CornBelters Drop Road Finale at Gateway
Published on August 26, 2012 under Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
SAUGET, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, lost the final road game of the season to the Gateway Grizzlies 11-7 on Sunday evening at GCS Ballpark.
The Grizzlies opened the scoring in the second inning when Jon Myers led off with a double high off the wall in left field followed by a two-run homer by Landon Hernandez to right center.
The CornBelters answered in the third when Derrick Fox drew a leadoff walk followed by a base hit by Pat McKenna. A wild pitch sent the runners to second and third, and ground outs by Tyler Wiesemeyer and Steven Felix scored both to even the game at 2-2.
Gateway put four runs up in the fourth inning to take a 6-2 lead. Hernandez plated a run with a double, Jon Shelby hit a two-run double and the CornBelters committed two throwing errors as the Grizzlies surged to the four-run lead. The CornBelters could not score in the top of the fifth, and heavy rain began just as the inning concluded, suspending play for 31 minutes.
Coming out of the stoppage, the Grizzlies added a pair of runs with RBI's collected by Rogelio Noris and Jon Myers to build the lead to 8-2.
The Belters got back on the board in the sixth when Steven Felix and Ernie Banks Jr. led off with singles. Randy Wells drove Felix home, and Bobby Rinard knocked in Banks with a base hit to the right field corner plus an error to cut the deficit to 8-5.
The Grizzlies continued to score in the seventh, adding three runs with RBI's from Noris, Antonio DeJesus and Shelby to increase the host's advantage to 11-5.
The CornBelters put two more runs on the board in the ninth when Jesse Olivar led off with a walk and went to third on a Pat McKenna double. Wiesemeyer and Felix drove both in for the game's final score of 11-7.
Drew Provence (5-3) took the loss as Chris Enourato (5-4) picked up the win. Zac Treece recorded the final out for his fourth save.
The CornBelters return home for the final six games of the regular season with action at the Corn Crib on Tuesday through Sunday. The CornBelters host the Florence Freedom Tuesday through Thursday and the Joliet Slammers Friday through Sunday. Game times are 6:30 p.m. each night except Sunday, which begins at 5 p.m.
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