Hoppers maintain pace on the road with win over Blueclaws

Greensboro Grasshoppers 9
Lakewood Blueclaws 3
(8 innings)
WP:Jared Yecker(2-2)
LP:Jason Knapp(2-4)
HR:Ben Lasater(8)
Justin Bass(4)
Lasater 1-3 with the 3-run homer
Paul Gran 2-3 with 2 runs scored
Justin Bass 1-3 with a 2-run homer
Kyle Skipworth 1-4 with a three-run double
Jeremy Synan 1-3 with a double and two runs scored
GSO(24-19)
*****See box score below.*****

Suns’ Winters whips Biscuits
Former fifth-round pick Kyle Winters(Greensboro Grasshoppers 2007) allowed two hits over six scoreless innings Sunday as the Jacksonville Suns blanked the Montgomery Biscuits, 4-0. Scott Cousins(Greensboro Grasshoppers 2007) doubled, scored a run and had an RBI for the Suns, who’ve won four of their last five games.

Hoppers-Blueclaws Box Score:
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Mattison CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237
Gran SS 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265
Synan LF 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .266
Lasater 1B 3 2 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 .333
Smolinski 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .217
Skipworth C 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 .174
Turner DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
Bass RF 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .225
Pertusati 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Johnson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Yecker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loomis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Synan (14, Knapp), Skipworth (5, De Fratus).
HR: Lasater (8, 1st inning off Knapp, 2 on, 1 out), Bass (4, 6th inning off De Fratus, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Gran 2; Synan 2; Lasater 4; Smolinski; Skipworth 2; Bass 4.
RBI: Lasater 3 (30), Synan (29), Skipworth 3 (20), Bass 2 (12).
GIDP: Synan.
Team RISP: 3-for-4.
Team LOB: 1.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gran (5, 2nd base off Knapp/D’Arnaud).

Lakewood
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Garcia, H 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .289
Gose CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
D’Arnaud C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .192
Murphy DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .306
Hamilton 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .257
Mattair 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Collier RF 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .262
Hanzawa SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .262
Mintken LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
Knapp P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
De Fratus P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jimenez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Collier (11, Johnson), Murphy (5, Yecker).
TB: Gose; Murphy 2; Mattair; Collier 3; Mintken.
RBI: Collier (10), Hanzawa (12), Mintken (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hamilton; Mintken; Gose; Mattair.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Garcia, H (14, 2nd base off Johnson/Skipworth).

FIELDING
PB: D’Arnaud (1).
DP: (Garcia, H-Hanzawa-Hamilton).

Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnson 4.0 5 3 3 2 4 0 4.50
Yecker (W, 2-2) 3.1 1 0 0 0 5 0 7.58
Loomis 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.57

Lakewood
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Knapp (L, 2-4) 5.0 5 7 7 4 5 1 4.86
De Fratus 2.0 2 2 2 0 3 1 1.78
Jimenez 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.11

Knapp pitched to 4 batters in the 6th.

HBP: D’Arnaud (by Johnson).
Groundouts-flyouts: Johnson 6-2, Yecker 3-2, Loomis 1-0, Knapp 7-3, De Fratus 1-2, Jimenez 0-1.
Batters faced: Johnson 20, Yecker 11, Loomis 2, Knapp 23, De Fratus 8, Jimenez 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Loomis 1-0, De Fratus 3-3.
Umpires: HP: Erik Hill. 1B: Chris Graham. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 76 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, R to L.
T: 2:35 (:35 delay).
Att: 7,023.