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The Chiefs took care of the Red Wins 5-3 and it was Kevin Barker who led the way at the plate.  He was a perfect three for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.  Wayne Lydon doubled, drew two walks and drove in two runs.

Jordan De Jong picked up the win and he improved to 3-0 on the season.  He gave up just one walks and no hits in 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Jeremy Cummings dropped to 3-6 on the season with a rough start in the Chiefs’ 8-2 loss to Pawtucket.  He gave up four runs on six hits and one walk with five strikeouts in four innings of work.

Ray Olmedo went two for four with a double.  Kevin Barker doubled, drove in a run and scored.

Josh Banks fell to 7-6 on the season with a tough start in the Chiefs 7-4 loss to the Red Sox.  He gave up five runs on nine hits and one walk with four strikeouts in five innings of work.

Adam Lind went two for three with a double, an RBI, two walks and two runs.  Kevin Barker went three for five with a double and an RBI.

Victor Zambrano improved to 2-1 on the season with a nice start in the Chiefs 7-2 win over Charlotte. He gave up two runs on two hits with three walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings.

Kevin Barker was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a solo homerun and two runs.  John-Ford Griffin went one for four with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Josh Banks improved to 6-4 on the season with a nice start in the Chief’s 6-4 win over Toledo.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in six solid innings.

Erik Kratz doubled and drove in two runs in the win.  Kevin Barker went three for three with a run and an RBI.

John Thomson fell to 2-4 on the season with a rough start in the Chiefs 12-3 loss to the Mud Hens.  He gave up six runs on seven hits and four walks with six strikeouts in five innings.

Kevin Barker went one for four with two RBIs.  Ryan Roberts went two for three with an RBI and a run.

The Chiefs remained one of the hottest team in the minor leagues when they edged the Clippers in ten innings for their ninth straight win.  Curtis Thigpen drove in a run in the bottom of the ninth on a sac. fly to send the game into extra frames and then John-Ford Griffin tripled home Kevin Barker in the bottom of the tenth to win it.  Barker finished the game two for three with a homerun, two RBIs and two runs.

Jordan De Jong improved to 2-0 with three shutout innings of relief pitching.  He gave up one hit and three walks with three strikeouts.

Michael MacDonald got it done for the Chiefs in their 6-1 win over the Clippers.  He gave up one run on eight hits and two walks with one strikeout in seven innings of work.

Chad Mottola hit a two run homer in the win.  Kevin Barker went one for one with two walks, two RBIs and two runs.

The Chiefs were blown out 10-4 and all ten of the runs given up came in the first two innings off of Josh Banks.  He gave up ten runs on eleven hits with a strikeout and he was credited with only one inning of work.  In his previous four starts, he had given up just eleven runs and it was his first start where he gave up more then four.

Kevin Barker and Erik Kratz hit two run homers.  John Hattig doubled, drew a walk and scored two runs.

Michael MacDonald blew a 3-0 lead and he dropped his first start of the season in a 4-3 loss to Indianapolis.  He gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.

Kevin Barker was the hitting star in the loss.  He went two for three with a run and an RBI.

The Chiefs took it to the Yankees today and won both ends of a doubleheader. In they first game, Kevin Barker had three hits and four RBIs and Curtis Thigpen had two hits, three runs and three RBIs in the 8-2 win.  Josh Banks picked up the win with a seven inning complete game.  He gave up two runs on eight hits with two strikeouts.

The second game was closer but the end result was the same.  Thigpen had the game winner with a walk off two run homer.  Matt Roney picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of shutout relief.  He struck out four.

Syracuse scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the game and then they scored a single run in the bottom of the fourteenth to win it.  Kevin Barker doubled and drove in two runs and Russ Adams hit a oslo homerun in the 4-3 win.

Geremi Gonzalez threw five shutout innings and he gave up just one hit with five strikeouts in his start.  Jason Scobie picked up the win with an inning of shutout relief.

This was a tough loss.  The Chiefs were down 4-0 and then Kevin Barker, John Hattig and Sal Fasano hit back to back to back homeruns in the top of the seventh to tie it. Unfortunately, Blaine Neal gave up a ninth inning run as the Chiefs let this one slip.

Geremi Gonzalez was hit hard in his start.  He gave up four runs on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts in just 1 2/3 innings.