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Slammers Rocked by Grizzlies 10-3 on Thursday

May 22, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-lost on the road to Gateway 10-4 on Thursday night.

The Grizzlies struck right away off of Daniel Hernandez with three runs in the 1st inning. The big hit was a 2-run double from Blake Shepard and Niko Vasquez added a sacrifice fly. Joliet had a lead off single from Darian Sandford in the 1st and a leadoff double from Grant DeBruin in the 2nd inning but both failed to score. Gateway added a 2-run homer from Tommy Richards to make it a 5-0 lead after two innings.

The Slammers got on the board in the 3rd inning after DeJai Oliver walked the bases loaded. Adam Giacalone singled in one run and then a Grant DeBruin double play scored another to push the score to 5-2. DeBruin then hit the Slammers' first home run of the season to lead off the top of the 6th inning to make it 5-3. Hernandez did a nice job for Joliet in the meantime shutting down Gateway for three innings to allow that comeback. He was lifted after five innings in favor of Ryan Connolly who struggled to start the 6th and was lifted after allowing a 3-run double by Niko Vasquez. The Grizzlies 5-run inning was capped by a Ben Waldrip 2-run single off of Sam Moore. The Slammers tallied one more time on a RBI single from Marquis Riley in the 9th but it was not enough as Joliet has now lost three in a row after winning the first three games of the season.

Joliet returns home on Friday May 23rd to open a weekend series against the Normal CornBelters. Friday night at 7:05pm will be Superhero and Comic Book night at Silver Cross Field. It will also be a Fireworks Friday sponsored by Harrah's Casino Joliet. Fans can take their ticket stub that night to Harrah's and redeem it for ten dollars of free slot play. The kids and adults who come to the ballpark dressed as a Superhero or Villain will receive a free ticket to a future Slammers game this season. All games this summer will be broadcast live on 1340 WJOL and wjol.com and the audio/video feed of home games this summer can be seen at independentprofessionalbaseball.com.

The Joliet Slammers presented by ATI Physical Therapy play at Silver Cross Field in downtown Joliet, Illinois, and are members of the professional, independent Frontier League. The Frontier League is a 14-team league entering its 22nd season of play in 2014. Full, partial, and group tickets are available by calling the Slammers office at (815) 722-BATS or by visiting www.jolietslammers.com.

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