Bowling Green, KY - The Peoria Chiefs scored three runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to beat the Bowling Green Hot Rods 7-4 on Monday afternoon to win the series. The win moves the Chiefs to 18-13 in the second half and 48-52 on the season as they
Bowling Green, KY - The Peoria Chiefs scored three runs in both the eighth and ninth innings to beat the Bowling Green Hot Rods 7-4 on Monday afternoon to win the series. The win moves the Chiefs to 18-13 in the second half and 48-52 on the season as they return home for a seven-game home stand.
The game was scoreless after three innings with starters Evan Kruczynski and Willy Ortiz both getting out of early jams. The Chiefs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning as catcher Ryan McCarvel hit his 13th home run of the season. The blast to right-center marked the fifth game in a row in which the Chiefs have hit at least one home run.
The Hot Rods tied the game in the fifth inning when Miles Mastrobuoni hit a solo homer to right-center, his first of the season. Bowling Green took the lead in the sixth as they knocked out Kruczynski. A solo homer from Jesús Sánchez made it 2-1 and a walk ended Kruczynski's afternoon. Dewin Perez yielded a single to Adrian Rondon and Mastrobuoni put the hosts on top 4-1 with a single to center.
The Chiefs rallied in the eighth inning against Jason McKinley. Stefan Trosclair singled with one out and moved to third on a single by Danny Hudzina. McCarvel doubled off the wall in right-center to score both runners and cut the deficit to 4-3. Jesus Yepez singled home McCarvel to tie the game but the Chiefs left two runners on base to end the inning.
Yeison Medina escaped the bottom of the eighth with a 6-4-3 double play and the Chiefs took advantage in the ninth. Mick Fennell drew a leadoff walk and stole second with one out before Trosclair walked. Hudzina capped a huge series back in Bowling Green where he attended college as he doubled home both runners and gave the Chiefs a 6-4 lead. Dylan Carlson singled home Hudzina for a 7-4 Chiefs lead to cap the scoring.
Kruczynski allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings as he walked one and struck out two in a no-decision. Perez allowed one run on three hits over 1 1/3 innings while striking out one. Medina (3-0) earned the win with two shutout innings in which he allowed one hit, walked one and struck out one.
Notes…McCarvel leads the Chiefs this season with 13 homers, one more than Andy Young had before a promotion at the All-Star break…Brian O'Keefe led the Chiefs with 13 last season…McCarvel has five homers in July and seven in 21 games since the All-Star break…He is hitting .323 with four homers and a .677 slugging percentage in 16 day games…He has a RBI in six straight games, the longest streak since Ronald Castillo had a six-game streak April 11-17, 2014…Yepez also as a RBI in four straight games…The Chiefs have hit at least one homer in five straight games…Peoria has at least 11 hits in five straight games…The Chiefs have 96 homers on the season, seventh most for a full-season in team history…The Chiefs scored 42 runs on 68 hits on the road trip…Hudzina had four hits Monday and was 8-for-15 with seven RBI back in the city where he attended college and he has three straight multi-hit and multi-RBI games…Plummer has an eight-game hit streak and Fielder has a six-game hit streak…The Chiefs went 7-5 against the East Division in the second half and 10-13 on the season…Peoria's last series win on the road against an East Division team was in Dayton August 11-13, 2015 and they were 0-7-1 since then…The Chiefs are 4-8 in their history in Kentucky and this was their first ever series win in Kentucky…The entire Midwest League is off on Tuesday…The Chiefs host Cedar Rapids at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday with Christmas in July and Bang for Your Buck Wednesday with $1 hot dogs, soda and nachos.
