Bees Eliminated From Playoffs With Loss

The Fresno Grizzlies scored five runs in the bottom of the ninth to rally past the Salt Lake Bees for a 7-6 win on Saturday night.

The win clinched the Pacific Northern Division title for Fresno and eliminated the Bees from the Pacific Southern race, giving El Paso their fourth straight division win. Salt Lake led 6-2, but two hits, a walk, an error and a fielder's choice brought home two runs for the Grizzlies. With runners at first and third, Kyle Tucker drilled a 3-2 pitch from Conor Lillis-White (2-2) into the first row in right field to give Fresno the win.
Down 2-0 after the first, the Bees tied the game on a two run homer in the second inning by Jose Miguel Fernandez and took a 3-2 lead in the third on an RBI single by Matt Thaiss. Salt Lake took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on a second run scoring single by Thaiss, added another run in the seventh on an RBI ground out by Bo Way and made it 6-2 with a leadoff home run in the eighth by Josè Briceño. Bees' starter Dylan Unsworth worked five solid innings, as he allowed just two runs on five hits with a season high tying seven strikeouts. Thaiss and Fernandez each had two hits and two runs batted to lead the Bees, while Briceno added two hits and one RBI.