Grizzlies Blown out at Tri-City
Published on July 22, 2022 under Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
The Gateway Grizzlies fell behind big early, and could never recover in losing to the Tri-City ValleyCats on Friday night by a score of 16-4 at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium.
Carson LaRue (2-3) struggled in the game, allowing a pair of homers in the bottom of the first which gave Tri-City a 3-0 lead. The ValleyCats then scored a single run in the second inning to take a 4-0 lead before Gateway responded in the top of the third- Ian Bibiloni hit a solo homer in his first at-bat with the Grizzlies, and Isaac Benard followed with a bomb of his own later in the inning to make it a 4-2 Gateway deficit.
But another homer, this one by Brad Zunica, made it 5-2, and the ValleyCats chased LaRue with a three-run fourth inning to make the score 8-2. After Justin Ferrell tossed a pair of scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth, the wheels fell off the cart for the Grizzlies in the seventh, as they issued five walks (giving them a season-high-tying nine in the game overall) and also gave up two more home runs in what became an eight-run inning, with Denis Phipps' grand slam making the score 16-2.
Kevin Krause would get the Grizzlies back on the board in the top of the eighth with a two-run double, but it was too little, too late for a comeback as Gateway dropped the series opener in their first-ever meeting with the ValleyCats.
Gateway will look to bounce back on Saturday, July 23, at 6:00 p.m. CT in the middle game of the series against Tri-City, with J.P. Williams taking the mound for the Grizzlies against ValleyCats southpaw Ryan Williamson at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium.
The Gateway Grizzlies are a professional baseball team, located a mere 10 minutes from downtown St. Louis in Sauget, Illinois. The Grizzlies offer baseball fans affordable, family fun at GCS Credit Union Ballpark with a great view of the St. Louis skyline. They have also won two Frontier League Organization of the Year Awards, three West Division titles, and the 2003 Frontier League Championship. For tickets or general information, please visit gatewaygrizzlies.com or call (618) 337-3000.
The Frontier League debuted in 1993, and is the largest of the Major League Baseball Partner Leagues, featuring teams stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and from the Ohio River to the St. Lawrence Seaway. More information and the complete 2022 schedule can be found at frontierleague.com.
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