Greensboro Grasshoppers drop real tight one to Hagerstown Suns tonight at NewBridge Bank Park

Grasshoppers up 3-0 after six innings, behind starting pitcher Charlie Lowell and the Hoppers had the bases loaded up with one out in the bottom of the 8th inning trying to rally…..

Final:
Hagerstown Suns 4
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3

WP:Colin Bates(4-2)
SV:Aaron Barrett(16)
LP:Brad Mincey(1-2)
Hoppers now (6-14) and Suns(14-6)……On the night it was Hagerstown 4-5-1 and Greensboro 3-11-1….

Box Score from the Wednesday night game courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Hagerstown Suns
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brian Goodwin CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
Billy Burns LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .312
Cutter Dykstra 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .299
Steven Souza, Jr. RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .284
Justin Miller 3B 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .241
Brett Newsome 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .278
Hendry Jimenez DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .202
a- Caleb Ramsey PH-DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296
Sam Palace C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .261
Bryce Ortega SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .240

a-Flied out for Jimenez, H in the 7th.
BATTING
2B: Miller (18, Lowell).
TB: Ortega; Dykstra; Miller 2; Burns; Souza.
RBI: Miller 2 (42), Palace (3), Ortega (6).
2-out RBI: Ortega.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jimenez, H; Dykstra.
SF: Miller.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Ortega (9, 2nd base off Lowell/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Dykstra (7, fielding).
DP: 2 (Ortega-Dykstra-Newsome, Miller-Newsome).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .258
Austin Nola SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
Aaron Senne LF 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .330
Josh Adams 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .260
Ryan Rieger DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Terrence Dayleg 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .226
John Schultz CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .325
Wilfredo Gimenez C 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248
Rand Smith RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .248

BATTING
2B: Smith, R (5, Turnbull).
TB: Smith, R 3; Schultz 2; Gimenez; Dayleg 2; Senne 4.
RBI: Goetz 2 (30), Smith, R (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rieger; Dayleg 2; Nola.
SAC: Gimenez.
SF: Goetz.
GIDP: Adams, Smith, R.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Lowell (4, pickoff).

Hagerstown Suns
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Kylin Turnbull 6.0 7 3 3 2 2 0 4.82
Colin Bates (W, 4-2) 2.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.42
Aaron Barrett (S, 16) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.67
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell 6.0 2 2 2 3 6 0 4.21
Brad Mincey (BS, 3)(L, 1-2) 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 3.05
Gregory Nappo 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2.77

Lowell pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Groundouts-flyouts: Turnbull 7-8, Bates 3-2, Barrett 1-0, Lowell 6-3, Mincey 4-2, Nappo 0-0.
Batters faced: Turnbull 27, Bates 9, Barrett 3, Lowell 23, Mincey 10, Nappo 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Mincey 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Brian Miller. 1B: Jimmy Hollingsworth.
Weather: 67 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 12 mph, R to L.
T: 2:27.
Att: 2,874.