Grizzlies Pile up Runs Early in Win
Published on May 15, 2018 under Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
WASHINGTON, Pa. - The Gateway Grizzlies (4-0) hammered out seven runs on five hits in the first inning Tuesday night and won their fourth in a row to open the season with an 8-5 triumph over the Washington Wild Things.
Blake Brown got the scoring started with a two-run single that scored Matt Hearn and Cody Livesay. Terry McClure drove Brown home on an RBI double before scoring himself on a wild pitch. Jonathan Piron, Brennan Morgan and Joel McKeithan all added runs of their own.
Washington starter Danny Garmendia lasted just a third of an inning in his Frontier League debut.
Gateway added a run in the third on a colossal McKeithan solo home run over the scoreboard in left-center field - his second big fly of the young campaign.
Washington (2-2) got a Roman Collins three-run homer in the sixth and a Reydel Medina solo shot in the seventh, but Grizzlies relievers retired the final eight Wild Things to bat and survived for the win.
Will Anderson (1-0) picked up the victory and rookie Patrick Boyle earned his first save with a perfect 1 1/3 innings, featuring two strikeouts, to close the ballgame.
The Grizzlies and the Wild Things match up again tomorrow night in game two of the series at 6:05 p.m. CDT. Fans can tune in at 5:50 p.m. for the Budweiser Pregame Show to kick off the Grizzlies Media Network's coverage. The game will air on KJFF (1400 AM), yoradio.com/grizzlies and the Yo Radio app.
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