Bowling Green, KY - The Peoria Chiefs scored five runs in the eighth inning to break open a tie game in a 10-5 win over the Bowling Green Hot Rods Sunday afternoon. The Chiefs are now 17-13 in the second half and 47-52 overall with one game left on the road
Bowling Green, KY - The Peoria Chiefs scored five runs in the eighth inning to break open a tie game in a 10-5 win over the Bowling Green Hot Rods Sunday afternoon. The Chiefs are now 17-13 in the second half and 47-52 overall with one game left on the road trip.
The Chiefs used the long ball to jump out to an early lead against righty Adrian Navas. Kramer Robertson led off the game with a single and birthday boy Stefan Trosclair clubbed a two-run homer off the batters eye in center field for a 2-0 lead. The homer was the eighth of the season for Trosclair, the fifth Chiefs player this season to reach the milestone.
Two innings later Trosclair drilled an opposite field homer over the Chiefs bullpen for a 3-0 lead. In the fourth inning the Chiefs got their third homer of the game as Danny Hudzina hit his sixth of the year for a 4-0 lead.
Bowling Green rallied against Chiefs lefty Ian Oxnevad in the fifth as the first six batters reached. Michael Brosseau hit a three-run homer and the next batter, Adrian Rondon tied the game with a solo shot. With two on and nobody out, Oxnevad got out of the inning with the game still tied. In the sixth the Hot Rods took the lead on a pair of walks and a single from Rondon.
The Chiefs tied the game on a bizarre double play in the seventh against reliever Deivy Mendez. Dylan Carlson and Nick Plummer both drew walks to put two on with nobody out. With one down, Kramer Robertson hit a grounder up the middle that Brosseau stopped with a dive to his right. He flipped the ball to second and shortstop Miles Mastrobuoni barehanded the ball to force out Plummer but he threw wild to first base. Carlson rounded third and scored to tie the game just before Robertson was thrown out at second base to end the inning.
Peoria broke the game open in the eighth against Mendez. Vince Jackson walked with one out and Brian O'Keefe drew a walk. Jesus Yepez doubled home Jackson for a 6-5 lead and Hudzina put the Chiefs on top by three with a double to left-center. Carlson reached on an infield single and Hudzina scored on a wild pitch for a 9-5 Chiefs lead. Mick Fennell capped the scoring with a single to right for a five-run frame and a 10-5 Chiefs lead.
Oxnevad allowed five runs on nine hits over six innings in his third straight no-decision. He walked two, struck out one and allowed a home run. Dobzanski (2-5) earned the win as he allowed two hits over three shutout innings while striking out two.
Notes… The Chiefs have scored at least seven runs in three straight games with eight homers in that span…The Chiefs have six multi-homer games from individuals with Trosclair joining O'Keefe and Robertson with two-homer games in July…Trosclair had his first career two-homer game and drew his team-leading 42nd walk…The Chiefs have hit 95 homers and allowed 82 on the season…O'Keefe collected his 47th career double in a Chiefs uniform. He also passed Magneuris Sierra on the Chiefs career hits list with 196…Dobzanski earned his first win as a reliever…Oxnevad has gone at least six innings in three straight games…The Chiefs are 3-8 in their history in Kentucky…The series and roadtrip conclude Monday at 12:05 p.m. as the Chiefs start LH Evan Kruczynski (1-1, 5.48) against Hot Rods RH Willy Ortiz (4-1, 3.33)…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pregame show at 11:50 a.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 Radio Network in the Tune-In Radio App.
