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Grizzlies Lose Heartbreaker to Florence

June 14, 2022 - Frontier League (FL)
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Sauget, IL - The Gateway Grizzlies had the Florence Y'alls down to their final strike in the top of the ninth inning of a back-and-forth contest on Tuesday night when Anthony Brocato hit a go-ahead, three-run home run in a stunning 7-6 defeat, their fourth straight overall, at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.

The Grizzlies got the initial lead in the game thanks to an RBI single by former Y'all Jackson Pritchard in the bottom of the second at 1-0, but Florence responded by scoring two runs in the top of the third to take their first lead. Trevor Achenbach then homered in the bottom of the frame to tie the score at 2-2.

It stayed that way until the fifth inning, when another former Florence player, Isaac Benard, clubbed a home run to right field that made the score 3-2. But the Grizzlies could not hold that lead, as with two outs in the next inning, Ian Bibiloni singled in the tying run and made it 3-3 after six innings.

Florence then took the lead at 4-3 on Casey Combs' solo shot off John Murphy in the top of the eighth. In the bottom half, it was Gateway's turn to rally. Clint Freeman led off with a double, and Jay Prather doubled him home to make it 4-4 with his career-high fourth hit of the game. He advanced to third base on a throwing error on the same play, and would score on a passed ball with Abdiel Diaz at the plate to put the Grizzlies in front 5-4. Another error later in the same inning would bring in the go-ahead run and put Gateway ahead 6-4.

But in the ninth, an error and a walk opened the door for Florence. After Brennan Price moved the runners to second and third base on a groundout, Reed Hayes (1-2) got ahead of Brocato 0-2, and surrendered the titanic home run to vault Florence in front at 7-6. Peter Zimmermann would get on base and end up all the way at third base with one out in the bottom half, but the Grizzlies could not score the tying run in dropping the absolute heartbreaker to open up their nine-game home stand.

The middle game of the three-game series will take place on Wednesday, June 15, at 10:45 a.m., with Sam Gardner taking the ball on the mound for the Grizzlies as they look to even the series.

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