Greensboro Grasshoppers defeat Charleston RiverDogs tonight, but Hagerstown tops WVA and the Hoppers can’t celebrate just yet

Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
Charleston, S.C. RiverDogs 3

WP:Jose Urena(5-3)
LP:Will Oliver(2-3)
Hoppers(44-23) and RiverDogs(38-26)….Hagerstown topped West Virginia 8-6 and the Grasshoppers lead HAG by 2.5 games with just three left to play in the first half….A win by the Hoppers over Charleston, S.C. tomorrow night would lock down the SAL Northern Division First Half Title……

Box Score from tonight courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Charleston RiverDogs
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Mason Williams CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Cito Culver SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224
Dante Bichette, Jr. 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Gary Sanchez C 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .299
Angelo Gumbs 2B 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Casey Stevenson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .313
Reymond Nunez 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .271
Francisco Arcia DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .354
Kelvin De Leon RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .254

BATTING
2B: Gumbs (12, Urena, J).
TB: Gumbs 4; Culver; Stevenson; Arcia; Nunez, R; Williams, M 2; De Leon, K.
RBI: Stevenson (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sanchez, G; Bichette.
GIDP: Stevenson, Culver.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Culver (13, 2nd base off Brice/Gimenez).
CS: Williams, M (8, 2nd base by Brice/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Oliver (1, throw), Nunez, R (10, fielding).
PB: Sanchez, G (5).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .268
Austin Barnes 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .283
Brent Keys CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 .361
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .286
Matt Smith 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .296
James Wooster DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Terrence Dayleg SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .227
Wilfredo Gimenez C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252
Ryan McIntyre RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .323

BATTING
2B: Keys (13, Oliver), Adams (18, Oliver).
TB: Smith, M; Goetz; Wooster; Adams 2; Keys 3.
RBI: Keys 2 (30), Adams (56), Dayleg (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McIntyre; Dayleg.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Adams (1, 2nd base by Oliver/Sanchez, G).

FIELDING
E: Barnes (6, fielding).
Outfield assists: McIntyre (Stevenson at 2nd base).
DP: 2 (Barnes-Dayleg-Smith, M 2).

Charleston RiverDogs
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
William Oliver (L, 2-3) 6.0 6 4 3 3 3 0 4.27
Fred Lewis 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3.03
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Austin Brice 5.0 7 2 2 2 4 0 4.24
Jose Urena (BS, 1)(W, 5-3) 4.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 2.95

HBP: Gumbs (by Brice), Adams (by Oliver).
Groundouts-flyouts: Oliver 12-2, Lewis 3-0, Brice 2-5, Urena, J 7-1.
Batters faced: Oliver 27, Lewis 7, Brice 21, Urena, J 15.
Umpires: HP: JJ January. 1B: Roberto Moreno.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear.
Wind: 12 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:18.
Att: 7,919.