Chiefs End Streak With 7-1 Win

Peoria, IL- The Peoria Chiefs snapped a six-game losing streak with a big 7-1 win over the Beloit Snappers to open a six-game homestand Tuesday night. The win improves the Chiefs to 9-10 on the season.

     The Snappers got the scoring started in the top of the fifth against Luis Perdomo. Brett Vertigan reached base on a one-out walk, stole second and scored on a two-out single by Yairo Munoz for the 1-0 lead.

     The Chiefs tied the game at 1-1 in their half of the fifth when Blake Drake blasted a one-out homer off starter Heath Fillmyer to left field. The homer was Drake's first of the year and gave him his fourth RBI of the season.

     Peoria pulled ahead with six runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 7-1 lead. Danny Diekroeger led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on a single from Collin Radack. Both men advanced 90 feet on a passed ball by Argenis Raga. Justin Ringo singled to score Diekroeger and move Radack to third. Alex DeLeon singled to drive in Radack and move Ringo to second. Mike Fagan came in to relieve Fillmyer and walked Steve Bean to load the bases. Drake doubled to right-center to bring Ringo and DeLeon home, and Bean scored on an error to make it 6-1. Darren Seferina and Magneuris Sierra struck out back-to-back but Sierra reached base on a wild pitch to put runners and the corners with one out. Oscar Mercado was the ninth batter in the inning and he doubled to drive in Drake and make the score 7-1.

     Perdomo (1-0) allowed one run on five hits over six innings. He walked three and struck out three while earning the victory. Zach Loraine allowed one hit in two shutout innings with two strikeouts and no walks. Kyle Grana worked a scoreless ninth, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Notes: Drake's home run is the second for the Chiefs in 2015, and the first at home in 81 ⅓ innings…Drake's six total bases in the game is the most for an individual Chiefs player in 2015...Three RBI for Drake marks his first multi-RBI game of the season… Ringo added his fourth multi-hit game of the season...Peoria has now out-scored their opponents 12-8 in the sixth inning...Perdomo recorded his first quality start of the season, marking the eighth such outing by Chiefs pitching in 2015…The Chiefs' two double plays turned came one shy of tying their season high … The six-run sixth was one shy of tying the Chiefs season high set April 12 at Wisconsin …Six Chiefs players crossed the plate at least once, Drake was the only one to score twice ...The Chiefs scored seven runs behind Perdomo, more than double his average run support for the season... The comeback win is the fourth such occurrence for the season...Grana now leads the Midwest League with seven games finished...The Chiefs are now 4-3 in the opening game of a series this year...Peoria is now 3-0 when scoring five or more runs, and they are 9-4 when allowing four or fewer…The Chiefs continue the homestand on Wednesday with game two of the homestand beginning at 11:00 a.m.…Wednesday is Education Day at Dozer Park sponsored by KidsActOnEnergy.com...It is also a Dollar Dog Wins-day with $1 hot dogs and sodas presented by Hebrew National...The Chiefs are scheduled to start LH Austin Gomber (1-2, 5.74) against Beloit RH Junior Mendez (0-1, 8.03)… The broadcast can be heard, starting with the Pre-Game Show at 10:45 a.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 MiLB Inside the Park and Tune-In Radio Apps.