Peoria, IL - Mike O'Reilly took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before giving up a bloop single as he struck out ten in the Peoria Chiefs 1-0 win over the Beloit Snappers on Saturday night at Dozer Park. The Chiefs improve to 15-25 overall and will wrap up their four-game
Peoria, IL - Mike O'Reilly took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before giving up a bloop single as he struck out ten in the Peoria Chiefs 1-0 win over the Beloit Snappers on Saturday night at Dozer Park. The Chiefs improve to 15-25 overall and will wrap up their four-game series with Beloit on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. at Dozer Park.
Brian O'Keefe gave the Chiefs a lead in the fourth inning with a solo home run to left field against Snappers starter Mitchell Jordan. O'Keefe's third homer of the season gave Peoria a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning for the second straight night.
O'Reilly retired the first 14 Beloit hitters while racking up six strikeouts in that span. He issued a walk to Javon Shelby on a full-count pitch with two out in the fifth. With Collin Theroux batting, Shelby broke for second before getting caught in rundown and was tagged out by first baseman Stefan Trosclair. O'Reilly retired the next nine Snappers with five more strikeouts to take a no-hitter into the ninth on 88 pitches.
He started the ninth with a strikeout of Collin Theroux in an eight-pitch at-bat. With one out Edwin Diaz blooped the first pitch into right-center in front of a diving Bryce Denton for the first hit of the game. Yeison Medina, who joined the Chiefs earlier in the day came out of the bullpen for Peoria and walked Eric Mariñez to put two on base. Medina bounced back to strike out both Mike Martin and Nate Mondou to end the game.
O'Reilly (1-0) went 8 1/3 innings, allowing one hit while striking out 10 with one walk in his first win of the season. Medina threw 2/3 of an inning, allowing a walk with two strikeouts for the Chiefs.
Notes…Knizner had his 15-game hit streak snapped but his on base streak was extended to 18 games…Trosclair had a six-game hit streak snapped…The last nine-inning one-hitter for the Chiefs was a four pitcher one-hitter on July 15, 2015…The Chiefs are 4-1 the game after an extra-inning game…O'Reilly set career highs with 10 strikeouts and 8 1/3 innings pitched… O'Reilly's 10 strikeouts are a single-game high for the Chiefs this season and the most since Sandy Alcantara struck out 12 on June 16, 2016…Medina made his first appearance for the Chiefs the same day he arrived at Dozer Park…The one hit O'Reilly allowed is the lowest total he's ever allowed in a start five innings or longer…The Chiefs were 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position…Tonight was the second straight night that a Home Run gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning…The Chiefs will play the final game of the four-game series with the Snappers on Sunday with a 2:00 p.m. first pitch and an appearance by PBS character Nature Cat… Sunday is a PNC Pre-K Day with a Street Fest on Oak Street at Noon with Barnyard Discoveries, the Mobile Learning Adventure and inflatables from Fun on the Run…Sunday is also a PNC Kids Sunday with kids 12 and under getting $5 tickets with a free hot dog, soda, and chips…The first 1,000 fans through the gates get a Jordan Hicks player poster courtesy of City Link and PJStar.com... Chiefs players will be available to sign autographs for kids 12 and under only… All fans can play catch on the field after the game and kids 12 and under can run the bases… Sunday is also a Senior Sunday and fans 55 and over can purchase $5 tickets at the Dozer Park box office which opens at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday… The Chiefs will start RH Jordan Hicks (4-1, 3.57) against Snappers RH Brendan Butler (1-2, 1.60)…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 1:45 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.
