Tellez powers Bisons to 8-5 win over Chiefs
Rowdy Tellez hit an opposite field home run and drove in three to lead the Bisons to an 8-5 victory over the Syracuse Chiefs on Monday night from Coca-Cola Field. The win is the Herd's fifth straight and improves the team's home record to 11-5 on the season.Tellez drove in
Tellez drove in the Herd's first run of the contest with a first-inning sacrifice fly, but it was the ball that left the yard in the seventh that proved to be the game winner. With the game tied at five and already two outs in the inning, the slugger was facing an 0-2 count to Chiefs' reliever
The Bisons added a pair of insurance after Tellez's home run, one with a little bit of controversy. Adams hit
The Bisons tacked on an eighth run in the eighth on a solo home run from
The 8-5 final seemed relatively tame after the way Monday's contest began. The score was 5-4 Buffalo after just two and a half innings of play. The Herd responded to the Chiefs two-run first by scoring two of their own in the stanza. After Tellez's sac fly,
The Bisons scored three more in the second on a two-run triple by Lopes and an RBI grounder from Tellez.
The win for Buffalo went to
The Bisons will host the Chiefs again on Tuesday night at 6:05 p.m.