AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com
TITLE: GRIZZLIES DROP GAME TWO
DATE: 9/05/2007 08:56:00 PM
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FOR RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
GRIZZLIES DROP GAME TWO, TRAIL 0-2 IN SERIES
Dustin Roberts had a home run and four RBIs Wednesday night, but it wasn't enough, as the Washington Wild Things scored four times in the first inning then went on to a 10-7 victory in game two of the best-of-five Division Series. The Wild Things now lead the series 2-0. The series shifts to Washington for game three on Friday night.
Nathan Roush (0-1) gave up five runs, three earned, on five hits in the loss. He struck out two.
The Grizzlies trailed 5-0 before getting on the board in the third. Jeff Vincent led off the inning with his second home run in the series. Ryan Sullivan followed with a double, then scored later in the inning on a double by Dustin Roberts. Roberts and Stephen Holdren added RBIs in the fifth as the Grizzlies cut the lead to 5-4.
Washington came up with three runs off Grizzlies' reliever Billy McKinney in the sixth inning to extend the lead to 8-5.
Back-to-back home runs by Nathan Messner and Mario Garza in the top of the ninth made it 10-5 Washington.
Roberts lined a two-run home run to right in the bottom of the ninth to make the final score 10-7.
Roberts was 3-5 with the homer and four RBIs. Sullivan was 3-5 with three runs scored.
Game time Friday night is 6:05 p.m. (CDT) at Washington's Consol Energy Park.
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Joe Pott
Broadcaster/Corporate Sales Associate
Gateway Grizzlies Frontier League Baseball
2007 Frontier League West Division Champions
618-337-3000
www.gatewaygrizzlies.com
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