Gorman Homers but Chiefs Lose
Geneva, IL - The Peoria Chiefs played a sloppy game in cold weather and fell to the Kane County Cougars 12-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. The Chiefs committed a season-worst five errors and drop to 3-5 on the season with a doubleheader scheduled for 1:00
Geneva, IL - The Peoria Chiefs played a sloppy game in cold weather and fell to the Kane County Cougars 12-2 Friday night in the opener of a three-game series. The Chiefs committed a season-worst five errors and drop to 3-5 on the season with a doubleheader scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Saturday.
Peoria left two runners on base against Cougars starter
Down 5-0, the Chiefs got on the board in the sixth inning against reliever Ehtan Larrison. Brendaon Donovan greeted the right-hander with a double to right and Gorman launched his third home run of the season to get the Chiefs on the board. Gorman's 2-run shot bounced off the picnic tables in the right-field party area and back onto the field to cut the Cougars lead to 5-2.
Kane County batted around again in the sixth against
Schlesener (0-2) took the loss as he allowed three runs, two earned, on two hits, two walks and a hit batter while striking out one in 2/3 of an inning. Casadilla allowed two runs on four hits over 4 1/3 innings while walking two, hitting one and striking out four. Pacheco lasted just 1/3 of an inning as he allowed five runs on two hits, three walks, one hit batter and he struck out one. Hunt allowed two runs, one earned, on four hits over 2 2/3 innings as he struck out four and hit two batters.
The teams will play a double header Saturday with two seven-inning games scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. The Chiefs will start RH