Save It For Later
GBL saves leader Todd Gelatka was called into the fray earlier than normal tonight, entering the game with two outs in the eighth inning and the Outlaws up 6-5. He had no trouble getting the third to preserve the one-run lead going into the ninth, which is when he unraveled amid the setting he has thrived in all year.
Despite receiving an insurance run from his team before heading back out with a 7-5 cushion, Gelatka with one out walked Victor Hall, gave up a hit to Juan Senreiso, watched both steal bases and then proceeded to give up a two-run single to Kane Simmons with two outs. And Gelatka couldn’t keep the game deadlocked, either, as Carlos Madrid punched a go-ahead single to elicit a roar from the 6-foot-2, 210-pound Outlaw right-hander when he was finally able to record the final out two batters later.
“I’m not the guy to talk to right now,” a visibly disappointed Gelatka, who is the Golden Baseball League leader in saves, said in the clubhouse afterward. “Someone else would probably be better.”