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Tagged: Pete Vonachen St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jake Westbrook tossed seven shutout innings in his rehab start with the Peoria Chiefs to lead the squad to a 9-1 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits Sunday evening at Dozer Park before 3,633 fans. Westbrook has been on the Cardinals’ disabled list since May 9 with elbow inflammation. Jake retired the first 14 River Bandits he faced and overall allowed one run on four hits over seven innings. He struck out five and did not issue a walk while throwing 76 pitches, 53 for strikes. Westbrook got eight groundouts and three strikeouts in his first 11 batters faced before a foul pop up ended the fourth. He induced two more groundouts to start the fifth before allowing a single, double and a run. All told Westbrook struck out five, got 14 groundball outs, picked a runner off first and just one out in the air. -Bob
Jake Westbrook Strong Start Propels Peoria Chiefs Past QC River Bandits June 10th, 2013 Posted in Ballpark, Chiefs, Homer, Illinois, River Bandits, pitching Tagged Breyvic Valera, Carlos Correa, Carson Kelly, Caterpillar, Dann Bilardello, Dozer Park, Gerwuins Velazco, Houston Astros, Ildemaro Vargas, Jacob Wilson, Jake Westbrook, Jeremy Schaffer, Jordan Walton, Juan Minaya, Louisville Slugger, Midwest League, MWL, Nick Martini, Nike, Omar Lopez, Patrick Wisdom, Peoria Chiefs, Pete Vonachen, Quad City River Bandits, Rawlings, St. Louis Cardinals, Under Armour, Wilson No Comments Doug McDermott turned in a double-double with 32 points on 12-of-17 shooting and 11 rebounds as visiting Creighton (23-7, 12-5 MVC) spoiled the Bradley’s Senior Night with an 80-62 victory Wednesday night at Carver Arena before 7,730 fans. All four Bradley seniors – Jake Eastman, Will Egolf, Milos Knezevic and Dyricus Simms-Edwards - started the game for the Braves (16-14, 7-10 MVC), helping the home team to a quick 4-0 lead. The Braves still were within 42-40 following a Simms-Edwards 3-pointer with 16:01 remaining before the Bluejays launched a 31-6 run in a span of 8-minutes, 52-seconds that broke the game open. Walt Lemon, Jr. paced Bradley with 17 points and Egolf added 11. Simms-Edwards had nine points and his two steals pushed his season total to 83, tying Willie Scott’s single-season school record set in 1982-83. -Bob
Creighton Spoils Senior Night for the Braves February 27th, 2013 Posted in Basketball, Bluejays, Braves, College, Illinois, MVC Tagged Austin Chatman, Bradley University, Carver arena, Creighton, Creighton University, Doug McDermott, Dyricus Simms-Edwards, Ethan Wragge, Geno Ford, Grant Gibbs, Greg McDermott, Gregory Echenique, Jake Eastman, Jalen Crawford, Jordan Prosser, Ka'Darryl Bell, Milos Knezevic, Missouri Valley Conference, MVC, Nate Wells, Nike, Payton McSimov, Pete Vonachen, Shayok Shayok, The Valley, Tyshon Pickett, Walt Lemon Jr., Will Egolf, Willie Scott No Comments I went down to O’Brien Field to photograph the next to last home game of the season of the Peoria Chiefs. Looking to shoot some behind the scenes stuff of the crowd rather than the game, after nearly six months of shooting baseball over the summer. Hope you enjoy the snapshots as I get ready for fall season. -Bob
2012 Peoria Chiefs Season Winds Down August 31st, 2012 Posted in Ballpark, Baseball, Budweiser, Chicago Cubs, Chiefs, Class A, Cubs, Illinois, Kernels, MLB, RBI, Sports, gloves, pitcher, pitching Tagged Budweiser, Casey Kopitzke, Cedar Rapids Kernels, Chicago Cubs, Jacob Rogers, Jorge Soler, Midwest League, New Era, Nike, O'Brien Field, Peoria Chiefs, Pete Vonachen, Rawlings, Under Armour, Wilson No Comments The Peoria Chiefs’ three-game winning streak ended when the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored three runs in the ninth inning to hand the Chiefs a 4-1 loss on Tuesday on Illini Night at O’Brien Field before 1,334 fans. The loss dampened a night that started with new Illinois men’s basketball coach John Groce throwing out a ceremonial first pitch. The Timber Rattlers had three straight singles to start the inning against Peoria reliever Justin Berg to break the tie. A second run scored on an error by Wes Darvill and Berg was lifted for Austin Reed. Click here for game stats. -Bob
Wisconsin Scores Late to Beat Peoria Chiefs on Illini Night August 28th, 2012 Posted in Ballpark, Baseball, Bats, Chiefs, Class A, Cubs, Fighting Illini, Illinois, Midwest League, Minor League, O'Brien Field, RBI, Timber Rattlers, gloves, pitching Tagged Austin Reed, Ben Wells, Casey Kopitzke, Chad Krist, Chicago Cubs, Dustin Geiger, Illini, John Groce, Jorge Soler, Justin Berg, Midwest League, Nike, O'Brien Field, Peoria Chiefs, Pete Vonachen, Pin-Chieh Chen, Rawlings, Under Armour, University of Illinois, Wes Darvill, Wilson, Wisconsin Timber Ratlers, Zeke No Comments The Peoria Chiefs committed 5 costly errors were defeated by the Burlington Bees 5-1 before 3,234 fans on Bradley University Community night at O’Brien Field. All five of there runs scored were unearned. The Chiefs could manage just two hits off Burlington starter Tanner Peters (2-4), who also struck out eight in five innings of work. Chiefs starting pitcher Jeffry Antigua (1-2) took the loss. Bradley Braves new women’s head basketball coach Michael Brooks threw out the first pitch prior to the start of the game. Click here for the game box score. -Bob
Burlington Bees Top Peoria Chiefs on Bradley Community Night August 15th, 2012 Posted in Ballpark, Baseball, Batter, Bees, Braves, Chiefs, Class A, Cubs, Illinois, RBI, pitcher, pitching Tagged Bradley University, Burlington Bees, Casey Kopitzke, Chad Krist, Chicago Cubs, Dustin Geiger, Geno Ford, Jeffry Antigua, Jorge Soler, Michael Brooks, Midwest League, O'Brien Field, Peoria Chiefs, Pete Vonachen, Pin-Chieh Chen, Tanner Peters, TPX, Under Armour, Wes Darvill, Wilson, Zeke DeVoss No Comments « Older Entries
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