Greensboro Grasshoppers hang on tight and win tonight, 4-2, over the Hickory Crawdads

Solid win tonight at NewBridge Bank Park, as the Greensboro Grasshoppers topped the Hickory Crawdads……Nice and hot for baseball this evening at ‘The Bridge’…..

Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
Hickory Crawdads 2

WP:James Nygren(5-1)
SV:Brad Mincey(5)
Hold:Johnny Omahen(5)
LP:Jose Mavare(2-3)
HR:(HIC) Trever Adams(3)
Hoppers 4 – 8 – 1
Crawdads 2 – 6 – 1

Hoppers now (51-29/5-5)
Crawdads now (43-36/7-3)

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Hickory Crawdads
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Christopher Grayson RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286
Trever Adams LF 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 .262
Drew Robinson 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .279
Alejandro Selen 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400
Jorge Alfaro DH 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .278
Kevin Torres C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214
Jordan Akins CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .196
Nick Urbanus SS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .294
Jhonny Gomez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222

BATTING
HR: Adams (3, 5th inning off Nygren, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Selen; Grayson; Alfaro; Adams 5; Gomez.
RBI: Adams 2 (29).
2-out RBI: Adams 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Urbanus; Robinson, D 2.
GIDP: Torres.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Grayson (6, 3rd base by Lowell/Caldwell).

FIELDING
E: Urbanus (2, fielding).
DP: (Urbanus-Selen-Gomez).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Rand Smith CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .225
Austin Barnes 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .311
Aaron Senne DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .306
Josh Adams 3B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .275
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .269
Ryan McIntyre RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .318
Tony Caldwell C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .212
James Wooster LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .268
Ryan Goetz SS 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .269

BATTING
2B: Rieger (18, Payano), Goetz (14, Mavare).
TB: Goetz 2; Rieger 3; Wooster; Adams 2; Caldwell; Barnes.
RBI: Rieger (38), Caldwell (10), Goetz (23), Wooster (31).
2-out RBI: Wooster.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smith, R 4; McIntyre 2; Senne 2.
GIDP: Senne.
Team RISP: 2-for-15.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
E: Rieger (5, fielding).
PB: Caldwell (7).
DP: (Rieger-Goetz).

Hickory Crawdads
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Victor Payano 4.0 3 2 2 4 4 0 3.20
Jose Mavare (L, 2-3) 2.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 4.33
Santo Perez 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 6.59
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell 4.0 3 1 1 3 7 0 4.30
James Nygren (W, 5-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 4.07
John Omahen (H, 2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.65
Brad Mincey (S, 5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.75

WP: Payano 2, Lowell 2.
Balk: Mavare.
HBP: Caldwell (by Mavare).
Groundouts-flyouts: Payano 4-3, Mavare 4-0, Perez, S 3-1, Lowell 2-1, Nygren 2-2, Omahen 4-1, Mincey 2-0.
Batters faced: Payano 19, Mavare 11, Perez, S 10, Lowell 17, Nygren 7, Omahen 9, Mincey 3.
Umpires: HP: Doug Del Bello. 1B: Charlie Tierney.
Weather: 98 degrees, clear.
Wind: 4 mph, L to R.
T: 2:54.
Att: 4,082.