Quad Cities River Bandits Dominate Peoria Chiefs in 9-2 Win

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MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Davenport, IA – The first-place Peoria Chiefs had not trailed in 65 consecutive innings until theyallowed an 8-run barrage in the seventh inning Saturday night in a 9-2 loss to the Quad CitiesRiver Bandits. The loss snaps a franchise record 11-game win streak and sends the Chiefs to 11-6on the second half and 41-44 on the season.

The win streak came to a screeching halt as the Chiefs turned in their worst half inning of the
season in the bottom of the seventh. Cardinals’ first round pick Brett Wallace reached on an error
by Nate Samson to start the frame and scored on a double by Carlos Pupo. Tommy Pham
doubled home Pupo and scored two batters later on a double by Paul Vazquez. D’Marcus Ingram
reached on an infield single and Adron Chambers knocked Chiefs reliever Julio Castillo from the
game with a RBI single for a 5-1 Bandits lead. John Mueller came on and gave up a sacrifice fly
to Peter Kozma before walking Francisco Rivera. Wallace capped the big inning with his first
career home run, a three-run shot off the tiki bar in the right-field berm. Pupo doubled again by
Mueller struck out Pham to finally end the eight-run frame.

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The Chiefs got on the board in the first inning for the seventh time in the last 12 games
against Bandits emergency starter Chuckie Fick. Jonathan Wyatt led off with a single and stole
second base as Samson struck out. Marquez Smith put the Chiefs on top 1-0 with a single to
right for his team-leading 48th RBI. Jovan Rosa bounced into a 3-6-1 double play to end the
inning with the Chiefs up 1-0.
Quad Cities tied the game almost immediately against Jose Pina in their half of the first.
Chambers led off with a double to center and moved to third on a single by Kozma. After Chiefs
catcher Josh Donaldson dropped a foul pop-up, Rivera singled to right to tie the game 1-1. Pina
struck out Wallace and then got Pupo to bounce into a inning-ending 5-4-3 double play.
Pina allowed just the one unearned run on three hits in two innings of work. On a strict pitch
count after last year’s arm injury, Pina struck out two and did not issue a walk in his MWL return.
Castillo (0-1) took the loss allowing six runs, three earned, on six hits over 4 1/3 innings. The
right struck out three, hit one and walked one. Mueller gave up a home run, two runs and two
hits while striking out one in 1 2/3 innings.
Player of the Game – Jonathan Wyatt (CF) – Wyatt had a hand in both of the Chiefs runs
Saturday night. He singled, stole a base and scored in the first and then drove home Drew
Rundle in the ninth with a sacrifice fly to left. Wyatt finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a RBI.
Notes… The last Chiefs loss was at Burlington on June 23…That was also the last time the
Chiefs scored less than three runs in a game…The loss also ends a seven game road win streak,
the longest since winning a franchise record nine straight road games from May 27-June 17,
2006…The Chiefs are 4-1 on a season-long 13-game road trip that continues through July
14…Peoria was 2-for-2 with runners in scoring position and left just one runner on base….The 8-
run seventh inning was the worst of the season for the Chiefs, they had allowed seven runs
against Kane County in the fourth inning on April 11…Quad Cities retired 17 straight Chiefs at one
point…Peoria batters did not draw a walk and had five innings where the Bandits pitchers threw
10 pitches or less…The Chiefs had not trailed in 65 innings and have trailed at the end of just 12
innings of the 112 played during the last 12 games…The Chiefs trail the season series against the
Bandits 7-5 with two games left…Bautista had a career-high nine game hit streak snapped in
which he is 19-for-37 (.514) with five home runs, six doubles and 13 RBI… Game two of the
three-game series is Sunday at 5:00 pm…The Chiefs will send LH Chris Siegfried (2-6, 7.26) to
the mound in against Bandits RH Josh Wilson (1-1, 4.12)…

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