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‘Hoppers’ Austin goes deep twice in losing effort
Chase Austin blasted a pair of two-run homers, but Greensboro fell to Lakewood, 7-6, on Tuesday. The third baseman has 27 extra-base hits and 36 RBIs through 238 at-bats.
Lakewood BlueClaws 7
Greensboro Grasshoppers 6
Box score:
Lakewood
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Villar SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .284
James CF 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
Castro, L LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
Singleton 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .345
Valle C 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 .264
Batts DH 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Buschini 3B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .232
Hewitt RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .223
Schoenberger 2B 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 .301
May P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Beal, J P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Massingham P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BATTING
2B: Valle (18, James), Batts (10, Dilone), Schoenberger (6, Dilone).
TB: Villar; Castro, L; Singleton; Valle 2; Batts 3; Hewitt; Schoenberger 2.
RBI: Schoenberger 4 (22), Valle 2 (51).
2-out RBI: Schoenberger 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Batts 2; Schoenberger 2; Villar.
S: Schoenberger; James.
GIDP: Valle.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Buschini (16, 2nd base off James/Skipworth), Castro, L (12, 2nd base off James/Skipworth), James (19, 2nd base off James/Skipworth).
CS: Villar (10, 3rd base by Dilone/Skipworth).
FIELDING
E: Villar 3 (33, throw, throw, interference).
DP: 2 (Singleton, Buschini-Schoenberger-Singleton).
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Duarte CF 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .291
Austin 3B 5 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 1 .256
Skipworth C 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Bass, J LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .264
Keedy 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Jensen, K DH 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .235
Smith, R RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .232
Wade, C 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241
Torres SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208
James P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dilone P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Benjamin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BATTING
2B: Jensen, K (10, May), Duarte (7, Beal, J).
HR: Austin 2 (10, 3rd inning off May, 1 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Massingham, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Duarte 3; Austin 8; Skipworth 2; Keedy; Jensen, K 3; Torres.
RBI: Austin 4 (36), Jensen, K (44), Smith, R (29).
2-out RBI: Austin 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bass, J; Wade, C; Skipworth.
SF: Smith, R.
GIDP: Smith, R.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.
BASERUNNING
SB: Duarte (7, 2nd base off Massingham/Valle).
FIELDING
E: Wade, C (11, throw), Torres 2 (16, fielding, throw).
DP: (Dilone-Torres-Keedy).
Lakewood
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
May (W, 1-0) 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 1 6.00
Beal, J (H, 1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.60
Massingham (S, 3) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 1 4.10
Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
James (L, 3-5) 2.1 3 4 2 4 4 0 4.24
Dilone 2.2 4 3 3 2 1 0 3.71
Benjamin 4.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.23
WP: May 2, James.
HBP: Keedy (by May).
Groundouts-flyouts: May 6-6, Beal, J 3-2, Massingham 3-0, James 3-0, Dilone 6-0, Benjamin 5-4.
Batters faced: May 26, Beal, J 8, Massingham 5, James 16, Dilone 12, Benjamin 14.
Inherited runners-scored: Dilone 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Ryan Karle. 1B: Jonathan Bailey. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 93 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:53.
Att: 4,070.