Grizzlies Come Back to Beat Y'alls
August 26, 2022 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
Sauget, IL - The Gateway Grizzlies trailed 3-0 going to the bottom of the fifth inning against the Florence Y'alls on Wednesday night, but used clutch, two-out hitting to come all the way back for a 4-3 victory, as they secured a split of the abbreviated, two-game series at GCS Credit Union Ballpark
Gateway starter J.P. Williams (3-7) and Florence starter Edgar Martinez held the other team scoreless through the first three innings. In the top of the fourth inning, the Y'alls loaded the bases with two outs for Rodney Tennie, who got hit by a pitch to bring in the first run. After the Grizzlies left two men in scoring position in the bottom of the fourth, the Y'alls capitalized with two outs when Ethan Stern hit a two-run home run to extend the Florence lead to 3-0.
The Grizzlies responded in the bottom of the fifth when, with two outs, Isaac Benard singled and Kevin Krause drew a walk to bring up Zach Racusin, who drove in both runners on a triple to get the Grizzlies on the board and make it 3-2. In the next inning, Trevor Achenbach was hit by a pitch, and two batters later Alex Hernandez brought him home on another two-out RBI single to tie the ballgame at 3-3.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Grizzlies then took the lead for good- with two outs yet again and runners on first and second base, Abdiel Diaz singled up the middle to break the tie and give Gateway the 4-3 lead. The bullpen took it from there, with Sam Gardner and John Murphy combining for a pair of shutdown innings in the eighth and ninth as the Grizzlies secured the win.
The victory on the mound went to Williams, as he earned his first win since June 4 by tying his season- and career-high with seven innings, striking out five while allowing three runs. The save by Murphy was also his eighth on the year, while the Grizzlies reached the 40-win mark as a team for the first time since 2016 with the comeback at home.
The Grizzlies will next hit the road to the Chicagoland area for their final road trip of the season beginning Friday night, August 26 at 6:30 p.m. CT when they visit the Schaumburg Boomers for the start of a four-game series. Brendan Feldmann will get the start on the mound for Gateway against Shumpei Yoshikawa for Schaumburg.
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