Myers Carries Grizzlies to Road Win against Rascals
July 26, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
O'FALLON, MO - Jon Myers led the Grizzlies offensive attack with two home runs in the first two innings and Gateway pounded the River City Rascals 12-3 Thursday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark.
The win was the Grizzlies second in a row and their ninth in their last ten games. It also gave them their sixth straight series win.
The first four batters in the game reached for Gateway (36-26). Jonathan Johnson and Antone DeJesus picked up singles and Jerod Yakubik was hit by a pitch. Jon Myers followed with a grand slam to left field to give the Grizzlies a 4-0 lead.
Johnson led off the second inning with a walk and advanced to second on a stolen base. He came around to score on an Antone DeJesus double to make it 5-0 Grizzlies. Myers smacked his second home run in as many innings, this time a two-run blast, to give the Grizzlies a seven-run advantage.
Gateway scored three more runs in the third inning to push their lead to double digits. Johnson brought home two runs with a triple and a River City (30-31) wild pitch helped the Grizzlies tack on another run.
Alex Kaminsky (6-4) picked up the win for the Grizzlies. He gave up just two runs on five hits in five innings. Kaminsky walked a season-high six batters and struck out three.
Every starter had at least one hit for Gateway while eight of the nine starters had at least one run.
DeJesus and John Shelby paced the Grizzlies offensive surge with three hits while Myers drove in a game-high six runs.
The Grizzlies and Rascals play game three of the series Friday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark with the Grizzlies looking for the series sweep. Right-hander Brett Zawacki (1-0) gets the start for the Grizzlies. First pitch is set for 7:05 CT.
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