Hoppers fall 1-0 at Augusta, as Conley strikes out 8, but is still saddled with the loss

Augusta Greenjackets 1
Greensboro Grasshoppers 0

Hoppers starter Adam Conley takes the loss, but only gave up one run, on one hit and he struck out eight Greenjackets batters…Hoppers now (40-18) and Augusta stands at (23-33) and the same two teams meet tonight, in Augusta…..One side note we have, is that Augusta’s starting third baseman in last night’s game was Garrett Buchele, the son of former Texas Rangers’ third baseman, Steve Buchele…From Arlington, Texas, the home of the Rangers and dad Steve could leave them runs off of the scoreboard when he was on defense at third and bring the runners home, when he was at the plate…An all-time great for the Rangers and how many of you remember Steve? I’ll leave it at that and go grab your bat……

Box Score from last night’s game in Augusta courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
John Schultz LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125
Austin Barnes 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295
Brent Keys CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .371
Matt Smith DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .311
Ryan Rieger 1B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .270
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .280
James Wooster RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Terrence Dayleg SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223
Wilfredo Gimenez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248

BATTING
2B: Rieger (14, Blackburn).
TB: Smith, M; Rieger 2; Keys 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dayleg; Smith, M.
GIDP: Adams.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Keys (13, 2nd base off Vazquez, K/Arnold, J).

FIELDING
E: Dayleg (14, missed catch).
Pickoffs: Conley (Galindo at 1st base).

Augusta GreenJackets
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jesus Galindo CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .237
Kelby Tomlinson SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .245
Shawn Payne LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .280
Wes Hodges DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Ben Thomas 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Jose Flores 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .385
Garrett Buechele 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243
Brett Krill RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Jeff Arnold C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200

BATTING
TB: Krill; Galindo; Thomas, B.
RBI: Payne (21).
SF: Payne.
Team RISP: 0-for-1.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
CS: Galindo (3, 2nd base by Conley/Gimenez).
PO: Galindo (1st base by Conley).

FIELDING
E: Galindo (2, fielding).
DP: (Tomlinson-Flores-Thomas, B).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Adam Conley (L, 6-2) 6.0 1 1 0 1 8 0 2.56
Kevin Cravey 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1.67
Augusta GreenJackets
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Clayton Blackburn (W, 2-2) 8.2 4 0 0 1 6 0 3.04
Kyle Vazquez (S, 1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.75

HBP: Galindo (by Conley).
Groundouts-flyouts: Conley 4-4, Cravey 1-1, Blackburn 13-3, Vazquez, K 0-0.
Batters faced: Conley 21, Cravey 8, Blackburn 30, Vazquez, K 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Vazquez, K 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Doug Del Bello. 1B: Charlie Tierney.
Weather: 75 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to RF.
T: 2:01.
Att: 1,011.