Fort Wayne, IN- The Peoria Chiefs couldn’t get the offense going Wednesday afternoon in a 1-0 road loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps. The loss, their fourth in a row, drops the Chiefs to 8-11 on the season and they will attempt to avoid the sweep Thursday night in Indiana.
The TinCaps took an early lead against Chiefs starter Jake Woodford in the bottom of the first inning. The first two batters, Rod Boykin and Michael Gettys, both drew walks and advanced on a wild pitch. With one out the TinCaps took a 1-0 lead on a RBI groundout from Carlos Belen before Woodford got out of the inning with a strikeout.
The Chiefs never got a runner past second base in the game and had only two chances with a runner in scoring position. Against starter Jacob Nix in the fourth inning, Magneuris Sierra made it to second on a bunt single and a throwing error by Nix. But he was left there with two straight flyouts as Nix ended his afternoon and gave way to Enyel De Los Santos. Craig Aikin walked to start the sixth and Sierra walked with two outs, but De Los Santos got a flyout to end the threat.
Woodford threw a career-high seven innings and allowed one run on three hits while walking a career-high five and striking out four. Luke Harrison threw one hitless inning with a walk and a strikeout.
Notes: Edmundo Sosa went 0-for-4 to end a 14 game hit streak, the longest in the MWL this season and tied for the longest by a Chiefs player since Javy Baez hit in 16 straight in July, 2012…Sierra picked up his team-leading eighth multi-hit game…Jose Godoy had the other two Chiefs hits…Starting pitchers have gone at least five innings in all 19 games…The Chiefs have 11 quality starts from starting pitchers including six in a row…The last four Chiefs starters have all gone seven innings and allowed two runs or less but none have a win to show for it…Woodford has made back-to-back Wednesday day game starts…He walked a career-high five batters, tied for the most walks issued a by a Chiefs hurler this season…The last time the Chiefs lost 1-0 was May 5, 2014 against Beloit…The Chiefs have turned six double plays in the first two games of the series…Spitz batted in the five spot for the first time after the promotion of OF Orlando Olivera…The Chiefs added infielder Dylan Becker from extended spring training, Becker arrived in the middle of the game…Peoria has a 1-4 record on one-run games this season and they have been shutout three times in 11 losses…The Chiefs are just 1-5 in day games this season…The Chiefs are just 6-14 against the TinCaps and 2-11 in Fort Wayne since the start of the 2010 season…The series concludes Thursday at 7:05 p.m. Eastern as the Chiefs send RH Sandy Alcantara (2-0, 3.18) to the mound against TinCaps RH Walker Lockett (0-1, 2.86)…The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 6:50 p.m Eastern., 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.
