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Gateway Grizzlies
Posted: May 30, 2018

GRIZZLIES DEFENSE FALTERS IN LOSS

SAUGET, Ill. — A pair of first-inning Gateway Grizzlies errors allowed three unearned River City Rascals runs to score, and the Grizzlies never recovered in a 5-2 loss Wednesday night at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.

Gateway (7-10) has lost back-to-back games.

Max MacNabb (1-3) took another hard-luck loss. He allowed only one earned run (four total) in five innings and struck out eight. In his last two starts, MacNabb has a 1.64 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 11 innings — but he's lost both games.

River City (11-5) added a run in the third inning before Gateway brought in an unearned tally in the fifth; Brennan Morgan doubled and scored on an error.

Jonathan Piron drilled his third home run of the year — a solo shot — down the right-field line to lead off the Grizzlies' seventh, but the Rascals answered right back with a solo homer of their own in the eighth.

Colton Freeman threw two scoreless innings out of the Grizzlies' bullpen and struck out four. Kevin Simmons added two strikeouts in a scoreless ninth. Gateway pitchers fanned 14 River City batters Wednesday, and they've struck out 29 Rascals in two games so far in the series.

Trae Santos picked up two of the Grizzlies' six hits.

Gateway and River City will close out their three-game set Thursday night with a 7:05 p.m. first pitch at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.

 

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. 

ABOUT THE FRONTIER LEAGUE: The Frontier League is a professional, independent baseball organization. Since its inception, the Frontier League has provided millions of fans to a fun and exciting baseball experience within the American Midwest. Consisting of 12 teams in two divisions and 96 game schedules, the league is recognized for the amount of talented athletes that are picked up by various MLB teams every year.