Taylor and Hickman pace Hoppers at K’napolis/Gaby Sanchez red-hot for New Orleans

Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
Kannapolis Intimidators 3

See the numbers on Tom Hickman and Robert Taylor in the Hoppers’ Box Score below and here’s a look at red-hot Gaby Sanchez and what he’s doing at the AAA Florida Marlins’ New Orleans Zephyrs….

Gaby Sanchez(Greensboro Grasshoppers 2006) homered twice and drove in five runs in his second straight three-hit game Tuesday, powering New Orleans past Sacramento, 12-5. Sanchez is 12-27 with 9 runs scored in his last six games.

In the Southern League, Graham Taylor(Hoppers 2007) allowed six hits over seven innings as AA Jacksonville blanked Tennessee, 9-0, for its third win in four games.

Box score:
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Gran SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .278
Perez, S 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Lasater 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Keedy DH 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .296
Taylor, R LF 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .222
Pertusati 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
Hickman RF 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 .278
Langley C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .213
Bass, J CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .266
Kaminska P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Encarnacion P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd, B P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Bass, J (11, Griffith), Keedy 2 (7, Griffith, O’Neil), Taylor, R (1, Griffith), Hickman (1, O’Neil).
3B: Hickman (1, Griffith).
TB: Gran 2; Lasater; Keedy 5; Taylor, R 4; Pertusati; Hickman 5; Bass, J 3.
RBI: Langley (20), Bass, J (44), Keedy (17), Taylor, R (5), Hickman 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Hickman.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Keedy; Gran; Langley 2; Bass, J.
SF: Langley.
GIDP: Perez, S.
Team RISP: 6-for-17.
Team LOB: 8.

Kannapolis
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Williams, K DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
Gilmore a- PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Garcia, An 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .263
Sierra 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .301
Morales, S RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .236
Mitchell CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .277
Short LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .281
Black 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .236
Phegley C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205
Escobar SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .235
Griffith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O’Neil P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hunt, L P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lechuga P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Sierra (8, Kaminska).
TB: Garcia, An 2; Sierra 2; Morales, S; Short; Escobar 2.
RBI: Short 2 (37), Sierra (18).
2-out RBI: Short.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sierra; Black.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Short (10, 2nd base off Kaminska/Langley), Morales, S (17, 2nd base off Kaminska/Langley), Escobar (12, 2nd base off Kaminska/Langley).

FIELDING
E: Sierra (1, throw), Garcia, An (18, throw).
Outfield assists: Short (Bass, J at 3rd base).
DP: (Garcia, An-Escobar-Black).

a-Grounded into a forceout for Williams, K in the 9th.

Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kaminska (W, 8-7) 6.0 6 3 3 1 8 0 3.90
Encarnacion 2.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2.08
Todd, B 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.33

Kannapolis
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Griffith (L, 2-4) 5.0 9 5 5 3 2 0 4.24
O’Neil 2.0 5 3 3 0 1 0 2.90
Hunt, L 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.38
Lechuga 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00

WP: O’Neil.
HBP: Keedy (by Lechuga).
Groundouts-flyouts: Kaminska 7-3, Encarnacion 2-2, Todd, B 1-1, Griffith 7-5, O’Neil 5-0, Hunt, L 1-1, Lechuga 1-0.
Batters faced: Kaminska 25, Encarnacion 8, Todd, B 4, Griffith 26, O’Neil 10, Hunt, L 3, Lechuga 4.
Umpires: HP: Jay Pierce. 1B: Matt Cumbee. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 2 mph, In from LF.
T: 2:42 (1:00 delay).
Att: 1,225.