AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com
TITLE: GRIZZLIES DROP FIRST TO KINGS
DATE: 6/16/2007 07:20:00 PM
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GRIZZLIES DROP FIRST TO KINGS
The Gateway Grizzlies (18-6) scored a pair of ninth inning runs Saturday night, but fell to the Kalamazoo Kings (13-11) 5-3 in front of 1,901 at Homer Stryker Field in Kalamzoo, MI.
The Grizzlies trailed 5-1 heading into the ninth before scoring the runs with three hits. Jesse Acosta and Manny Paula each drove in runs with hits in the ninth. Paula finished 3-4 with the RBI. Acosta was 2-5 with the run driven in.
The Kings took an early lead with a run in the first off Grizzlies starter Chris Little (2-1). The Grizzlies answered in the top of the second when Mike Breyman connected on his third home run of the year to lead off the inning. Breyman finished 2-3.
The Kings would go up 3-1 with a pair of unearned runs in the fourth. They would add single runs in the sixth and eighth innings to make it 5-1.
Little suffered the loss for the Grizzlies. He gave up four runs, two earned, on 10 Kings' hits. He struck out two and did not walk a batter.
The Grizzlies and Kings continue the series with a 1:05 p.m. (central time) game Sunday afternoon in Kalamazoo, MI.
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Joe Pott
Broadcaster/Corporate Sales Associate
Gateway Grizzlies Frontier League Baseball
2003 & 2006 Organization of the Year
618-337-3000
www.gatewaygrizzlies.com
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