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 Game No. 13: Peoria Chiefs (8-4) vs. Fort Wayne Tincaps (4-8) Thursday, April 17, 2014 7:05 PM ET Parkview Field, Fort Wayne, Indiana PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: Thursday April 17 at Fort Wayne LH Jimmy Reed (0-1, 3.27) vs. RH Pete Kelich (0-2, 7.56) 6:05 PM CT Friday April 18 at Fort Wayne RH Silfredo Garcia (1-1, 3.00) vs. RH Coby Cowgill (0-0, 0.00) 6:05 PM CT Saturday April 19 at Fort Wayne LH Chase Brookshire (0-1, 6.48) vs. RH Yimmi Brasoban (0-1, 12.27) 4:05 PM CT Sunday April 20 OFF DAY Monday April 21 vs. Cedar Rapids RH Alex Reyes (1-0, 1.13) vs. TBA 6:30 PM 2014 SEASON AT A GLANCE Current Streak: Won 5 DH SWEEP: The Peoria Chiefs earned their first road sweep in nearly three years with a pair of 4-0 wins over the Lake County Captains Last 5 Games 5-0 Wednesday night. The double header sweep gives the Chiefs a five-game win streak and an 8-4 record heading into a three-game series in Last 10 Games 7-3 Fort Wayne, IN that begins Thursday night. Nick Petree (1-0) and Arturo Reyes (2-1) LAST GAMES - WEDNESDAY 2014 Best Mark: 8-4 each threw six shutout innings on Wednesday and led the Chiefs pitchers to 14 shutout 2014 Worst Mark: 3-4 innings on the day. Ronald Castillo had a RBI in each game as the Chiefs scored R H E LOB Overall: 8-4 multiple runs in three innings over the double header. CHIEFS 4 5 0 7 Home Record: 3-2 Lake County 0 5 5 6 Road Record: 5-2 SCORING FIRST: With Petree cruising through the Captains hitters in game one, Daytime Record: 2-2 WP: Petree (1-0) LP: Kime (0-3) Night Record: 6-2 the Chiefs got the offense going on a cold night against Dace Kime. Michael Schulze Sv: None HR: None Starters: 4-4 singled in the third inning and with one out scored in a double by Juan Herrera. Relievers: 4-0 Carson Kelly drew a walk and after a double steal, Herrera scored on a wild pitch. Quality Starts: 3 With the infield in, Castillo singled home Kelly for a 3-0 Chiefs lead. Game 2 Saves/Chances: 5/5 R H E LOB Longest Win Streak: 5 FINAL TALLY: Petree didn’t allow a runner past first base until the sixth innings CHIEFS 4 7 0 6 Longest Losing Streak: 2 Lake County 0 2 0 3 Chiefs Score First: 6-1 and by that time the Chiefs were on top 4-0. Schulze reached on an error and took Opp. Score First: 2-3 second on a passed ball. Another error on a bunt by C.J McElroy Jr. scored Schulze WP: Ar. Reyes (2-1) LP: Milbrath (1-1) Comeback Wins: 3 for the 4-0 lead. Sv: None HR: None Lead Entering 8th: 8-0 Tied Entering 8th: 0-0 PITCHING IN: Petree allowed four hits, all singles, and walked two while striking Trail Entering 8th: 0-4 Lead Entering 9th: 8-0 out five over six shutout innings. Kyle Barraclough walked one and gave up a single in one shutout frame. Tied Entering 9th: 0-0 Trail Entering 9th: 0-4 ANOTHER SOLID START: Game two started out the same as game one with Reyes keeping the Captains off the basepaths. The Peoria Wins in last AB: 0 offense broke through against Jordan Milbrath in the fourth inning. Jimmy Bosco led off with a triple to center field and with one out he Opp. Wins in last AB: 1 scored in a single up the middle by Castillo. With two outs, Steve Bean collected his first RBI of the season with a single to center to put the Extra Innings: 0-0 Chiefs up 2-0. Double headers: 3-1 Shutouts: 3-1 One-run game 3-0 INSURANCE RUN: The offense added on in the fifth. Schulze reached on a fielders’ choice and McElroy walked before a wild pitch put Two-run games 0-1 both runners in scoring position. Bosco took advantage with a single to left-center that scored both r unners and doubled the Chiefs lead to 4-0. Scoring 4 or less: 4-4 Scoring 5 or more: 4-0 REYES ROCKS IT: Reyes struck out a career-high eight while also tying his career high with six innings pitched. He didn’t allow a hit until