Hoppers struggle tonight in loss to Hickory Crawdads

The pitching has just not been there the past couple of nights for the Greensboro Grasshoppers and they will have to get that shored up in a hurry, as they meet the Hickory Crawdads again at 7pm Saturday, at NewBridge Bank Park…Charlie Lowell set to get the start on Saturday night for the Hoppers…..Tonight’s(Friday) final was Hickory 11, Greensboro Grasshoppers 4….HR’s for Aaron Senne(6) and Austin Barnes(4)…..The Hoppers have given up 10 runs total in the 6th inning over the past two nights…..Aaron Senne with three hits tonight and the only Hopper to have multiple hits in this game….Hoppers with 8 hits on Friday, but 4 errors and that don’t help out…..

Hickory 11 – 14 – 1
Greensboro 4 – 8 – 4
WP:Will Lamb (1-6/4.76)
LP:Scott Lyman (1-1/8.56)

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Hickory Crawdads
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Luis Sardinas SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 .284
Trever Adams 1B 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 0 .255
Drew Robinson 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .284
Alejandro Selen LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .417
Christopher Grayson CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .287
Jorge Alfaro DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
a- Jhonny Gomez PH-DH 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Kellin Deglan C 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .227
Jordan Akins RF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .199
Nick Urbanus 2B 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .357

a-Struck out for Alfaro in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Adams (10, Lyman), Akins (10, Lyman), Selen (5, Lyman), Grayson (20, Lyman), Sardinas (8, Nappo), Urbanus (1, Rodriguez, Js).
TB: Robinson, D; Selen 2; Sardinas 2; Grayson 2; Urbanus 4; Deglan 3; Adams 3; Akins 2; Gomez.
RBI: Robinson, D (39), Grayson 2 (35), Sardinas 3 (17), Deglan (16), Adams 2 (27), Urbanus (5).
2-out RBI: Grayson; Sardinas; Adams 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Alfaro 2; Deglan; Grayson 2; Adams.
Team RISP: 7-for-19.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
SB: Grayson (19, 2nd base off Lyman/Gimenez), Deglan (3, 2nd base off Lyman/Gimenez).
CS: Sardinas (5, 2nd base by Lyman/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Adams (9, fielding).
DP: (Robinson, D-Urbanus-Adams).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brent Keys CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .361
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .313
Aaron Senne LF 4 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 .314
Josh Adams 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .263
Ryan McIntyre RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Wilfredo Gimenez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
Ryan Goetz SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .268
Rand Smith DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231

BATTING
HR: Senne (6, 5th inning off Lamb, 1 on, 1 out), Barnes (4, 9th inning off Perez, S, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Goetz; Smith, R; McIntyre; Keys; Barnes 4; Senne 6.
RBI: Senne 3 (30), Barnes (39).
2-out RBI: Barnes.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rieger 2; Goetz.
SAC: Barnes.
GIDP: Gimenez.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Keys (4, fielding), Gimenez (3, throw), Senne (6, fielding), Goetz (6, fielding).
Outfield assists: McIntyre (Deglan at 2nd base).

Hickory Crawdads
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Will Lamb (W, 1-6) 5.0 5 3 3 2 5 1 4.76
Andrew Faulkner 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5.06
Santo Perez 2.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 6.65
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Scott Lyman (L, 1-1) 5.2 8 6 6 3 4 0 8.56
Gregory Nappo 1.1 3 2 2 0 4 0 2.98
Jose Rodriguez 1.0 1 1 1 3 1 0 3.86
Brad Mincey 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2.82

WP: Lyman 3, Rodriguez, Js.
HBP: Keys (by Lamb).
Groundouts-flyouts: Lamb 3-4, Faulkner 3-1, Perez, S 2-0, Lyman 9-2, Nappo 0-1, Rodriguez, Js 1-1, Mincey 4-0.
Batters faced: Lamb 23, Faulkner 8, Perez, S 9, Lyman 26, Nappo 8, Rodriguez, Js 7, Mincey 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Nappo 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Charlie Tierney. 1B: Doug Del Bello.
Weather: 100 degrees, clear.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
T: 3:04.
Att: 4,744.