The Southern Illinois Miners saw the Gatway Grizzlies take a big lead in the first with five runs on the scoreboard and could not muster up much offensively in a 7-1 defeat on Tuesday night in Sauget, snapping the team’s seven-game win streak at GCS Ballpark.
Ryan Brockett (3-3) got the start for the Miners and was roughed up in the first thanks to two home runs. A three-run homer over the short porch in right field by Ben Waldrip made it 3-0 and Tyler Tewell lined a two-run shot over the porch for a 5-0 first inning lead for the home team. Brockett would settle down in the subsequent innings, allowing just two baserunners between the first and the sixth innings with only one hit surrendered. Niko Vasquez then plated the only Miners run of the game with his 16th home run of the season, a solo shot to right-center that made the score 5-1 in the top of the sixth.
But Tewell got that run right back on his second two-run homer of the contest off of Brockett, again over the short right field wall for a 7-1 Gateway lead that stood up for the final margin. It was just the Miners’ second loss in their last 11 games overall, with the team falling to 61-30 with the defeat as they managed just four total hits on the game. They will look to bounce back on Wednesday night in the middle game of the series at 7:05 p.m., with Jarett Miller on the mound against Gateway’s Dakota Smith.
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.
