Chiefs Fall 5-1 Monday

Davenport, IA - Two days after taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning, the Peoria Chiefs were on the other end of a no-hit bid with their first hit coming in the eighth inning in a 5-1 loss to the Quad Cities River Bandits Monday night. The loss drops the Chiefs to 16-26 on the season and ends a two-game win streak with three games left in the series.
     The River Bandits struck first in the bottom of the second against Chiefs starter Ian Oxnevad. Chuckie Robinson reached on an error by new Peoria third baseman Juan Yepez and with one out Marcos Almonte launched a long two-run homer over the left-field berm. The homer, his sixth of the season, put the Bandits on top 2-0.

     Peoria did not get a hit off Quad Cities starter Cionel Pérez who entered the game with a 9.64 ERA overall and an 11.70 ERA as a starter. The Cuban native struck out a career-high 10 including five in a row at one point. The only base runner he allowed was a one-out walk to Shane Billings in the fourth inning.
     Kevin Hill took over for Perez in the eighth and Stefan Trosclair greeted him with a single to end the no-hit bid. However the Chiefs couldn't take advantage of their first hit and left a runner on first base.
    Oxnevad cruised through the middle innings without allowing a runner past first base after the second inning. He got the first two outs in the eighth to set a new career high in innings pitched before walking Rodrigo Ayarza. Brady Bowen took over out of the Chiefs bullpen and struck out Yordan Alvarez but strike three went to the backstop on a wild pitch allowing the inning to continue. The Bandits took advantage as Robinson doubled home both runners before scoring on a single by Ronnie Dawson for a 5-0 lead.
     The Chiefs narrowly avoided their eighth shutout of the season in the top of the ninth. Jose Martinez drew a lead off walk and with one out Billings barely beat out a game-ending double play at first base. He took second on defensive indifference the Andy Young's single to right cut the Chiefs deficit to 5-1. Hill finished off the game as he struck out Andrew Knizner for Quad Cities 13^th strikeout of the game.
     Oxnevad (0-4) took the loss over a career-high 7 2/3 innings as he allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits. He struck out six, walked two and threw 104 pitches. Bowen allowed two runs on three hits with one strikeout and two wild pitches in 1/3 of an inning.
Notes…Knizner's 19 game on-base streak ended…Yepez was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in his Chiefs debut…Trosclair batted fifth for the first time this season and was 1-for-3…Oxnevad picked off two runners at first base and has six of the Chiefs eight pickoffs this season…Oxnevad had gone at least seven innings in back-to-back starts and three times this season…He has two quality starts…The Chiefs had gone a season-long 24 1/3 innings without allowing a home run before Almonte went deep in the second…The Chiefs have not gone three straight games without allowing a homer all season…Peoria has allowed a league high 46 homers while Quad Cities has hit a league high 48…The Chiefs had won the first game in each of the last three road series…They are 0-2 in the first game of a series at Quad Cities and 5-1 this season in the opener in any other road stadium…Peoria's two-game win streak ended as they were attempting for their second three-game win streak of the season and first since April 12…Quad Cities leads the season series 4-3… The series continues Tuesday with a 6:35 p.m. start…The Chiefs will start RH Steve Farinaro (1-3, 6.89) against Quad Cities RH Gabriel Valdez (0-0, 2.45)…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.