Wild one at Gateway

GCS Ballpark was the site of the Frontier League's wildest game of 2015 Tuesday night.

It doesn't matter what league it is, a baseball season will usually generate one game that because of its uniqueness transcends all others played in the circuit that year. It could be a wild comeback, the length of the game or some unusual aspect of play that makes it stand out.

They played one of those games Tuesday night at GCS Ballpark in Sauget, Ill., where the Evansville Otters defeated the Gateway Grizzlies 16-14 in 13 innings.

Gateway scored a run in bottom of the ninth to force extra innings, then all the fun began. The ninth-inning run marked just the second time all season that Evansville's bullpen had blown a save.

Both teams scored a run in the 10th inning, which left the score tied at 6-6. The International Tiebreaker kicked in for the 11th, and Evansville seemed to have the game in hand when it scored eight runs in the top of the 11th. The Otters hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the 11th, including a grand slam by Josh Allen.

Gateway, however, put together a eight-run bottom of the 11th to tie the score again at 14-14. Madison Beaird made it 14-14 by hitting a three-run homer.

After combining for 16 runs in the 11th and getting to start the 12th with a runner on second base, neither team scored in the 12th. Evansville then won the game in 13th.