Ellison, Mardirosian Homer in 9-3 Loss
August 9, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
NORMAL, Ill. - The Gateway Grizzlies scored first Wednesday night on a Blake Brown RBI double, but Gateway fell behind shortly thereafter and never regained the lead in a 9-3 loss to the Normal CornBelters at The Corn Crib.
Gateway (33-43) lost its second straight, and is 0-5 in Normal this season.
Brown was 2-for-4 with a double, continuing the Bloomington-Normal native's career-long trend of hitting well in his hometown.
Justin Ellison and Shane Mardirosian both had solo homers to account for the Grizzlies' other two runs.
Normal (39-32) won its sixth straight game.
Chris Metrick threw two scoreless innings of relief with three strikeouts. Mason Klotz (4-4) had to leave the game in the second inning with an apparent injury and took the loss.
Gateway and Normal will complete their three-game series Thursday at 7:05 p.m.
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