Allowing 4 or less: 5-3 the first batter of the fifth inning and walked one on two hits overall. Chris Thomas walked two and struck out two in the final inning of the Allowing 5 or more: 3-1 doubleheader. Notes: Game two started with a 37 degree temperature and feels-like of 28…The Chiefs last three- game sweep on the road was April 25-27, CHIEFS IN APRIL Date Opp. W/L SCORE 2011 at Clinton...The last three-game sweep on the road against an Eastern Division team was July 31-August 2, 2009 at South 4/3 @ WIS W 8-4 Bend...Peoria’s last five-game win streak was June 4-11, 2012 when the Chiefs won seven straight...The last back to back shutouts were on 4/5 @ WIS L 4-8 June 6-7, 2012 vs. Cedar Rapids and the last time the Chiefs won both games of a DH via shutout was April 20, 2011 at Quad Cities 4-0 and 4/6 @ WIS W 3-2 (7inn) 1-0...The Chiefs are 6-3 all-time at Classic Park…Castillo has a five-game hit streak and five-game RBI streak…McElroy stole a base in both 4/6 @ WIS L 1-3 (7inn) 4/7 OFF games…Herrera leads the Chiefs with five steals…Bosco and Bean both collected their first RBI of the season…The Chiefs starting pitchers 4/8 DAY W 1-0 struck out 13 batters and allowed six hits combined over 12 shutout innings…Lake County committedsp 12 errors on the series, the Chiefs did 4/9 DAY L 1-4 not have an error in Wednesday’s double header … 4/10 DAY L 0-4 4/11 BG W 6-5 4/12 BG W 11-8 DON’T HEAD EAST: Since the start of the 2011 season, the Chiefs are 35-42 against the Eastern Division including a 14-25 mark on the 4/13 BG Rained Out road. The Chiefs dropped all eight road series in 2011 and 2012. Before taking 2 of 3 in April, 2013 at Dayton, their last road series win was 4/14 @ LC W 9-6 July 24-26, 2010 at Lake County. The Chiefs were 5-7 against the east on the road in 2013 with series wins in Dayton & Great Lakes. In 2011 4/15 @ LC Snowed Out 4/16 @ LC W 4-0 (7 inn) & 2012 the Chiefs dropped 11 of 12 road series against their Eastern counterparts. Since the start of the 2011 season the Chiefs are 20-17 4/16 @ LC W 4-0 (7 inn) against the East at home, including a 6-2 mark in 2013. The sweep in Lake County this week was the first road sweep against an Eastern 4/17 @ FTW Division team since the Chiefs went 5-0 on a trip to Dayton and South Bend July 29-August 2, 2009. 4/18 @ FTW 4/19 @ FTW 4/20 OFF ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Fort Wayne TinCaps joined the Midwest League in 1993 after from Kenosha, WI. They were 4/21 CR known as the Wizards from 1993-2008. Ft. Wayne was affiliated with the Minnesota Twins from 1993-1998 and started with the 4/22 CR st 4/23 CR San Diego Padres in 1999. Fort Wayne eliminated the Chiefs from the 1 round of the playoffs in 1998 2 games to 1. All-time the 4/24 CR Chiefs are 65-77 against the Wizards/TinCaps franchise. Peoria is 93-100 against San Diego affiliates having faced them in 4/25 QC 4/26 QC Waterloo (1990-93), Springfield (1994), Clinton (1995-98) and Fort Wayne (1999-present). Fort Wayne won the 2009 Midwest 4/27 QC League Championship in the first year of their new stadium and they hosted the 2010 MWL All-Star Game. In 2013 they made the 4/28 @ BEL MWL Finals before falling to Wisconsin. 4/29 @ BEL 4/30 @ BEL SEASON SERIES: This three-game series will be the only time this season the two teams matchup. Last year, the Chiefs swept Ft. THIS DAY IN CHIEFS HISTORY Wayne in Peoria with wins of 5-1, 1-0 and 4-1. The Chiefs dropped two of three in Indiana in 2012 and in 2001 they lost a pair of 1983 - Devon White hits the first grand slam in Chiefs extra inning games and suffered a 16-7 setback as the TinCaps got a sweep in Peoria. Fort Wayne took two of three in Indiana in history off Quad City hurler Brian Tuller. Blast came 2010. In 2009 the Chiefs were the only Midwest League team to win a season series against the 94-46 TinCaps.