Grizzlies Clinch Series with Win Over Greys
June 7, 2023 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
Sauget, IL - The Gateway Grizzlies got another outstanding start from Collin Sullivan on the mound, and took the lead early on Wednesday night at Grizzlies Ballpark, holding the advantage for a 5-3 win over the Empire State Greys to clinch the three-game midweek series.
Back-to-back solo home runs by Andrew Penner and Jairus Richards staked Sullivan (4-0) and the Grizzlies to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Gateway increased the lead to 3-0 when Abdiel Diaz and Willie Estrada executed a double-steal in the fifth inning, with the latter taking home for the game's third run.
Sullivan, meanwhile, surrendered only three hits in six shutout innings, walking one and striking out seven to improve to 4-0 in four starts this season.
After the Greys got on the board in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly by J.R. DiSarcina to make the score 4-1, Gateway also plated two late runs in the bottom of the eighth against Greys reliever Tanner Propst, as Clint Freeman led off with a solo home run to right-center field for a 4-1 lead. Later that same inning, Penner reached on an error and scored with two outs on an RBI single by D.J. Stewart.
In the ninth, the Greys got both runs back, with John Mead's solo homer making it 5-2, and a wild pitch with two outs scoring Christopher Cespedes from third base after he had reached on a double. But Colton Easterwood finished the game for his second save in as many nights for the Grizzlies, who also got manager Steve Brook his 606th career win as a Frontier League manager, breaking a tie with former Gateway manager Phil Warren and moving Brook into fourth place among skippers in league history.
With a record of 17-5 overall, Gateway will look for the three-game sweep on Thursday, June 8, at 6:45 p.m. CT, sending Zac Ryan to the hill against former Grizzlie Andres Rodriguez, who will start for the Greys.
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