PEORIA CHIEFS 2014GAME 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. 35 & 36: Peoria Chiefs (19-15) at Cedar Rapids Kernels (19-16), Monday, May 12 5:05 PM Perfect Game Field, Cedar Rapids, Iowa PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS: Monday May 12 at Cedar Rapids RH Alex Reyes (2-1, 2.69) vs. RH Ethan Mildren (0-1, 2.25) 5:05 PM Monday May 12 at Cedar Rapids RH Arturo Reyes (2-2, 2.83) vs. LH Josue Montanez (0-1, 8.66) Game 2 Tuesday May 13 at Cedar Rapids LH Jimmy Reed (1-1, 5.34) vs. RH Kohl Stewart (1-1, 2.35) 6:35 PM Wednesday May 15 at Cedar Rapids RH Silfredo Garcia (2-3, 4.25) vs. RH Felix Jorge (2-3, 8.89) 6:35 PM Thursday May 16 at Cedar Rapids RH Blake McKnight (1-2, 7.23) vs. TBA 6:35 PM 2014 SEASON AT A GLANCE th Current Streak: Won 1 EXTRA EXTRA: The Peoria Chiefs let one lead slip away but they scored two runs in the top of the 11 inning for an 8-6 Saturday night Last 5 Games 2-3 victory over the Clinton LumberKings. The win moves the Chiefs back into second place in the Western Division at 19-15 at the half-way Last 10 Games 4-6 mark of the first half. LAST GAME - SATURDAY 2014 Best Mark: 17-9 2014 Worst Mark: 3-4 FINALLY, A HOMER: Trailing 1-0 in the fourth, the Chiefs tied the game on a R H E LOB Overall: 19-15 two-out home run by Matthew Young. The homer was Young’s third of the season and CHIEFS 8 10 4 11 Home Record: 9-5 the Chiefs first as a team since last Saturday. Clinton regained the lead on a single, Clinton 6 12 1 13 Road Record: 10-10 error by pitcher Rob Kaminsky and a bad throw on a double play in the bottom of the inning. Daytime Record: 7-4 WP: Herget (2-1) LP: Pagan (1-1) SV: Night Record: 12-11 Thomas (4) HR: Young (3) Starters: 8-13 HIGH-FIVE: The Chiefs knocked Eddie Campbell from the game and took the lead Relievers: 11-2 in the fifth. With two on and nobody out, Carson Kelly singled to left to tie the game Quality Starts: 7 as C.J. McElroy scored. Ronald Castillo doubled home Juan Herrera for a 3-2 lead and Saves/Chances: 10/12 Longest Win Streak: 5 Kenny Peoples-Walls singled in Kelly. After a walk loaded the bases the Chiefs made it 6-2 with consecutive run-scoring singles from Young Longest Losing Streak: 3 and Mason Katz. Clinton got out of the inning when reliever Tommy Burns got Michael Schulze to line into a double play to first base. Chiefs Score First: 12-4 Opp. Score First: 7-11 HERE COME THE KINGS: Kaminsky departed in the fifth with two on base by Jhonny Polanco escaped the jam with a pop up and Comeback Wins: 9 strikeout. The Chiefs committed three errors in the sixth and Polanco allowed three hits as Clinton got to within a run at 6-5. Chase Lead Entering 8th: 16-0 Brookshire took over mid-inning and got out of the inning with a strikeout. In the eighth, Clinton got a single from Ian Miller and a stolen Tied Entering 8th: 3-0 base against Zach Loraine. Jack Reinheimer singled home Miller to tie the game with two outs. Trail Entering 8th: 0-15 Lead Entering 9th: 17-0 th Tied Entering 9th: 2-1 CASTILLO DELIVERS: Clinton’s closer Emilio Pagan took over in the top of the 11 with the game tied 6-6. McElroy led off with an Trail Entering 9th: 0-14 infield single and Herrera worked a walk. Kelly singled to left to load the bases and Castillo put the Chiefs on top 8-6 with a double off the Wins in last AB: 2 left-field wall. Pagan got back-to-back strikeouts before Rafael Pineda escaped the inning. Clinton got a lead off single in the bottom of the Opp. Wins in last AB: 2 11 th but Chris Thomas struck out the final two to end the game. Extra Innings: 2-0 Double headers: 5-1 Shutouts: 4-5 PITCHING IN: Kaminsky allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits over a career-high four 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked One-run game 4-2 three in the no-decision. Polanco allowed three runs, two earned, on three hits over 1 