PCL Salt Lake Bees

Gatewood Walks It off as Salt Lake Edges out Oklahoma City

Published on August 7, 2022 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
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The Salt Lake Bees hit three home runs, but it was Jake Gatewood who provided the biggest blast of the night as he hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Bees a 4-3 win over Oklahoma City Saturday night. It was the 50th win of the season for the Bees and it gives them a chance to earn a series split with the best team in the PCL Sunday in the finale.

Gatewood went 2-for-4 with the walk-off blast and a single in the seventh inning. Matt Thaiss and Kyle Kasser each went 1-for-4 with a home run. It was the 50th big fly of Thaiss' Salt Lake career and the first Triple-A home run of Kasser's career.

Cesar Valdez earned his ninth quality start of the season, going seven innings and giving up just two earned runs on four hits. He also struck out eight batters, one short of his season high. Elvis Peguero earned the win after putting together a hitless ninth inning.

Saturday's contest was a back-and-forth affair with the score being tied three times and neither team ever leading by more than one run. The Dodgers scored first in the opening frame on a fielding error by the Bees. Thaiss hit his solo shot in the second inning to tie the game at 1-1.

Oklahoma City scored again in the third inning and Kasser answered in the bottom of the inning with his home run. The Dodgers took a 3-2 lead in the fourth and held onto it until the bottom of the sixth when Dillon Thomas hit an RBI-double to tie the game at 3-3.

With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and down to his last strike, Gatewood muscled his 15th home run of the season over the wall in right field to send the Salt Lake faithful home with a win.

The Bees will look to earn a split with the Dodgers tomorrow afternoon at 1:05 p.m. in the series finale.

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