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Grizzlies Swept By Capitales

by Jason Guerette

The Gateway Grizzlies lost their third game in a row to Les Capitales de Québec on a walk-off base hit, this time 3-2 on a broken bat, seeing-eye single by Marc-Antoine LeBreux at Stade Canac on Thursday night.

After back-to-back two-out walks in the top of the first inning, Jay Prather staked the Grizzlies to their first lead of more than one run of the series with a two-run double to right-center field. But the 2-0 lead was short-lived, as Jeffry Parra hita two-run home run of his own to left field to tie the score in the bottom of the first inning.

Both starting pitchers took over from there, as Codie Paiva and Steven Ridings took control on the mound. Both ended up tossing six innings, with Paiva striking out ten and Ridings fanning a season-high nine batters.

Neither team’s bullen broke, either, until the bottom of the ninth inning, when Pedro Gonzalez worked a leadoff walk against Colton Easterwood (1-1) and was sacrificed to second base. After Easterwood got James Smibert to fly out to right field, with two outs, and two strikes on the batter, Easterwood broke LeBreux’s bat, but the ground ball snuck past the diving first and second basemen, as the Grizzlies were swept by the Capitales.

Gateway will look to reverse their fortunes in the back end of their weeklong swing through Canada, as they take on the Ottawa Titans on Friday night, with first pitch of the weekend series scheduled for 5:30 p.m. CT.

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Jason Guerette is the Grizzlies' Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations and the "Voice of the Grizzlies." 2023 will be his second season with the organization, handling lead broadcasting duties on the Grizzlies Media Network as well as being in charge of all team press releases and game-day media materials.

2023 will also be Jason's ninth season in the Frontier League after spending 2014-21 in the same role with the Southern Illinois Miners. Overall, he has broadcasted close to 800 games in the league, including playoffs. During the baseball offseason, he serves as a play-by-play broadcaster for Manhattan College and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, with games being seen on ESPN+ among other platforms.

In addition to broadcasting, Jason works as a public address announcer for Seton Hall University women's basketball as well as Columbia University men's and women's basketball. He also spent nine years working "behind the scenes" as a freelance board operator and highlight editor at Westwood One for their coverage of the NFL, NCAA football, and NCAA basketball.

Jason graduated from Seton Hall in 2012 with B.A. in Communication Studies and a minor in Broadcasting & Visual Media.

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