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Bats Come Alive Late As Grizzlies Top Joliet

by Jason Guerette
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The Gateway Grizzlies broke open a 1-1 game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth, then piled on insurance late in an 8-2 victory over the Joliet Slammers on Friday night at Grizzlies Ballpark, the club’s seventh in their last nine games.
The game began as yet another pitcher’s duel this week, as Teague Conrad (5-2) and Dwayne Marshall (1-7) were both sharp. It was Marshall who broke first, as David Maberry led off the second inning with a single against his former Sussex County teammate, and Jack-Thomas Wold doubled to right field. With runners at second and third base, Kevin Krause brought in Maberry with an RBI groundout for a 1-0 Grizzlies lead.
Joliet would score the tying run off Conrad in the fifth inning, as Braden Duhon hit a one-out, sinking line drive into left field that eluded a sliding Krause, going all the way to the wall for a triple. Liam McArthur then tied the game at 1-1 on a sacrifice fly, but Conrad would permit just the one run in seven outstanding innings, walking just one and striking out nine.
He would then become the winning pitcher when the Grizzlies’ bats woke up in the late innings. In the bottom of the sixth, Edwin Mateo led off with a single, and stole second after a Maberry strikeout. Wold then scored the go-ahead run with an RBI double to left-center field to make it 2-1 Grizzlies, and was followed by back-to-back infield singles by Krause and Tate Wargo, the latter of which brought in Wold to make the score 3-1. Jose Alvarez then came up clutch with a two-out RBI single to center field two batters later for a three-run inning and a 4-1 Grizzlies advantage.
Gateway would keep up the offense in the seventh and eighth innings, scoring a pair of runs in both frames to pull away. In the seventh, Krause came up with runners at second and third base and two outs, and doubled down the left field line to push the lead to 6-1, and in the eighth, after Joliet scored a run on an Antonio Valdez RBI single, Gabe Holt and Mateo knocked back-to-back RBI singles for the final 8-2 margin.
The Grizzlies will look for the series win in the middle game of the weekend on Saturday, July 13, with Lukas Veinbergs taking the hill for Gateway against Joliet’s Brett Sanchez at Grizzlies Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 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.

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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