GATEWAY DROPS OPENER AT RIVER CITY

O'FALLON, Mo. — The River City Rascals made five errors Tuesday night, but the Gateway Grizzlies failed to adequately take advantage in a 9-4 loss at CarShield Field.

Gateway (14-21) lost its fourth straight game despite Blake Brown's two-hit performance, highlighted by his sixth home run of the season — his 54th career round-tripper with Gateway, which tied him with Stephen Holdren for fourth place on the Grizzlies' all-time list.

River City (19-14) moved a full game ahead of the remainder of the West Division.

JD Hearn — the younger brother of former Grizzlies outfielder Matt Hearn, who was recently picked up by the Colorado Rockies — led off the first inning with a solo home run and the Rascals piled up five runs in the first two innings.

Will Anderson (2-1) took the loss for the Grizzlies. Taso Stathopoulos threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings with five strikeouts in his professional debut.

Gateway and River City have a quick turnaround for game two of their three-game series Tuesday at 11:05 a.m.

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.