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. 24: Peoria Chiefs (15-8) at Beloit Snappers (8-16) Wednesday, April 30 6:30 PM Pohlman Field, Beloit, Wisconsin PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: Wednesday April 30 at Beloit RH Arturo Reyes (2-1, 2.45) vs. RH Dylan Covey (0-2, 6.63) 6:30 PM Thursday May 1 at Beloit LH Jimmy Reed (1-1, 4.29) vs. RH Ronald Herrera (2-2, 3.43) 11:00 AM Friday May 2 at Cedar Rapids RH Silfredo Garcia (1-2, 4.42) vs. RH Felix Jorge (2-1, 5.95) 6:35 PM Saturday May 3 at Cedar Rapids TBA vs. RH Aaron Slegers (2-0, 3.14) 6:35 PM Sunday May 4 at Cedar Rapids TBA vs. RH Ryan Eades (2-3, 3.42) 2:05 PM 2014 SEASON AT A GLANCE Current Streak: Won 2 DH SWEEP: The Peoria Chiefs played their first extra-inning game of the season in the night cap of Tuesday’s double header and scored Last 5 Games 4-1 three runs in the top of the ninth for a 6-3 win and a sweep of the Beloit Snappers. The Chiefs won game one 11-6 after building a 10-0 lead Last 10 Games 7-3 through the first 4 ½ innings. LAST GAME - TUESDAY 2014 Best Mark: 15-8 2014 Worst Mark: 3-4 QUICK START: After waiting more than 90 minutes between games due to rain, the Game 1 R H E LOB Overall: 15-8 Chiefs picked up where they left off in game one as C.J. McElroy Jr. hit the first pitch CHIEFS 11 13 0 8 Home Record: 8-3 of the game into right field for a single off surprise starter Brent Powers. When Juan Beloit 6 6 0 3 Road Record: 7-5 Herrera grounded to shortstop, no one covered third base and McElroy kept running. Daytime Record: 5-3 WP: Al. Reyes (2-0) LP: Mendez (0-2) Night Record: 10-5 First baseman Ryan Huck’s late throw to third sailed down the left-field line and SV: None HR: Buck (1), Vollmuth (2) Starters: 7-7 McElroy scored for a 1-0 Chiefs lead. Relievers: 8-1 Quality Starts: 4 TIED UP: Beloit tied the game in the bottom of the first, scoring the first run allowed Game 2 R H E LOB Saves/Chances: 9/10 CHIEFS 6 12 0 6 Longest Win Streak: 5 by Chiefs starter Nick Petree all season. Herschel Powell bunted for a single and moved to third on a B.J. Boyd double. After a strikeout, Ryan Mathews drove in Powell with Beloit 3 10 3 8 Longest Losing Streak: 3 Chiefs Score First: 11-2 a sacrifice fly to right field before Petree ended the inning with the game tied. WP: Thomas (2-0) LP: Avila (0-2) SV: Opp. Score First: 4-6 Barraclough (2) HR: Huck (2), Soto (3) Comeback Wins: 6 CHIEFS BACK ON TOP: Michael Schulze walked to start the third and moved to Lead Entering 8th: 12-0 second on a wild pitch. McElroy singled to left to put runners on the corners. After a Tied Entering 8th: 3-0 flyout to shallow right, McElroy was caught stealing second but Schulze sprinted home to put the Chiefs on top 2-1. Kenny Peoples-Walls Trail Entering 8th: 0-8 Lead Entering 9th: 14-0 and Ronald Castillo collected consecutive singles to put two on with two outs. Steve Bean singled up the middle to put the Chiefs on top 3-1. Tied Entering 9th: 1-1 Trail Entering 9th: 0-7 LONG BALLS TIE GAME: Beloit tied the game against Petree in the bottom of the fourth. Ryan Huck led off with a solo home run to left, Wins in last AB: 2 his second of the day. After McElroy made a diving catch in left-center to rob Luis Baez, Michael Soto tied the game with a solo home run to Opp. Wins in last AB: 2 center. The two homers were the first allowed by Petree this season. Extra Innings: 1-0 Double headers: 5-1 Shutouts: 4-1 TAKING THE LEAD: Both bullpens settled in and the game went into extra innings tied 3-3. The Chiefs broke through against Andres One-run game 4-1 Avila in the top of the ninth. Matthew Young clubbed a double to left-center and scored on a double by Cesar Valera to right-center. Valera Two-run games 2-1 moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a