Hoppers put it in gear against Drive

The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Greenville, S.C. Drive 8-2 on Wednesday morning/afternoon….Here’s the re-cap, box, and standings compiled from the South Atlantic League site.

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Greensboro
0 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 0 8 8 0
Greenville
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1
Recap | Box
W: Stuart Alexander (3-0, 4.20); L: E. Portice (1-2, 3.77)
HR: GBO: Ben Lasater (4). GRE: A. Reza (3), L. Exposito (1).

BATTING:Greensboro Grasshoppers
2B: Danny Garcia (1, Portice), Mike Stanton (5, Portice).
HR: Ben Lasater (4, 5th inning off Portice, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Ryan Curry; Danny Garcia 2; Bryan Petersen 3; Ryan Anetsberger; Mike Stanton 2; Ben Lasater 4.
RBI: Bryan Petersen (4), Mike Stanton (10), Ryan Anetsberger 2 (5), Ben Lasater 3 (13).
2-out RBI: Mike Stanton; Ryan Anetsberger 2; Ben Lasater 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Mike Stanton; Emilio Ontiveros.
Team LOB: 5.

Greensboro Pitching:
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Stuart Alexander (W, 3-0) 5.0 4 2 2 1 4 2 4.20
Corey Madden 2.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 1.64
Brad Stone 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.25
Steven Cishek 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.00

SAL Northern W L PCT GB
Greensboro 9 5 .643 –
Lake County 8 5 .615 0.5
Hickory 8 6 .571 1.0
Delmarva 7 6 .538 1.5
Hagerstown 6 7 .462 2.5
Lakewood 5 8 .385 3.5
Lexington 4 10 .286 5.0
West Virginia 3 11 .214 6.0

SAL Southern W L PCT GB
Charleston 12 1 .923 –
Asheville 9 5 .643 3.5
Greenville 9 5 .643 3.5
Augusta 7 7 .500 5.5
Columbus 7 7 .500 5.5
Kannapolis 7 7 .500 5.5
Savannah 4 9 .308 8.0
Rome 4 10 .286 8.5

*****Greensboro(9-5) at Greenville(9-5) again this evening at 7pm.*****