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Grizzlies Drop Middle Game at Schaumburg

June 8, 2022 - Frontier League (FL)
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The Gateway Grizzlies were held to just three hits offensively by Schaumburg Boomers starter Ryan Middendorf (3-1) on Wednesday night at Wintrust Field, and committed four errors defensively in a 4-1 loss, evening their midweek series at one game apiece.

A leadoff error in the bottom of the first inning led to a pair of unearned runs against Gateway starter Clint Freeman (0-1), and gave the Boomers a 2-0 lead that was expanded to 3-0 the next inning, when Nick Oddo hit a solo home run to right field.

Gateway got three walks from Middendorf in the first two innings, but the right-hander preceded to retire the next 11 Grizzlies in a row, pitching a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Breland Almadova broke it up with a clean single to right field. In the seventh, Gateway would also break up the shutout when Peter Zimmermann launched his sixth homer of the season to left-center field to make it a 3-1 Schaumburg lead.

But the Boomers took advantage of two wild pitches in the bottom half of the seventh to get that run back, and the Grizzlies could not manage a late comeback against Middendorf or Darryl Thompson, who pitched the ninth for the save as the Boomers evened up the series.

The Grizzlies and Boomers will now play a rubber game to decide the series on Thursday, June 9, at 6:30 p.m., with Sam Gardner pitching for the Grizzlies against Schaumburg's Shumpei Yoshikawa at Wintrust Field.

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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