This is how the week has gone already for the Greensboro Grasshoppers this week and it has been an exciting brand of baseball being played at NewBridge Bank Park….
Monday 4-3 Win
Tuesday 10-9 Loss
Wednesday 3-1 Win
Thursday 5-4 (19 Innings) Win
Friday 5-4 Win
Saturday 9-8 Win
On Saturday night at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 9
Delmarva Shorebirds 8
WP:Mike Ojala(4-3)
LP:Kyle Simon(0-1)
SV:Jordan Conley(2)
The Grasshoppers were down 8-2 in the bottom of the 8th inning and they scored 7 runs on 7 hits, including a Grand Slam Home Run by Mark Canha and then the Game-Winning RBI on a Double by Ryan Fisher as he plated Danny Black with the Game-Winning Run….Joe Bonadonna scored the Game-Tying run on a Wild Pitch, as he was pinch running for Aaron Dudley…..
Home Run by Mark Canha was #22 and his RBI’s went to 76…..Isaac Galloway had a solo homer, his 15th……
Wild finish/ending tonight at NewBridge Bank Park and the Hoppers are still in the hunt, in the second half…….RBI’s Galloway 2(50)….Canha 4(76)….Fisher(76)….Christian Yelich(69)…..
A real wild finish with 7 runs on 7 hits to win the game in the bottom of the 8th……
Box score courtesy of South Atlantic League:
Delmarva Shorebirds
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ruettiger CF 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Hornback DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Kelly 3B 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .287
Julius 1B 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .259
Oliveira C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .280
Webb RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 .227
Rosa SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .251
Planeta LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .216
Mooney 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .191
BATTING
2B: Ruettiger 2 (4, Winters, Mincey).
TB: Ruettiger 5; Hornback; Kelly 2; Oliveira; Webb; Planeta; Mooney.
RBI: Planeta (22), Kelly (46), Julius (6), Webb 2 (28), Oliveira (19).
2-out RBI: Planeta; Julius; Webb 2; Oliveira.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Mooney; Rosa 3; Oliveira; Kelly.
SAC: Oliveira; Webb; Hornback.
GIDP: Kelly.
Team RISP: 5-for-14.
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING
SB: Kelly (11, 2nd base off Ojala/Realmuto), Planeta (12, 2nd base off Winters/Realmuto).
FIELDING
DP: (Rosa-Mooney-Julius).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Perio 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .296
Ozuna RF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Yelich LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .311
Canha 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 .273
Realmuto C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Dudley DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283
1- Bonadonna PR-DH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201
Black, Da SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .278
Galloway CF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .246
Fisher 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .254
1-Ran for Dudley in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Dudley (9, Berry), Perio (28, Wright), Fisher (33, Simon).
HR: Galloway (15, 5th inning off Berry, 0 on, 1 out), Canha (22, 8th inning off Wright, 3 on, 0 out).
TB: Perio 3; Yelich; Canha 5; Realmuto; Dudley 3; Black, Da; Galloway 5; Fisher 3.
RBI: Galloway 2 (50), Yelich (69), Canha 4 (76), Fisher (76).
2-out RBI: Galloway; Fisher.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perio.
GIDP: Realmuto.
Team RISP: 4-for-7.
Team LOB: 4.
FIELDING
E: Canha (5, fielding), Realmuto 2 (14, throw, throw), Black, Da (17, fielding).
PB: Realmuto 2 (25).
DP: (Canha-Perio-Canha).
Delmarva Shorebirds
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Berry 5.0 5 2 2 0 4 1 5.40
Wright 2.1 6 6 6 1 5 1 12.10
Simon (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.18
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Winters 3.0 4 3 1 1 5 0 4.22
Mincey 3.0 5 4 1 3 2 0 3.00
Ojala (W, 4-3) 2.0 1 1 1 1 2 0 4.50
Conley (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.96
WP: Simon, Winters 2.
Groundouts-flyouts: Berry 3-5, Wright 1-1, Simon 0-1, Winters 6-0, Mincey 6-2, Ojala 1-3, Conley 1-1.
Batters faced: Berry 19, Wright 14, Simon 4, Winters 16, Mincey 18, Ojala 8, Conley 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Simon 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Andy Draper. 1B: Aaron Reynolds. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 80 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 2:55 (:18 delay).
Att: 7,203.