Hoppers fall in Wednesday day game as the Birds put up 8 and win by 5

from Wednesday at NewBridge Bank Park:

Delmarva Shorebirds 8
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3

Delmarva-8-13-2
Greensboro-3-6-2

WP:Luis Noel(1-2)
LP:Curt Petersen(2-5)

Hoppers(24-30)
Shorebirds(23-31)

*****The Hoppers fall today after winning 8-4 on the strength of two home runs from Justin Bass and Chad Cregar on Tuesday night and the team posted five home runs in an 8-4 road win at Lexington, Kentucky on Monday night…..The Greensboro Grasshoppers have 59 HR’s as a team on the season and next closest team in the SAL has 42, while Delmarva has homered 24 times on the season and the Rome, Georgia Braves have just 12 home runs in 2010….*****