Greensboro Grasshoppers go up 2 1/2 games with 4 to play:Hoppers win and Hagerstown falls

Hoppers now up 2 1/2 games over the Hagerstown Suns, with just 4 left to play in the first half of the South Atlantic League….Northern Division tonight with the Grasshoppers winning 13-2 over Kannapolis and Hagerstown falls to Hickory 5-3…..Charleston, S.C. Riverdogs at Grasshoppers tomorrow night, 7pm…Hoppers 13 runs on 18 hits tonight with a ton of doubles…

Tonight:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 13
Kannapolis 2

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz LF 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269
Austin Barnes 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .286
Brent Keys CF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .358
Josh Adams 3B 4 2 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 .286
Matt Smith 1B 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .297
James Wooster DH 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 .278
Terrence Dayleg SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Wilfredo Gimenez C 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .255
Ryan McIntyre RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 2 .329

BATTING
2B: McIntyre (11, Walters), Wooster 2 (16, Brase, Brase), Keys (12, Brase), Barnes (15, Brase).
TB: Goetz; Wooster 4; McIntyre 3; Adams 3; Keys 4; Smith, M 2; Gimenez; Dayleg 2; Barnes 3.
RBI: Adams 3 (55), Dayleg (21), McIntyre 3 (21), Smith, M (40), Wooster 2 (28), Barnes 2 (30).
2-out RBI: McIntyre 2; Adams 2; Barnes 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Goetz; McIntyre; Gimenez; Keys.
SAC: Keys.
GIDP: Smith, M.
Team RISP: 9-for-20.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Keys (14, 3rd base off Walters/Medina).

FIELDING
PB: Gimenez (7).
DP: (Dayleg-Barnes-Smith, M).

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ross Wilson LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .272
Grant Buckner 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250
Rangel Ravelo 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
Mark Haddow RF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .336
Kevin Dubler DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .192
Martin Medina C 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .237
Garis Pena SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .212
David Herbek 2B 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .220
Tillman Pugh CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .077

BATTING
2B: Herbek (8, Rodriguez, Js).
TB: Medina; Haddow 2; Herbek 2.
RBI: Herbek (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pugh; Herbek 2.
SF: Herbek.
GIDP: Pena.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Herbek (3, 3rd base off Rodriguez, Js/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Buckner (5, missed catch).
PB: Medina (4).
DP: (Pena-Herbek-Buckner).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gregory Nappo 4.0 2 1 1 2 7 0 2.13
Jose Rodriguez (W, 1-0) 1.2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0.00
James Nygren (S, 10) 3.1 0 0 0 2 2 0 4.50
Kannapolis Intimidators
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Blair Walters (L, 3-3) 5.2 8 4 4 1 5 0 2.88
Jeff Soptic 0.2 2 4 4 2 0 0 9.00
Stew Brase 2.2 8 5 5 0 3 0 7.41

WP: Soptic, Brase.
Groundouts-flyouts: Nappo 1-3, Rodriguez, Js 0-1, Nygren 7-0, Walters 7-2, Soptic 2-0, Brase 1-3.
Batters faced: Nappo 16, Rodriguez, Js 9, Nygren 11, Walters 26, Soptic 6, Brase 16.
Inherited runners-scored: Nygren 3-0, Soptic 2-0, Brase 2-2.
Ejections: Greensboro Grasshoppers Manager Dave Berg ejected by HP umpire Ryan Bealo (2nd)
Umpires: HP: Ryan Bealo. 1B: Charlie Tierney.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 3:01.
Att: 1,077.

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