0 lead. HR: McFarland (1) Saves/Chances: 0/0 Longest Win Streak: 1 Longest Losing Streak: 1 RATLLERS BITE BACK: Wisconsin pushed three runs across in the fourth inning Chiefs Score First: 0-1 with help from the Chiefs first error of the season. With the bases loaded and no outs Jose Pena tied the game with a single to left. Angel Opp. Score First: 1-0 Ortega lifted a flyball to shallow left but Kenny Peoples-Walls dropped it allowing Taylor Brennan to score on the error. Wisconsin added Comeback Wins: 1 another run on a RBI groundout from Omar Garcia for the 3-1 lead. Lead Entering 8th: 1-0 Tied Entering 8th: 0-0 OFFENSIVE ATTACK CONTINUES: The Chiefs got one run back in the fifth as Juan Herrera singled, stole second and eventually Trail Entering 8th: 0-1 Lead Entering 9th: 1-0 scored on a wild pitch. Wisconsin broke the game open against reliever Blake McKnight in the bottom of the fifth. Clint Coulter doubled Tied Entering 9th: 0-0 home the first run and Jose Pena made it 5-2 with a single to right. Ortega’s second sacrifice fly of the game put the Rattlers on top 6-2. Chris Trail Entering 9th: 0-1 McFarland put the Rattlers on top 7-2 with a solo home run over the batters’ eye in the sixth inning. Wins in last AB: 0 Opp. Wins in last AB: 0 LATE RALLY NOT ENOUGH; The Chiefs rallied in the eighth with the help of a Wisconsin error. Kelly reached on an error to start the Extra Innings: 0-0 inning and moved to third on two wild pitches with two outs. Jake Stone doubled to the wall in left as Kelly scored to cut the lead to 7-3. Double headers: 0-0 Shutouts: 0-0 Steve Bean walked and Herrera singled home Stone but was thrown out oversliding second base to end the inning. Wisconsin pushed the lead One-run game 0-0 back to four in the eighth inning against Joe Scanio with a single and two walks scoring Omar Garcia. Two-run games 0-0 Scoring 4 or less: 0-1 PITCHING IN: Garcia (0-1) suffered the loss allowing three runs, one earned, on four hits over four innings. He struck out three, walked one Scoring 5 or more: 1-0 and hit one. McKnight allowed four runs on four hits over two innings while walking one and striking out one. Kyle Barraclough walked two Allowing 4 or less: 1-0 in a hitless inning and Scanio allowed one run on one hit with two balks and two strikeouts in one inning. Allowing 5 or more: 0-1 Notes… The Chiefs last started a season 2-0 in 2007 with two games cancelled due to bad weather between win #1 in Appleton and win #2 in Burlington, Iowa…Garcia, who led the Chiefs with 14 hit batters last season, moved into a tie for 10 th on the Chiefs career list when he hit CHIEFS IN APRIL Date Opp. W/L SCORE Coulter in the second inning…The Chiefs did not commit an error in the first 12 innings of the season…Wisconsin has hit a solo home run in 4/3 @ WIS W 8-4 each of the first two games while Peoria does not yet have a home run…The triple in the third inning was the second for Kelly in his career, 4/5 @ WIS L 4-8 his first with the Chiefs…Schulze reached in his first five plate appearances of the season before flying out in the fifth inning…Schulze, 4/6 @ WIS Castillo, Peoples-Walls, Herrera and McElroy all have a hit in both games…Schulze has drawn four walks in the two games…The Chiefs 4/6 @ WIS 4/7 OFF have stolen three bases on the season 4/8 DAY sp 4/9 DAY ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: Wisconsin joined the MWL in 1962 and last season they were 59-76 overall, 30-40 in the second half. In 2012 4/10 DAY they won their first Midwest League Championship under the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers name. The franchise existed under various names 4/11 BG 4/12 BG from 1962 – 1996 and the Fox Cities team won the MWL in 1964 and 1966. The Appleton Foxes squad won titles in 1967, 1978 and three 4/13 BG consecutive titles from 1982-84. The Timber Rattlers are in their sixth season as a Milwaukee Brewers. Their past affiliations include 4/14 @ LC Baltimore from 1962-65, the Chicago White Sox from 1966-86, Kansas City from 1982-92 and Seattle from 1993-2008. The Chiefs are 197- 4/15 @ LC 4/16 @ LC 202 all-time against the Foxes/Timber Rattlers. In their history, the Chiefs are 161-154 in the regular season and 2-0 in the playoffs against 4/17 @ FTW Brewers teams having faced them in Beloit from 1983-2004. 4/18 @ FTW 4/19 @ FTW SEASON SERIES: The Chiefs and Rattlers will meet 18 times this season with 11 of the games being played in Peoria. No opponent comes 4/20 OFF 4/21 CR to Dozer Park more than Wisconsin who will visit May 15-18, August 7-20 and August 21-23. The Chiefs don’t come back to Appleton until 4/22 CR August 1-3. Last season the Chiefs won the season series 11-6 going 5-2 in Appleton and 6-4 in Peoria with three walk off victories, two in 4/23 CR extra innings. In 2012 as they won the league, Wisconsin won the season series 11-8 with a 7-4 mark in Appleton. Wisconsin also won the 4/24 CR 2011 season series 8-7 including a 6-4 record in Peoria. In 2010 the Chiefs dominated the Rattlers 10-3 and are 39-32 vs. Wisconsin since 4/25 QC 4/26 QC they became a Milwaukee affiliate. 4/27 QC 4/28 @ BEL OPPOSING STARTER: LHP Anthony Banda makes his first start of the season in game one. Ba nda is ranked among the Brewers top 30 4/29 @ BEL 4/30 @ BEL prospects in the Baseball America rankings. He spent 2013 with Helena, going 3-4 with a 4.45 ERA in 14 starts. He struck out 45, walked 25, and allowed 64 hits (seven homers) in 60 2/3 innings, and also threw eight wild pitches, giving him a career total of 18 in 102 1/3 innings. He THIS DAY IN CHIEFS HISTORY finished 3-0 with a 2.76 ERA at home and 0-4 with a 6.03 ERA on the road. Lefties hit .318 (21-for-66) with 3 homeruns. Banda began his pro career in 2012 with the Brewers Arizona League, going 2-3 with a 5.83 ERA in 14 games (four starts). He struck out 43 and walked 24, 2000 - In his professional debut, Chiefs third baseman Jose "Albert" Pujols goes 2-for-4 with a home run, allowing 54 hits (three homers) in 41 2/3 innings.