The Gateway Grizzlies again lost to the Evansville Otters at home on Monday evening by a score of 6-1, dropping all four games of their holiday weekend series.
For the second time in the series, it was Gateway grabbing the lead in the bottom of the first inning thanks to a Trevor Achenbach RBI fielder’s choice. J.P. Williams (2-4) then took that lead and ran with it, striking out six and firing five shutout innings to keep it 1-0.
But the rookie gave up a game-tying solo homer with two strikes to Zach Biermann to make it 1-1, and departed after walking Steven Sensley with one out. After a ground ball to third base induced by Nick Kennedy, he hit rookie Anthony Torreullas with a pitch on an 0-2 count, and George Callil hit a go-ahead, three-run home run to left-center field to put the Otters in front to stay. Callil would add yet another home run, a two-run shot, to complete the scoring in the top of the eighth.
Achenbach would pick up another RBI on a single in the ninth for the final margin, but it was not enough, as the Grizzlies stranded 11 runners on base and went 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position to take their eighth straight loss against the Otters.
Gateway will look to turn things around on the road, heading to Joliet for the start of a six-game road trip on Tuesday, July 5, at 6:35 p.m. Brendan Feldmann will start for the Grizzlies in the opener against the Slammers’ Trevor Charpie.
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.
