FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers Win on Princess Night over Grizzlies

Published on June 3, 2016 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


JOLIET, IL - The Joliet Slammers presented by ATI Physical Therapy came away with the win Friday night, June 3 in front of a full house at Silver Cross Field with 4,668 fans in attendance.

Charlie White hit a two-RBI single to give the Slammers a two run lead over the Gateway Grizzlies in the eighth, leading the Slammers to their 8-7 win.

Slammers' Carter Bell got the night started with his three-run home run at the bottom of the first to give the Slammers an early 3-0 lead.

The Grizzlies got to the Slammers' starting pitcher Luke Crumley early chasing him out of the game after three innings. Crumley posted a scoreless first but Gateway scored four times in the next two innings.

Joliet was able to stay in the game because of the home run ball. After Bell homered in the first inning, Boo Vazquez hit a home run of his own in the fifth inning. The Slammers trailed 6-3 at the time.

For the first five innings, the Slammers got their only runs off the two home runs by Bell and Vazquez, but a two-run seventh changed that as the Slammers fought back to tie the game.

The Gateway Grizzlies put themselves in the position they were in in the seventh when catcher Tyler Nordgren fired a ball into right field trying to throw out White who bunted. The throw allowed White to move all the way to third on the play.

White scored on a sacrifice fly by Alfredo Rodriguez to make it a one-run game in the seventh. Vazquez doubled one batter later and Bell came through again to tie the game for Joliet. Bell drove in four runs in the game.

Marc Rutledge replaced Crumley in the fourth inning and pitched through the seventh. Rutledge gave up the two runs in the fifth but was lights-out the rest of the way. Tyler Levine and Kevin McNorton pitched the eighth and the ninth and shut down the Grizzlies. Levine earned the win and McNorton was given the save.

Gateway scored a run in the seventh but McNorton put the Grizzlies' comeback to a stop.

In the Slammers' past two home games, Charlie White came through in the clutch. White hit a game tying grand slam in the ninth inning against the Schaumburg Boomers, and drove in the winning runs Friday night.

Friday night's Merchants and Manufacturers player of the game is Carter Bell for hitting a three-run home run and driving in four runs in the Slammers' win.

The Slammers posted the highest attendance of the Frontier League on Friday night, with 4,668 fans in attendance.

The Slammers and Grizzlies will square off tomorrow night at Silver Cross Field for the second game of this three-game series.

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