Chiefs blanked at Wisconsin

Posted on April 15, 2016

By WJBC Staff

GRAND CHUTE, Wisc. – The Peoria Chiefs got just two hits after the first inning and dropped their third straight game with a 4-0 road loss to the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Thursday night.

The Chiefs are now 3-4 on the season with three games left on the series in Wisconsin.

The Chiefs started the game with consecutive singles by Eli Alvarez and Edmundo Sosa. Both runners moved up 90 feet on a one-out groundout but were left in scoring position. By the time the Chiefs got another hit, with two outs in the sixth inning, Wisconsin led 4-0.

Wisconsin grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning against Chiefs starter Jake Woodford. After a double play erased a lead-off walk, Woodford allowed three straight singles with David Denson driving home Tucker Neuhaus for the game’s first run. In the second inning, Alan Sharkey led off with a single and Elvis Rubio hit a two-run homer to left for a 3-0 lead. Wisconsin scored again in the fifth inning as Monte Harrison singled, Neuhaus doubled and Max McDowell delivered a sacrifice fly.
Woodford (1-1) took the loss allowing four runs on nine hits and two walks and a hit batter over 5 2/3 innings. Woodford struck out four in his second start of the season. Steve Gallardo allowed two hits over 2 1/3 shutout innings while striking out two.

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