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Miners Lose Late Lead In Series Finale

by Jason Guerette
The Southern Illinois Miners led 3-1 after six innings against the Traverse City Beach Bums on Thursday night, but saw the visitors score seven times in the final three innings against the bullpen in an 8-4 defeat at Rent One Park, clinching the series for Traverse City in Marion.
Rick Teasley pitched a quality start over six innings, giving up just one run on five hits. He threw 110 pitches to keep the Miners ahead on a sticky night in southern Illinois, and got run support in the second and fifth thanks to two Traverse City errors. In the second, Frank Martinez reached on an infield single and went to third on a fielder’s choice plus an error on Beach Bums third baseman Jose Vargas. Steve Marino’s fielder’s choice then brought him home for a 1-0 Miners lead.
After Traverse City tied it in the fourth, the Miners got two more runs, the first on an infield single by Aaron Gates plus an error on first baseman Yazy Arbelo that got into the visiting dugout allowing Ryan DiMascio to score the go-ahead run. Adrian English then drove Gates home with a two-out single for a 3-1 lead.
In the seventh, however, the Miners’ bullpen surrendered the lead when after one run had already scored in the inning, Brandon Jacobs hit a go-ahead three-run homer off of Eric Green (3-2) for a 5-3 lead for the Beach Bums. That was extended when Traverse City scored twice more in the eighth off of Will Rankin before the Miners got a run back on an RBI single by Niko Vasquez, making the score 7-4. Jacobs homered again in the ninth for the final margin.
The Miners will attempt to bounce back against the Washington Wild Things, continuing their homestand on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Jarett Miller will make his home debut for the Miners against a former Miners pitcher in Matt Sergey.
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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.

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