TinCaps Double up Chiefs 6-3

FORT WAYNE, IN – The Fort Wayne TinCaps scored three times in the fourth inning and knocked off the Chiefs for the first time this week in a 6-3 victory Friday.

After the TinCaps took a 1-0 lead into the top of the fourth, Peoria quickly answered. Darlin Moquete tripled to the gap in left center and scored on a Won-Bin Cho single through the right side.

In the home fourth, Fort Wayne created some distance. Following a single and a walk, Chiefs starter Pete Hansen was lifted from the game. Zane Mills entered and surrendered a single to Kai Murphy, giving the TinCaps a 2-1 advantage. The lead grew to 4-1 when Jay Beshears grounded a double inside the first base bag.

The Chiefs battled back in the sixth inning, trimming the Fort Wayne lead to one. With runners at second and third, Cho hit a chopper back to the mound that eluded Fort Wayne’s Will Geerdes to plate Leonardo Bernal and make it a 4-2 score. The next batter, Joshua Baez, recorded a sac fly to make it 4-3.

Newly-signed hurler Osvaldo Berrios made his Cardinals organizational debut on Friday. The right-hander was signed to a minor-league contract on Monday after making nine appearances for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. After a 1-2-3 seventh, Murphy connected on a key two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the TinCaps some much needed insurance and a 6-3 lead.

Peoria went down 1-2-3 in the ninth inning for their first loss of the series. Dating back to last season, the Chiefs remain 8-2 in their last 10 games against Fort Wayne.

Hancel Rincon takes the ball for the Chiefs on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 P.M. EST/5:35 P.M CST.