The Gateway Grizzlies lost to the Evansville Otters again on Sunday at Bosse Field, this time by a 5-1 score with all of the runs coming with two outs, dropping all three games in the weekend series.Â
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Evansville scored first for the first time on the weekend on a two-out RBI single by Miles Gordon off Brendan Feldmann to make it 1-0 in the bottom of the third inning. The Grizzlies ace would allow just the lone run on three hits over five innings, striking out seven to keep his team in the game. Gateway would get the score even in the top of the fifth, as Peter Zimmermann came up with the bases loaded and drew a walk to knot the score up at 1-1.Â
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But with two outs in the sixth, things turned sour again for the Grizzlies, as Steven Sensley came up with runners on the corners and dumped the go-ahead RBI single into left field to make it 2-1, with a wild pitch by Carson Cupo (0-2) making the score 3-1 after six innings.Â
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Gateway’s offense was unable to muster any late rallies, and Sensley clubbed a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning for the final 5-1 margin, also with two outs, as the Grizzlies fell under the .500 mark for the first time this season.Â
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The Grizzlies will look to right their ship when they return home on Tuesday, June 14, against the Florence Y’Alls at GCS Credit Union Ballpark, kicking off a nine-game home stand in Sauget. First pitch of the series is scheduled for 6:45 p.m. CT on Tuesday evening.
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.
