The Greensboro Grasshoppers lead, with just two games to play in the South Atlantic League’s Northern Division, is down to just a game and a-half over the Hagerstown Suns….Jose Fernandez(6-0) will go for the Hopppers on Saturday night versus the Charleston RiverDogs….Got to get the young man some runs….Hoppers(44-24)/Hagerstown(42-24)….
Charleston, S.C. RiverDogs 5
Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
Hagerstown Suns 5
West Virginia Power 2 (10 Innings)
Box Score from the Grasshopper Friday night game with Charleston, S.C……
Charleston RiverDogs
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Mason Williams CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Cito Culver SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .223
Dante Bichette, Jr. 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .261
Gary Sanchez C 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .302
Angelo Gumbs DH 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 .275
Reymond Nunez 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .276
Kelvin De Leon RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .259
Cody Grice LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Ali Castillo 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .347
BATTING
2B: Nunez, R (11, Omahen).
HR: Sanchez, G (11, 5th inning off Conley, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Nunez, R 3; De Leon, K 2; Sanchez, G 5; Gumbs 4; Culver; Williams, M 2.
RBI: Bichette (23), Gumbs (33), Sanchez, G (49), Nunez, R 2 (31).
2-out RBI: Gumbs; Sanchez, G; Nunez, R 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: De Leon, K; Williams, M; Culver 2.
SAC: Castillo, Al.
GIDP: Nunez, R.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING
SB: Williams, M (17, 2nd base off Shafer/Gimenez).
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Grice (Smith, R at 2nd base).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan McIntyre RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .325
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Brent Keys CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .356
Josh Adams 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Matt Smith 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .297
James Wooster LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Terrence Dayleg SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .224
Wilfredo Gimenez C 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .253
Rand Smith DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
BATTING
2B: Barnes (16, Guerra, P).
3B: Gimenez (2, Mahoney).
TB: Smith, R 2; Wooster; McIntyre 2; Smith, M; Gimenez 3; Barnes 3.
RBI: Gimenez (9), Keys (31).
2-out RBI: Gimenez.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smith, M; Keys; Smith, R 3.
SAC: Dayleg.
SF: Keys.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Keys (Nunez, R at 3rd base).
DP: (Dayleg-Barnes-Smith, M).
Charleston RiverDogs
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Evan Rutckyj (W, 3-2) 5.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 4.50
Daniel Mahoney (H, 2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.18
Pedro Guerra 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2.37
Joel De La Cruz (S, 2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.52
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Adam Conley (L, 7-3) 5.0 8 3 3 2 4 1 2.78
John Omahen 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3.55
Chris Shafer 2.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
WP: Guerra, P.
Groundouts-flyouts: Rutckyj 4-6, Mahoney 1-1, Guerra, P 0-2, De La Cruz, Jo 3-0, Conley 7-3, Omahen 4-0, Shafer 0-1.
Batters faced: Rutckyj 22, Mahoney 5, Guerra, P 4, De La Cruz, Jo 6, Conley 24, Omahen 9, Shafer 8.
Umpires: HP: Roberto Moreno. 1B: JJ January.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear.
Wind: 1 mph, R to L.
T: 2:48.
Att: 7,823.