single by McElroy for a 5-3 Chiefs lead. Juan Herrera added insurance when he doubled off Scoring 4 or less: 7-5 the center field batters eye to bring home McElroy for the 6-3 lead. Kyle Barraclough struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth for his Scoring 5 or more: 8-2 second save. Allowing 4 or less: 11-3 Allowing 5 or more: 4-5 Notes: The Chiefs won game one 11-6 and are now a season-best seven games over .500…The Chiefs had 25 hits and scored 17 runs in CHIEFS IN APRIL Tuesday’s double header…Cesar Valera now has an eight-game hit streak while Juan Herrera’s is at six…The Chiefs are now 5-1 in three Date Opp. W/L SCORE double headers with sweeps today and April 16 at Lake County…Petree went 17 2/3 innings without allowing a run, tying Justin Pope (2002) 4/3 @ WIS W 8-4 for the longest streak to start a season scoreless by a Chiefs pitcher since 2000…Petree allowed two homers in the same game for the first 4/5 @ WIS L 4-8 4/6 @ WIS W 3-2 (7inn) time as a pro…The start of game two was delayed 66 minutes by rain and the tarp on the field…Thomas made his team leading ninth 4/6 @ WIS L 1-3 (7inn) appearance out of the bullpen…Schulze played second base for the first time this season…Game two was the Chiefs first extra-inning game 4/7 OFF of the 2014 season…The Chiefs were the last team in the MWL to play an extra-inning game…The Chiefs are 6-2 in games decided by two 4/8 DAY W 1-0 runs or less…Valera drove in four runs in the double header…McElroy had four hits, scored three runs and drew two walks in the DH…The 4/9 DAY L 1-4 sp 4/10 DAY L 0-4 Chiefs bullpen threw five shutout innings in game two with five strikeouts 4/11 BG W 6-5 4/12 BG W 11-8 ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Beloit Snappers joined the Midwest League in 1982 and are in their second season as an affiliate of the 4/13 BG Rained Out 4/14 @ LC W 9-6 Oakland Athletics. Peoria trails the all-time series with Beloit 184-185 in the regular season and 3-3 in the playoffs. Last season the Snappers 4/15 @ LC Snowed Out were 77-62 and lost in the Western Division finals to the Quad Cities River Bandits. Before last season, the Snappers were affiliated with the 4/16 @ LC W 4-0 (7 inn) Minnesota Twins from 2005-2012. From 1982-2004 the Snappers were affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers so this is just their third 4/16 @ LC W 4-0 (7 inn) affiliation in their 32 year history. The Snappers won their lone MWL title in 1995. They lost in the MWL Championship to Lansing, 4/17 @ FTW L 5-6 4/18 @ FTW L 4-9 managed by former Chiefs skipper Julio Garcia, in 2003. Peoria is 130-152 all-time against Oakland A’s affiliates with matchups against 4/19 @ FTW L 10-15 Madison (1983-93), West Michigan (1994-96), Kane County (2003-10) and Burlington (2011-12). 4/20 OFF 4/21 CR W 5-3 4/22 CR W 4-1 SEASON SERIES: The Chiefs and Snappers will play 19 times this season, 10 in Wisconsin and nine in Peoria. Beloit comes to Peoria May 4/23 CR W 2-0 5-7 and the Chiefs are back in Beloit June 4-6. The Chiefs return to Beloit for three games at the end of July and Beloit comes to Dozer Park 4/24 CR Rained Out for a pair of August three-game series. Last season the Snappers won the season series 8-7 with a 6-2 mark in Beloit. In 2012 the Chiefs 4/25 QC W 8-4 opened the season winning 2 of 3 in Beloit but the Snappers won the season series 10-8 with a 4-2 mark in Peoria. In 2011 the two teams met 4/26 QC W 3-2 4/27 QC L 3-15 12 times with Beloit winning the season series 7-5. The teams split six games in Peoria but Beloit won the final matchup in September at 4/28 @ BEL Rained Out Pohlman Field to take four of six in Wisconsin. Peoria took the 2011 season series 6-5. The Chiefs are 13-23 over the last four seasons in 4/29 @ BEL W 11-6 (7inn) Beloit.