SALT LAKE CITY — Alex Bregman and Preston Tucker combined to go 9 for 11 with 11 RBIs Thursday night, and the Fresno Grizzlies ran the Bees out of the ballpark, scoring 23 runs on 21 hits in a dominant 23-3 victory. Bregman, in his first Triple-A appearance, finished the game 4 for 5 with four runs scored and Tucker went 5 for 6 with three homers and eight RBIs.

Bees starter Kyle Kendrick came into the game with a 1.13 ERA against the Grizzlies, and in his last start against Fresno went eight innings and allowed only one run in a Bees victory. Fresno emphatically flipped the script in this game.

Tucker struck almost immediately for the Grizzlies. With a man on base in the top of the first, he crushed a ball over the right field fence for his fifth homer of the season and gave Fresno a 2-0 lead.

Salt Lake managed to score a run in the second on a bases-loaded walk drawn by Sherman Johnson but was unable to plate any additional runs and left three men on base.

Bregman began his night in the third with an RBI double, the first of two, and at the end of three innings Fresno held 5-1 lead.

The Grizzlies added six runs in the fourth, plated seven more in the fifth, and scored three more in the sixth to take an insurmountable 20 run lead.

The Bees added a run in the seventh off an RBI double by Nick Buss, and another in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Sherman Johnson.

YIKES: In addition to his previously stellar ERA against Fresno, Kendrick came into Thursday night’s contest with a team-best four game winning streak and a 3-0 record in June as well as an impressive 5-1 record in night games. The Grizzlies were not impressed and scored 10 runs on nine hits to knock Kendrick out of the game in the fourth inning.

ALL-STAR FESTIVITIES: Bees starting pitcher Nate Smith and infielder Kaleb Cowart were chosen to represent Salt Lake in respective All-Star games in July. Smith, who holds a 5-2 record and a 3.92 ERA with Salt Lake this season, will play in the All-Star Futures Game. Established in 1999 All-Star Futures divides the top prospects in minor league baseball onto USA and World teams. This year’s game will take place on July 11 at Petco Park in San Diego, California. Smith is set to play for Team USA which will be managed by former major league reliever Trevor Hoffman.

Cowart, the Bees leader in home runs, doubles, and RBIs, will play in the 2016 Triple-A All-Star Game. That game will be held on July 13 at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, North Carolina and pits the International League against the Pacific Coast League. The IL has won the past three meetings as well as 10 of the last 12.

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BEELINES

Grizzlies - 23

Bees - 3

In short: Preston Tucker went 5 for 6 with three home runs and eight RBIs and the Grizzlies scored 23 runs on 21 hits.

Record: 38-40

Up Next: Fresno RHP Brady Rodgers (7-3, 2.83) at Salt Lake LHP Nate Smith (5-2, 3.92), Friday, 6:35 p.m.

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