Chiefs Win 3-2 Wednesday
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs avoided the sweep with a 3-2 win over the Kane County Cougars in the series finale Wednesday night. The Chiefs are 5-2 in the second half and 44-33 overall as Peoria travels to Beloit for a four-game series starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Peoria, IL - The Peoria Chiefs avoided the sweep with a 3-2 win over the Kane County Cougars in the series finale Wednesday night. The Chiefs are 5-2 in the second half and 44-33 overall as Peoria travels to Beloit for a four-game series starting at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
The Cougars scored in the first inning for the third game in a row, this time against Chiefs starter
Peoria loaded the bases without recording a hit in the bottom of the third and then took advantage on Cougars starter
The long ball put the Chiefs in front for the first time of the series in the bottom of the sixth. With one out,
The Chiefs tacked on another run in the bottom of the seventh against Cougars reliever
Oviedo took a no-decision throwing four innings allowing one run on three hits with five walks and five strikeouts.
Notes… Peoria has been outscored 69-32 in the first inning this season and 8-0 in the series…The Chiefs are 9-4 during the last game of a series at home…Ortega has a seven-game hit streak…Blanco leads the Chiefs with 24 appearances…Kane County outscored Peoria 26-5 in the series…Oviedo was ejected in the top of the fifth inning for pitching inside to Chisholm and manager Chris Swauger was ejected for the first two ejections of the season…Prior to that, Lopez was hit in the head twice by Cougars starter Lemieux with no ejections of Kane County…Dennis Ortega exited the game due to injury in the top of the eighth and