Parsons Blanks Bandits to Open Series
Tommy Parsons tossed the first complete game of the Midwest League season to guide the Peoria Chiefs to a 7-0 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits in the opening game of a three-game series on Monday night at Dozer Park. The right-hander allowed a pair of doubles in the
Peoria (6-11) opened the scoring in their half of the second inning. With one out,
River Bandits starting pitcher Mark Moclair left the game with apparent discomfort in his throwing arm during the middle of a third inning at bat.
The Chiefs continued to build their lead over the next two innings. In the fourth, Donovan led off the inning with a double down the right field line, moved to third on a groundball and scored on Riley's fielder's choice grounder to second. Peoria built the lead to 7-0 with an RBI double by
Seven of the nine Chiefs hitters tallied at least one hit in the contest and eight different players reached base. Donovan reached base in all five trips to the plate and
Moclair took the loss after allowing two runs in 2.1 innings. Castellanos was tagged with five runs on six hits in 2.2 innings. The final pitcher to take the hill for the Bandits was
The River Bandits (8-8) continue the road trip with game two on Tuesday afternoon against the Peoria Chiefs. RHP
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