I just got in here at 1am and the Greensboro Grasshoppers topped West Virginia Power 5-4 in 19 innings(With official SAL Box Score)

This was the longest game I have ever been around and I was there for every single pitch and had the good fortune to call it all on the radio at NewBridge Bank Park….I had heard of games like this one, but had never been right in the middle of it….

Greensboro Grasshoppers 5
West Virginia Power 4
(19 Innings)
WP:Chris Shaffer(4-0)
LP:Kevin Mort(0-1)

Game winning RBI Christian Yelich and Game winning run scored by Noah Perio……What a night by West Virginia second baseman Kevin Mort who took over on the mound for the Power and went 5 1/3 innings in relief…I would say that Yelich(with a game-tying two run homer in the 9th and then the game-winning RBI in the 19th) for the Hoppers and Mort for WVA were the players of the game…..

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 R H E
West Virginia 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 3
Greensboro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 5 15 1

W: Shafer (4-0, 3.75) L: Mort (0-1, 4.32)

West Virginia Power
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Maggi SS 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .250
Vasquez LF-2B 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269
Grovatt RF 8 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .290
Howard DH 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258
1- Bencsko PR-DH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Noris LF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Rojas, M CF 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .249
Lyles 1B 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .220
Diaz C 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .204
Mort 2B-P 7 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Avila 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .211

1-Ran for Howard in the 9th.
BATTING
2B: Mort (9, Morey), Vasquez (13, Morey), Grovatt (28, Mejia).
TB: Maggi; Vasquez 2; Grovatt 3; Howard 2; Noris; Lyles; Mort 4; Avila.
RBI: Maggi (40), Grovatt (60).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Grovatt 2; Lyles; Vasquez; Mort; Maggi.
GIDP: Rojas, M 2; Avila.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Avila (8, 2nd base off Shafer/Realmuto), Grovatt (20, 2nd base off Morey/Realmuto).
CS: Maggi (18, 2nd base by Brady/Realmuto), Howard (6, 2nd base by Morey/Realmuto), Mort (6, 2nd base by Morey/Realmuto).

FIELDING
E: Avila (27, throw), Maggi (28, fielding), Noris (4, throw).
DP: 3 (Mort-Maggi-Lyles 2, Fuesser-Lyles).
Pickoffs: Lopez (Galloway at 1st base).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Perio 2B 9 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .298
Ozuna RF 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Yelich LF 5 1 3 0 0 1 3 4 0 .311
Canha 1B 7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .270
Fisher 3B 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .253
Realmuto C 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .283
Black, Da SS 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .281
Galloway CF 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .240
Gimenez DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246
a- Dudley PH-DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .283
1- Bonadonna PR-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .201

a-Singled for Gimenez in the 14th.
1-Ran for Dudley in the 14th.
BATTING
2B: Canha (20, Lopez), Black, Da (16, Mort), Realmuto (14, Mort).
HR: Yelich (13, 9th inning off Fuesser, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Perio 3; Ozuna; Yelich 6; Canha 4; Fisher; Realmuto 3; Black, Da 2; Dudley.
RBI: Yelich 3 (68), Galloway (44), Dudley (25).
2-out RBI: Dudley.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Realmuto 4; Black, Da; Canha; Perio; Bonadonna.
SAC: Fisher; Ozuna 2.
SF: Galloway.
GIDP: Ozuna; Perio.
Team RISP: 2-for-16.
Team LOB: 15.

BASERUNNING
CS: Galloway (9, 2nd base by Lopez/Diaz).
PO: Galloway (1st base by Lopez).

FIELDING
E: Realmuto (12, missed catch).
PB: Realmuto (23).
DP: 5 (Realmuto-Black, Da, Realmuto-Perio, Perio-Canha, Perio-Black, Da-Canha 2).

West Virginia Power
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lopez 5.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 3.18
Fuesser (BS, 3) 3.0 3 2 2 1 3 1 3.29
Ennis 3.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4.79
Singh, R 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Mort (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 5.1 7 3 3 3 4 0 4.32
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Morey 7.0 6 2 2 3 4 0 4.96
Zawacki 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.35
Brady 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1.96
Conley 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.99
Mejia 3.0 2 2 1 1 2 0 3.09
Shafer (W, 4-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 3.75

Fuesser pitched to 2 batters in the 9th.

WP: Morey 2, Mejia.
IBB: Rojas, M (by Morey).
HBP: Bencsko (by Mejia).
Groundouts-flyouts: Lopez 6-5, Fuesser 3-1, Ennis 4-2, Singh, R 6-0, Mort 3-3, Morey 6-6, Zawacki 2-3, Brady 5-1, Conley 1-1, Mejia 0-5, Shafer 4-2.
Batters faced: Lopez 18, Fuesser 12, Ennis 12, Singh, R 7, Mort 26, Morey 27, Zawacki 6, Brady 10, Conley 4, Mejia 13, Shafer 10.
Umpires: HP: Jeremy Riggs. 1B: John Burzynski. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 88 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, Out to LF.
T: 5:09.
Att: 5,516.