Chiefs Take Game One Against Bees, 2-1

Burlington, IA - The Peoria Chiefs beat the Burlington Bees 2-1 on Friday night at Community Field. Peoria improves to 18-28 overall and will play a double header tomorrow against the Bees with a 5:00 p.m. first pitch for game one.
    The Bees got out to an early lead in the first at-bat of the game. Brennon Lund hit a leadoff home run to right-center field off Chiefs starter Mike O'Reilly to give Burlington a 1-0 lead. After allowing two straight hits, O'Reilly retired the next three hitters to work out of the inning.

  The Chiefs tied the game in the third inning against Burlington starter Joe Gatto. Stefan Trosclair singled with two outs and tied the game when Andy Young doubled to right-field to make it a 1-1 ballgame.
    Peoria took their first lead of the day in the fourth inning. Ryan McCarvel led off with a walk issued by Gatto, and moved to second when Juan Yepez singled. Vince Jackson doubled to right field to score McCarvel and stake Peoria to a 2-1 lead.
     Burlington threatened in the ninth inning against Austin Sexton and Brady Bowen, with Jordan Zimmerman leading off the inning with a single. Angel Almao dropped down a sacrifice bunt to move Zimmerman to second, but Sexton struck out Mario Sanjur for the second out of the inning. A walk to Juan Moreno put the go-ahead run aboard, but Bowen entered the game to get Lund to fly out to end the game.
     O'Reilly (2-1) earned the win while lasting seven innings, allowing one run on seven hits with six strikeouts. Sexton threw 2 1/3 innings with a hold, while allowing three hits and a walk with a strikeout. Bowen earned his second save of the season, going 1/3 of an inning.
Notes… Trosclair's stolen base in the first inning was his fourth of the year, which doubles his single-season career high of two… Trosclair had his 11^th multi-hit game of the season… Lund's homer in the first was the first time O'Reilly had given up a leadoff homer in a start… Yepez has hit safely in his last three games… Andrew Young has a four-game hit streak… O'Reilly hasn't allowed a walk in five appearances this season… O'Reilly has lasted five or more innings four times this season… O'Reilly's seven hits allowed is a career high… The Bees were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position… The Chiefs struck out 12 times… Peoria is 9-9 when wearing their red uniform tops and 7-9 on the road… The Chiefs are 5-3 in one-run games this season… Saturday will be a double header with the Chiefs starting RH Jordan Hicks (5-1, 3.92) while Burlington will start Erik Manoah Jr. (1-2, 3.97) in game one, and Chiefs LH Ian Oxnevad (0-4, 4.37) while the Bees have yet to announce a starter… The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 4:45 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.