Topoozian Fires Gem, Grizzlies Win 2-1
Published on July 26, 2019 under Frontier League (FL)
Gateway Grizzlies News Release
SAUGET, Ill. - Dominic Topoozian hurled seven innings and allowed only one Joliet Slammers run to lead the Gateway Grizzlies to a 2-1 win Friday night in the series opener at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.
Gateway (26-36) has won back-to-back games. Topoozian (5-4) earned his first win since June 19 and lowered his ERA to 3.16 for the season.
Joliet (25-38) took a third-inning lead on a solo home run from Jimmy Roche, but Topoozian allowed only two other hits and struck out a season-high five batters.
Luis Román doubled to lead off the seventh inning and scored on a Shawon Dunston Jr. RBI single; Dunston Jr. then came in to score and give the Grizzlies the lead when Zak Taylor looped a single into left-center field.
Gateway improved to 5-29 this season when trailing after the fifth inning.
Lucas Lanphere tossed a perfect eighth inning for a hold and Geoff Bramblett, pitching for the third time in as many days, threw a scoreless ninth inning with a strikeout for his sixth save of the season in six chances.
Román and Gunnar Buhner had the Grizzlies' two multi-hit games Friday.
Gateway and Joliet will continue their four-game series with game two Saturday at 7:05 p.m. CDT. Chris Carden (5-1, 3.60) is scheduled to start for the Grizzlies.
Frontier League Stories from July 26, 2019
- Late Homer Lifts Miners Past Freedom - Florence Y'alls
- Miners Use Mid-Game Homers to Beat Florence - Southern Illinois Miners
- Topoozian Fires Gem, Grizzlies Win 2-1 - Gateway Grizzlies
- ThunderBolts Shut out in Opener at Evansville - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Wild Things Drop Series Opener to the Boomers Friday - Washington Wild Things
- Boomers Double up Washington for Milestone Victory - Schaumburg Boomers
- Lake Erie's Offense Falls Flat in Series Finale - Lake Erie Crushers
- Otters Battle Until End But Fall Short against Slammers - Evansville Otters
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
