Suwinski and Greene Homer in Peoria
PEORIA, Ill. - The TinCaps' five-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday night at Dozer Park in a 4-3 loss to the Peoria Chiefs (St. Louis Cardinals).
PEORIA, Ill. - The TinCaps' five-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday night at Dozer Park in a 4-3 loss to the Peoria Chiefs (St. Louis Cardinals).
After the first nine batters of the game were retired in order, Chiefs (14-9, 44-48) first baseman
McCarvel struck again with two outs in the third, belting a two-run double to left that made it 3-0. Peoria increased its lead to 4-0 with an unearned, two-out run in the fourth.
Midwest League All-Star
Greene got Fort Wayne within a run, 4-3, in the seventh as he clubbed a solo homer to left off O'Reilly.
But the Chiefs gave the ball to a pair of 25-year-olds (the average age in the Midwest League is 21) to hang on. Although the TinCaps put the tying run on in the seventh, eighth, and ninth,
Next Game
Sunday, July 16 @ Peoria (3 p.m.)
- TinCaps Probable Starter: RH Ronald Bolanos
- Chiefs Probable Starter: RH
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