Grizzlies Stay Hot, Win Sixth Straight Game
May 30, 2023 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
Avon, OH - The Gateway Grizzlies got six innings and 10 strikeouts from starter Carson LaRue on Tuesday night, and added insurance runs in the middle and late parts of the game in besting the Lake Erie Crushers 7-1 at Mercy Health Stadium in Avon, Ohio, winning their sixth game in a row and taking the opener of their road trip.
The scoring began in the top of the second inning when former Crusher D.J. Stewart came up against his ex-club for the first time since being traded to the Grizzlies in the offseason, and smacked an RBI single to put Gateway ahead 1-0. In the fourth, the Grizzlies expanded the lead with two outs, scoring three times off Kyle Seebach (0-2) on a double by Willie Estrada and a double-steal later in the inning, taking a 4-0 lead.
That's all LaRue (2-0) would need in his best start of the season, as the right-hander struck out 10 to tie his career high while walking none and surrendering just six hits, three of which came along with his lone run allowed in the sixth inning, his final frame of the night. In the process, he dealt an "Immaculate Inning," securing the extremely rare baseball feat when he struck out all three batters he faced in the bottom of the fourth on three pitches each, with all of the offerings being strikes.
In the eighth, Gateway added three insurance runs to their ledger on another two-run double by Estrada as well as a passed ball, and cruised from there to the victory to improve to 12-4 on the season. Estrada was the biggest bat in the lineup offensively, leading an 11-hit attack by tying his career-highs in both hits (three) and RBIs (four). The game also marked the sixth consecutive contest that the Grizzlies' offense recorded 10 or more hits as a club.
Gateway will look to extend their win streak to seven games when they face the Crushers in the middle game of the series on Wednesday, May 31, at 12:05 p.m. CT. Collin Sullivan will take the ball for the Grizzlies against Lake Erie right-hander Angelo Baez at Mercy Health Stadium.
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