Peoria Chiefs Swept for Second Time by the Clinton LumberKings, 5-2

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Clinton, IA –The Peoria Chiefs lost 5-2 to the Clinton LumberKings on Tuesday night as the home team completed their second two-game sweep of the Chiefs in 10 days. With the loss the Chiefs fall to 28-36 on the half and 58-74 on the season with six games left ...

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Clinton LumberKings Come From Behind to Defeat Peoria Chiefs 5-2

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Clinton, IA – The Clinton LumberKings closed up their 2008 home schedule in the best way possible, coming back from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Peoria 5-2 Tuesday night...

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Peoria Chiefs Officially Out of Playoff Contention with Loss to the Clinton LumberKings

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Clinton, IA –The Peoria Chiefs have been officially eliminated from the 2008 Midwest League playoff race after losing to the Clinton LumberKings 11-6 on Monday night ...

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Blake Beavan Wins Tenth to Lead Clinton LumberKings Over the Kane County Cougars, 3-1

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Clinton, IA – The progression of 19-year-old right-hander Blake Beavan continued with a milestone Sunday afternoon as the Texas Rangers’ first-round pick became the first Clinton hurler to reach the 10-win plateau in a 3-1 LumberKings victory over Kane County ...

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Justin Smoak Has Forgettable Debut for Clinton LumberKings in 4-3 Loss to the Kane County Cougars

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com- Clinton, IA – The final homestand of the 2008 season began on a sour note for the Clinton LumberKings Thursday night. After erasing a 3-0 deficit, the Kings couldn’t recover from Todd Johnson’s solo home run in the fifth as the Kane County Cougars won 4-3 ...

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Clinton LumberKings Slip Past the Peoria Chiefs in 5-4 Win - Midwest League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Peoria, IL –The Peoria Chiefs fell to the Clinton LumberKings 5-4 in extra innings on Tuesday night at O’Brien Field. The loss brings the Chiefs to 27-31 in the second half and 57-69 on the season ...

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Clinton LumberKings Exploit Peoria Chiefs Miscues in 8-5 Win

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Clinton, IA –The Peoria Chiefs allowed three more unearned runs and fell to the Clinton LumberKings 8-5 Sunday afternoon despite a pair of home runs and four RBI from Rebel Ridling...

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Clinton LumberKings Defeat Peoria Chiefs 9-5 - Midwest League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Clinton, IA – It was a night of role reversal for the top of the Clinton LumberKings order. Instead of setting the table, Engel Beltre and Matt Lawson cleared it for a change, each driving in three RBI in a 9-5 win over the Peoria Chiefs...

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Burlington Bees Defeat Clinton LumberKings 6-4

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Clinton, IA – The Clinton LumberKings had the tying runs racing towards home on an apparent extra-base hit by Tim Smith down the left field line, but the home plate umpire ruled foul and Burlington ultimately prevailed with a 6-4 win.

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Clinton LumberKings Defeat Burlington Bees 11-10

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Clinton, IA – A game that featured 21 combined runs on 27 hits finally came to a finish on an error in the bottom of the 12th.  Burlington Bees’ reliever Tony Bradley tossed a pickoff throw into center, and pinch-runner Engel Beltre ran through a stop sign, scoring all the way from second as the Clinton LumberKings walked off with an 11-10 win.
 
 Miguel Alfonzo chopped a single through the left side to begin the inning, and Beltre was brought on to pinch run.  A sac bunt by Jose Felix moved him to third, and after Kyle Murphy was intentionally walked, Beltre jumped out to a huge lead.  Bradley nearly picked him off on a throw to second-baseman Johnny Giavotella, but his second pickoff attempt sailed into center.  Beltre scored just ahead of the throw from centerfielder David Lough, running right into the waiting arms of his happy teammates.
 
 A game that was billed to be a strong pitchers’ duel between Burlington lefty Danny Duffy and Kings’ ace right-hander Blake Beavan turned out to be anything but.  Both starters were ousted before the fifth as the league’s premier power hitters took the stage.  Mike Moustakas hammered a two-run homer (his 21st) to put the Bees on top in the first, but Jonathan Greene answered with a three-run shot (his 20th) to the left-field berm to put the Kings up 9-5 in the sixth.
 
 That lead would not last as the Bees rallied for five runs to take the lead in the seventh.  Jason Taylor, who homered earlier to help chase Beavan from the game, contributed an RBI single to center off to get the rally started.  Clint Robinson’s groundout plated another run, and a flare single by Nick Van Stratten scored Taylor to make it a 9-8 game.  A drag bunt by Juan Rivera plated the tying run, and an off-balance throw by charging second-baseman Matt Lawson got away from first, sending Jamar Walton home for a 10-9 Bees’ lead.
 
 Still, the Kings had fight left.  Facing righty Zach Peterson (BS, 1) with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, league RBI leader Mitch Moreland provided the tying run with a massive blast (#13) that carried completely over the right-field Lumber Lounge and out of the ballpark.
 
 Kings’ lefty Ryan Turner kept the game tied over 4.0 pivotal relief innings, yielding only a hit and a walk while striking out two.  Right-hander Keisuke Ueno (W, 4-3) then worked a scoreless 12th to set the stage for the walk-off.
 
 Bradley (L, 1-4) took the loss, although the winning run was unearned.  He struck out two over 1.1 innings.
 
 Although hampered by a season-high 19 strikeouts, the LumberKings’ lineup still mashed for five extra-base hits, with four hitters finishing with multi-hit nights.  Greene finished 2-for-3 with three RBI…his 20th home run leaves him just two back of the Clinton single-season franchise record (Dick Kenworthy of the 1967 C-Sox).  Moreland ripped two doubles in addition to his homer, finishing 3-for-6 with two RBI.  Alfonzo and Felix both went 2-for-5.
 
 Designated-hitter Tim Smith kept his hitting streak alive at 13 games, going 1-for-6 with an RBI single and a run scored.
 
 The Bees actually out-hit the Kings 15-12 on the night, with Van Stratten’s 3-for-5 game leading the way.  They also got two-hit nights out of Lough, Moustakas, Taylor, Walton and Rivera.

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