LATE COMEBACK NOT ENOUGH, GRIZZLIES DROP GAME ONE
SAUGET, Ill. – Down by twelve runs, Gateway scored nine runs in the home half of the seventh inning, but could not keep up the pace. Windy City takes game one by a final score of 13-9.
Gateway starter Will Anderson gave up a leadoff home run to Windy City centerfielder Keenyn Walker on the second pitch of the game. Anderson then forced home a second run after hitting catcher Corey Bass in the top of the first.
There would be no more scoring allowed by either team until the fifth. Windy City scored three two-out runs on a ground-rule double, wild pitch, and infield single to extend the lead to five.
Anderson's night was finished after five innings, as his season record falls to 1-6. He allowed six hits, five runs (all earned), and five walks including three in the fifth.
Gateway reliever Javier Reynoso walked the leadoff batter to open the sixth and then Walker hit his second home run of the game to right center. Two more runs came across for Windy city extending their lead to 9-0.
Windy City scored another three runs in the seventh to make the score 12-0. Gateway came back with nine runs in their half of the seventh to tie the season record for most runs in a single inning, but unfortunately could not keep the magic through the eigth and ninth innings. FINAL: Windy City 13, Grizzlies 9.
Gateway will be back in action Tuesday night as they wrap up the series against Windy City at GCS Credit Union Ballpark. First pitch is set for 6:35 p.m. All of the action can be heard on the Grizzlies Media Network.
ABOUT THE GATEWAY GRIZZLIES: The Gateway Grizzlies are a professional baseball team, located a mere 100-yards from I-255 (10 minutes from downtown St. Louis). The Grizzlies offer baseball fans entertainment, the likes of which are difficult to find - affordable, family, fun in the comfortable GCS Credit Union Ballpark with a great view of the St. Louis skyline. For tickets or general information please visit gatewaygrizzlies.com or call 618.337.3000.
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