Grizzlies Drop Third Straight Game
Published on June 21, 2023 under Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
Florence, KY - The Gateway Grizzlies got a "quality start" on the mound on Wednesday night against the Florence Y'alls from Joey Gonzalez (3-4), but were no-hit for the first five innings and could not get the tying run across despite opportunities to do so in a 7-3 loss at Thomas More Stadium, the team's third straight defeat.
Brennan Price's two-run home run in the first inning staked the home team to a 2-0 lead, but that was the only scoring in the game until the seventh inning. Gonzalez locked down for the Grizzlies on the mound, retiring 17 of the final 19 batters he faced for the rest of his start, striking out four, walking one, and only surrendering one more hit in the contest to keep the Grizzlies' offense within striking distance.
But Gateway could not get the big hit they needed against Edgar Martinez, as despite the Florence starter walking five and hitting two more batters, they were no-hit until the sixth inning. In that frame, D.J. Stewart broke up the no-no with a leadoff single to right field, and a walk and fielder's choice loaded the bases with no one out, putting the tying run in scoring position. But a strikeout and a double-play ground ball ended the biggest threat to score in the contest.
The Grizzlies would get on the board in the next inning against reliever Michael Kirian, with Jairus Richards and Andrew Penner reaching base on singles to lead off, then stealing third and second base, respectively, before Gabe Holt put Gateway on the board with a sacrifice fly and made the score 2-1. But again, the Grizzlies were unable to tie the score despite having the tying run in scoring position in both the seventh and the eighth, and in the bottom of the eighth, Florence scored five runs on three consecutive two-out hits off Zach Blankenship, taking a 7-1 lead.
Peter Zimmermann cranked a two-run double in the top of the ninth to get the Grizzlies within four, but that was as close as they got as they stranded 12 runners on base in total, dropping their third straight game and the series with the loss. Gateway will look to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Y'alls on Thursday, June 22, at 5:34 p.m. CT, sending Lukas Veinbergs to the mound before they return home to Grizzlies Ballpark for the weekend.
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