The Gateway Grizzlies lost an early lead on Wednesday night at Wild Things Park, allowing all nine of the Washington Wild Things runs on 13 of their 16 hits in the final four innings in a 9-2 loss, evening the series at one game apiece.Â
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After the game was scoreless in the first three innings, Trevor Achenbach led off the fourth inning with a double, and ended up scoring when Ian Bibiloni homered to left field, extending his hit streak to 10 games in a row since joining the Grizzlies and putting Gateway ahead 2-0.Â
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Carson LaRue (3-4) held that lead until the bottom of the fifth, when a one-out single by Alex Alvarez snowballed into a three-run frame, with the next four batters of the inning also reaching on singles. Jared Mang tied the score with a two-run single, ending the Grizzlies’ scoreless inning streak at 24 2/3, and Wagner Lagrange put Washington ahead to stay with a subsequent RBI hit at 3-2.Â
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In the bottom of the seventh against Nick Kennedy, Washington would add on to their lead and put the game away, scoring four more runs to balloon the advantage to 7-2, with Ian Walters hitting a two-run homer to cap the frame with two outs. Another pair of runs came in to score in the eighth for the final margin, as the Grizzlies dropped the Wednesday night contest.Â
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Gateway will look to win the series in the rubber game of the set on Thursday night, August 4, 2022, at 6:05 p.m. CT. Jason Rackers will make his first professional start for the Grizzlies on the mound.Â
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.
