By WJBC Staff
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Peoria Chiefs and Cedar Rapids Kernels were suspended by rain in the middle of the fourth inning Thursday night with the hosts on top 6-2. The game will finish Monday at 5:00 p.m. in Peoria with Cedar Rapids as the home team. This game will play to a full nine innings and the regularly scheduled game will be shortened to just a seven-inning game.
The Chiefs jumped all over lefty starter Stephen Gonsalves in the top of the first inning. Andrew Sohn singled with one out and moved to second on a hit by Collin Radack. Nick Thompson gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead with a single to left and with two down, Steve Bean added a RBI single to left for a 2-0 Peoria lead.
Cedar Rapids came right back to tie the game in the bottom of the inning against Dewin Perez. Tanner English launched a lead off triple to the 407 foot marker in left-center and scored on a Nick Gordon single. Trey Vavra scored a double to the wall in left to put two in scoring position before Zach Larson tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
The Kernels went right back to work in the second. Rainis Silva doubled to the left-center field wall and scored on a one-out sacrifice fly by Blake Schmitt. After English walked the game was delayed as the groundscrew worked on the mound. English moved to third as Gordon reached on an error by Alex DeLeon at first base and Vavra smashed his fourth home run of the season to left for a 6-2 Kernels lead.
After the Chiefs went in order in the fourth inning, the game was delayed by rain as the umpires called for the tarp. The game was suspended after 38 minutes and the Kernels will have Tyler Kuresa leading off the bottom of the fourth when the game resumes on Monday.
