AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com
TITLE: MINERS COMEBACK FOR WIN OVER GRIZZLIES
DATE: 5/23/2008 08:46:00 PM
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FOR RELEASE: MAY 23, 2008
MINERS COME BACK TO BEAT GRIZZLIES
The Southern Illinois Miners scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning Friday night to come-from-behind and defeat the Grizzlies 9-8 in front of 3,916 fans at GCS Ballpark.
Grizzlies closer Eric Ridener (0-1) retired the lead off man in the ninth, before hitting a batter. He then surrendered a game-tying two-run home runs to Tim Dorn. Dorn was 1-12 in the series before the at-bat. Ridener would give up three more hits, and the go-ahead run before being replaced.
The Grizzlies (1-2) had led the entire game until that point.
Mike Breyman opened the scoring for the Grizzlies in the bottom of the first inning when he drove in Michael Campbell with a two-out RBI-hit. Stephen Holdren followed with his first home run of the year a two run shot into the lawn seating in right. Holdren launched his second homer of the year in his next at-bat. The two-run shot hit high off the ad wall beyond the flag pole in right-center field. That made it 5-2 Grizzlies. Holdren finished 2-4 with four RBIs.
Jeff Vincent made it 6-2 with a lead-off home run in the fourth. Campbell made it 7-2 with an RBI hit in the fifth inning. The Miners (2-1) cut the lead to 7-4 with a pair of runs in the sixth. Campbell made it 8-4 with another RBI hit in the seventh inning. Campbell finished 3-4 with two RBIs.
The Miners got a two-run home run from Willie Keene in the eighth inning to cut the lead to one. Ridener got the final two outs in the eighth, but couldn't hold the lead in the ninth.
Kevin Hammons started for the Grizzlies and pitched into the sixth inning. Hammons allowed four runs on five hits. He walked five and struck out three.
The Grizzlies open a three-game series Saturday night at River City. Game time from T.R. Hughes Ballpark is 7:05 p.m. Listen live on the Grizzlies baseball network beginning at 6:50 p.m.
Joe Pott
Broadcaster/Corporate Sales Associate
Gateway Grizzlies Frontier League Baseball
2007 West Division Champions
618-337-3000
www.gatewaygrizzlies.com
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