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BROWN HOMERS TWICE, BUT GRIZZLIES LOSE

NORMAL, Ill. — Blake Brown hit two home runs in his return to his hometown Friday night, but the Gateway Grizzlies lost, 11-6, in the series opener to the Normal CornBelters at The Corn Crib.

Brown's first homer gave Gateway (28-38) a two-run lead in the first inning, but Normal (31-30) immediately scored four in the bottom of the first to take a lead of its own. The CornBelters rattled off 11 straight runs before the Grizzlies scored again.

Gateway's third run came on a two-out, solo homer from Brown in the sixth to give him a dozen this season. Justin Ellison followed with a two-run shot later in the inning.

Alec Kisena (4-4) took the loss for the Grizzlies. Nelson Martz threw a scoreless inning in his professional debut and Patrick Boyle tossed two hitless frames.

Gateway and Normal will battle in game two of their weekend series Saturday at 7:05 p.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.