PEORIA, Ill.—The Beloit Sky Carp were down 4-1 against the Peoria Chiefs and, as was the case several times in the six-game series, its bats just couldn’t seem to get going.
That is until the fifth inning.
Joe Mack knocked in a run with his single and Cameron Barstad later ripped a tie-breaking three-run double into left field to propel Beloit to a 9-4 win in Sunday’s series finale.
The crucial fifth frame started with Jorge Caballero drawing a walk and Yiddi Cappe and Brett Roberts both singling to load the bases. Mack sent a single to left to make it 4-2 and, after Torin Montgomery struck out, a balk scored Cappe. Barstad’s two-bagger put the Sky Carp in front for good.
The Chiefs won the series 4-2 after the Sky Carp won Wednesday's game 2-1. Beloit had been outscored 27-11 heading into Sunday’s game.
Alex Williams earned the win as he went five innings and allowed seven hits, four earned runs and five strikeouts. Jared Poland allowed a hit and walk but no runs while Tyler Eckberg, Anderson Pilar and Dale Stanavich didn’t allow a hit over the final three frames.
Cappe went 3-for-5 while Roberts, Mack and Barstad all had two hits. Anyelo Encarnacion and Joshua Baez each hit two-run homers for Peoria.
The Sky Carp are off Monday before returning to Beloit for a six-game series at ABC Supply Stadium. Tuesday’s game starts at 1:05 p.m.
• FRIDAY GAME ONE: The Chiefs blew the game open with a seven-run third inning as the Sky Carp fell 12-4 in a seven-inning makeup for Thursday’s rainout.
Mack and Montgomery each had RBI singles while Carlos Santiago hit a one-run double in the three-run first. Karson Milbrandt struggled in his start for Beloit as he allowed five runs (four earned) on four hits and five walks in just 1 1-3 innings.
Cappe, Mack and Montgmorey all finished with two hits.
• FRIDAY GAME TWO: In the nightcap, Cappe and Josh Zamora hit one-run singles but two errors led to four unearned runs in the sixth to help Peoria win 6-2 in seven innings.
Cade Gibson allowed six hits and two earned runs with five strikeouts in the three-inning performance. Pilar tossed two scoreless frames. Dakota Harris had three hits for the Chiefs, who outhit Beloit 9-5.
• Saturday: RBI doubles from Alex Iadisernia and Leonardo Bernal proved to be more than enough for Peoria, which shutout the Sky Carp 3-0.
Roberts had two of Beloit’s five hits and Ike Buxton was strong in his start: five innings, two earned runs, three walks and six strikeouts. But the Sky Carp were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
SKY CARP 9, CHIEFS 4
Beloit 010 050 003 — 9 11 0
Peoria 200 200 000 — 4 8 3
BELOIT (ab-r-h-rbi) — Cappe, 2b, 5-2-3-0, Roberts, rf, 4-2-2-0, Mack, dh, 4-2-2-1, Montgomery, 1b, 4-1-1-1, Marinez, 1b, 4-1-1-1, Barstad, c, 5-0-2-3, Spohn, 5-0-1-1, Luttrell, cf, 4-0-0-0, Caballero, lf, 3-1-0-0. Totals: 38-9-11-6.
PEORIA (ab-r-h-rbi) — Moquete, lf, 5-1-1-0, Encarnacion, 2b, 3-1-1-2, Levenson, cf, 4-0-2-0, Curialle, dh, 1-0-0-0, Rodriguez, pr-dh, 3-0-0-0, Tovailn, 1b, 3-0-0-0, Moore, ss, 4-1-1-0, Harris, 3b, 3-0-1-0, Baez, rf, 4-1-2-2, Tarlow, c, 2-0-0-0. Totals: 32-4-8-4.
E: Encarnacion, Baez, Harris. DP: Beloit 2, Peoria 2. LOB: Beloit 8, Peoria 6. SB: Cappe, Moore, Tovalin, Baez. CS: Spohn, Encarnacion. 2B: Barstad, Levenson. 3B: Moquete. HR: Encarnacion, Baez, SAC: Harris.
Pitching (ip-h-r-er-bb-so): Beloit, Williams (W,1-1,5.0-7-4-4-1-5), Poland (H,2,1.0-1-0-0-1-1), Eckberg (H,2,1.0-0-0-0-1-1), Pilar (H,1,1.0-0-0-0-0-0), Stanavich (1.0-0-0-0-0-2). Peoria, Hansen (L,0-1,4.0-9-5-5-1-4), Pereira (1.0-1-1-1-1-2), Jacobson (2.0-1-0-0-0-2), Heredia (1.0-0-0-0-1-1), Rodriguez (1.0-0-3-0-2-1).
HBP: Roberts (by Rodriguez), Tovailn (by Poland). T: 2:46. Att: 1,645.
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