Second Sleepwalk of Series Sits Y'alls
August 21, 2024 - Frontier League (FL)
Florence Y'alls News Release
SAUGET, IL - The Florence Y'alls (41-44), presented by Towne Properties, caught the wrong side of slugfest for the second night in a row losing to the Gateway Grizzlies (53-32) 6-1 on Wednesday night with the home team mashing three home runs for the second night in a row.
Starter Ty Good failed to escape the third inning with his shortest appearance of the season allowing a home run in the first inning. The right-hander allowed four runs on five hits across 2.2 IP with no strikeouts. Reliever Alex Wagner followed up with a positive 3.1 IP giving up just one run on a homer on three hits with a strikeout. Matt Fernandez allowed one run on a homer in a two-hit seventh inning, striking out one. Darrien Williams shut down Gateway in the eighth one-two-three including a strikeout.
Improving from Tuesday's 5-2 loss, the Y'alls boasted eight hits to trump their two from the night before. Three of those knocks came from right fielder Hank Zeisler coming a home run shy of the cycle. The only other Florence batters to reach base multiple times were designated hitter Craig Massey with a pair of walks and left fielder Thomas Jones with a single and a hit by pitch. Center fielder TJ Reeves recorded the only RBI with a ground out that scored Zeisler after his triple.
The Y'alls can salvage a win on Thursday night back at Grizzlies Ballpark with a 6:30 p.m. first pitch. The loss pushes Florence to six games out of the last playoff spot.
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