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. Brookshire allowed one Two-run games 3-5 hit on two strikeouts over 1 1/3 shutout innings. Loraine allowed one run on two hits and two walks over two innings with three strikeouts. Scoring 4 or less: 7-12 Kevin Herget (2-1) retired all three batters he faced with two strikeouts to earn the win. Thomas got the save with one shutout inning, one hit Scoring 5 or more: 12-2 allowed and two strikeouts. Allowing 4 or less: 13-8 Allowing 5 or more: 6-7 Notes: This was the Chiefs longest game of the season in both innings (11) and time (4:18)…Chiefs hitters drew a season-high ten CHIEFS IN APRIL Date Opp. W/L SCORE walks...The four-run lead was the largest blown lead of the season…The Chiefs are now 10-for-12 in save chances…Kaminsky set a new 5/1 @ BEL W 14-10 career-high in innings pitched…Young’s homer was the Chiefs first homer in 73 2/3 innings…With two hits, McElroy leads the Chiefs with 5/2 @ CR W 12-3 13 multi-hit games…McElroy also leads the team with four sacrifice bunts…Castillo is third in the MWL with 25 RBI and he leads the Chiefs 5/3 @ CR L 0-3 with six multi-RBI games…The Chiefs are 2-0 in extra inning games, both coming on the road …Peoria is 16-0 when leading after 7 …The 5/4 @ CR L 0-2 5/5 BEL L 0-1 Chiefs are 5-6 in the final game of a series, 3-3 on the road…The Chiefs used their first pinch-hitter of the season as Jake Stone struck out th 5/6 BEL W 8-4 batting for Schulze in the 10 5/7 BEL L 3-5 5/8 @ Cli L 0-4 sp 5/9 @ Cli L 3-5 ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The Cedar Rapids Kernels joined the Midwest League in 1962 and are in their first season as a Minnesota 5/10 @ Cli W 8-6 (11) Twins affiliate. Before this season they were with the LA Angels since 1993. As a MWL team, Cedar Rapids has also been affiliated with the 5/11 OFF Braves (1962), Cardinals (1963-1972), Astros (1974-75), Giants (1976-79) and Reds (1980-1992). All-tim e the Chiefs are 183-206 against 5/12 @ CR Cedar Rapids in the regular season and 2-2 in the post-season. The Chiefs are 188-168 all-time against Twins affiliates. Peoria has also faced 5/12 @ CR 5/13 @ CR Twins teams in Kenosha (1984-92), Fort Wayne (1993-98), Quad Cities (1999-2004) and Beloit (2005-12). 5/14 @ CR 5/15 WIS SEASON SERIES: The Chiefs lead the 2014 series 4-2 with 10 games left times this season, four in Peoria. Peoria travels to Iowa August 5/16 WIS 15-17 while the Kernels return to Peoria June 24-26. Last season the Chiefs were 7-13 against Cedar Rapids after starting the season 7-4 the 5/17 WIS 5/18 WIS Chiefs lost the last nine including August four-game sweeps in each city. In 2012 Peoria won the season series 10-7 with an 8-3 mark in 5/19 CLI Illinois. In 2011 the Kernels won the season series 11-8 with a four-game home sweep in August. 5/20 CLI 5/21 CLI 5/22 @ BUR SWEEP HISTORY: The Chiefs earned a sweep in Peoria April 21-23 which marks the third straight series between these teams to be a 5/23 @ BUR sweep and the fifth in the last two seasons. The Chiefs have a sweep against Cedar Rapids in three straight seasons . Before the final series of 5/24 @ BUR the 2013 first half, the Chiefs had not earned a sweep in Cedar Rapids since July 7-9, 2007. The Kernels swept the Chiefs last August in both 5/25 @ KC Peoria and Iowa. The sweep in Peoria was their first since June of 2004. The Kernels swept the Chiefs June 29-July 1 for their second sweep 5/26 @ KC 5/27 @ KC of the Chiefs in Iowa in as many seasons. Cedar Rapids also swept the Chiefs out of the 2009 playoffs winning once in each park while Peoria 5/28 BUR did the exact same to Cedar Rapids in the 2002 Western Division Finals 5/29 BUR 5/30 BUR OPPOSING STARTER: RH Ethan Mildren is making his fifth start of the 2014 season against the Chiefs today. In his last start, Mildren 5/31 KC gave up two runs, one earned, on four hits, struck out two, and walkedone in six innings of work.