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Gateway Grizzlies
Posted: Jul 05, 2018

BROWN WALKS OFF GATEWAY SERIES WIN

SAUGET, Ill. — With two outs in the ninth inning, Blake Brown lined a walk-off home run over the right-field wall Wednesday night to lift the Gateway Grizzlies to a 5-4 win over the Windy City ThunderBolts at GCS Credit Union Ballpark.

Brown's big fly was the 55th of his Grizzlies career, which moves him into fourth on the Grizzlies' all-time home run list. He passed Frontier League Hall of Famer Stephen Holdren. Brown's next milestone is former Grizzlies catcher Landon Hernandez' 64 career homers, which are third in franchise history.

Gateway (21-29) picked up its second straight victory and a series win.

Josh Glick (1-2) earned the win in relief on two shutout innings and four strikeouts. Grizzlies starter Taso Stathopoulos allowed only one earned run (four total) over 5 2/3 innings, but did not factor in the decision. Will Anderson added 1 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.

Windy City (16-31) scored three runs in the first inning for the second night in a row, but blew the lead again.

Brennan Morgan and Brent Saurai added two hits apiece for the Grizzlies. Paul Russo drove in two runs with his first professional home run in the sixth inning.

Gateway will be off Thursday before opening a three-game series in Traverse City, Michigan, against the Beach Bums on Friday night. The Grizzlies are back home at GCS Credit Union Ballpark for a three-game weekend series against the River City Rascals from July 13-15.

 

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.