Chiefs Fall 11-1 on Tuesday

Davenport, IA - The Peoria Chiefs gave up two early homers and lost to the Quad Cities River Bandits 11-1 Tuesday night in game two of the four-game series. The loss drops the Chiefs to 16-27 on the season and into last place after Burlington beat Kane County earlier in the day.
     Quad Cities jumped out to a first inning lead against Chiefs starter Steven Farinaro. Carmen Benedetti singled with one out and moved to second on a wild pitch with two outs. Yordan Alvarez put the hosts on top 2-0 with his second home run of the season over the left-center field wall before Farinaro got out of the inning.

     The River Bandits got a big inning in the second to break the game open. Oswaldo Duarte hit his second homer of the season with one out for a 3-0 lead, the ninth homer allowed by Farinaro this season. Daz Cameron followed with a triple and had to stay at third base when a grounder by Wander Franco hit base umpire Raul Moreno for a single. Stephen Wrenn's single gave the Bandits a 4-0 lead and a bases loaded single by Rodrigo Ayarza made it 6-0.
     Peoria finally got on the board in the fourth inning against Gabriel Valdez, who did not allow a hit in his first 10 batters faced. For the second day in a row the first Chiefs hit came from Stefan Trosclair who doubled down the third base line. Andy Young followed with a double of his own to left to get the Chiefs on the board but the next two batters were retired with Quad Cities leading 6-1.
     The Chiefs loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth but didn't score. Juan Yepez collected his first hit in a Chiefs uniform to start the inning, Dylan Carlson walked and Nick Plummer was hit by a pitch. Valdez responded by striking out Shane Billings and Tommy Edman before giving way to Erasmo Pinelas. The Bandits reliever escaped the inning with a strikeout of his own to keep the Chiefs off the board.
     Quad Cities added on in the sixth inning as they knocked out Farinaro. A one out walk to Franco ended Farinaro's night and reliever Austin Sexton got a strikeout before walking Benedetti. Ayarza doubled off the right-field wall to score both runners for an 8-1 lead before Sexton got out of the inning.
     Quad Cities put the game away in the seventh inning with help from the Chiefs defense. With two outs Duarte singled and Cameron reached on a fielding error by Yepez. Franco tripled home two past a diving Billings and Max Almonte took over on the mound for Sexton. Stephen Wrenn beat out an infield single to score Franco for an 11-1 lead before Almonte got out of the inning.
     Farinaro (1-4) took the loss as he allowed seven runs on 10 hits and two walks over 5 1/3 innings without recording a strikeout. Sexton allowed four runs, one earned, on three hits and a walk over 1 1/3 innings while striking out two. Almonte allowed one hit and walked one over 1 1/3 shutout innings with a strikeout.
Notes…The start of the game was delayed an hour by rain…Young has both of the Chiefs RBI in the series…Yepez had two errors, one throwing and one fielding, and has three in two games since joining the Chiefs…He is the first Chiefs player this season to have two errors in a game and the first since August 5, 2016…Andrew Knizner has just four games this season where he has not reached base and all four are against Quad Cities…This is the first time he has gone consecutive games without reaching base all season and his first three-game hitless streak…Carlson leads the Chiefs with 20 walks…The Chiefs are hitting .188 (6-for-32) with the bases loaded this season with eight strikeouts…Farinaro has allowed a MWL-leading nine homers including five over his last two starts…Peoria has allowed a league high 48 homers while Quad Cities has hit a league high 50…Quad Cities has 10 homers in eight games against the Chiefs this season…Farinaro has allowed at least five runs five times this season and at least seven hits in four starts…He has allowed 10 hits or more in three straight starts and does not have a strikeout in his last two starts…The Chiefs have lost three games by 10 or more runs this season, two at Quad Cities…Sexton had not walked a batter in nine innings this season before the free pass to Benedetti… Quad Cities leads the season series 4-4… The series continues Wednesday with a 6:35 p.m. start…The Chiefs will start LH John Kilichowski (0-4, 4.03) against Bandits RH Carlos Sanabria (0-1, 3.00)…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:20 p.m. on www.peoriachiefs.com/listenlive which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android…The broadcast is also available on the Peoria Chiefs Network in the Tune-In Radio App.