Walk-off win in 10 by the Hoppers tonight with Rieger to right and into the night, as the ‘W’ is hard to come by, but sweet in the end

Final on Thursday night at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
Hagerstown Suns 3
(10 Innings)
Walk-off two-run home run to right field, by Ryan Rieger, in the bottom of the 10th inning, was the winner….
WP:James Nygren(6-1)
LP:Bobby Hawkins(3-2)
HR:(GSO) Rieger(7) RBI’s to (42)
Hoppers go 4-7-1
Suns go 3-5-5

Thia puts HAG at (14-7) and GSO at (7-14)……

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Hagerstown Suns
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brian Goodwin CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .315
Billy Burns LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .309
Cutter Dykstra SS-2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .297
Steven Souza, Jr. DH 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .282
Caleb Ramsey RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Justin Miller 3B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .239
Brett Newsome 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Carlos Alvarez 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000
1- Bryce Ortega PR-SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Sam Palace C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222

1-Ran for Alvarez, C in the 10th.
BATTING
HR: Souza (16, 2nd inning off Urena, J, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Ramsey; Goodwin; Dykstra; Newsome; Souza 4.
RBI: Souza (64), Alvarez, C (1), Dykstra (44).
2-out RBI: Dykstra.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ramsey; Newsome; Souza.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Burns (32, 2nd base off Urena, J/Gimenez).
CS: Ramsey (8, 2nd base by Urena, J/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Hill (2, throw), Alvarez, C 2 (2, throw, throw), Dykstra (8, fielding), Ortega (6, fielding).
DP: 2 (Dykstra-Alvarez, C-Newsome, Palace-Newsome-Miller).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Aaron Senne LF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .322
Ryan Rieger 1B 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .261
Austin Nola SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .258
Terrence Dayleg 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
James Wooster DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .267
Wilfredo Gimenez C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Rand Smith CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250

BATTING
HR: Rieger (7, 10th inning off Hawkins, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Goetz; Smith, R; Rieger 5; Wooster 2; Gimenez.
RBI: Nola (3), Wooster (32), Rieger 2 (42).
2-out RBI: Wooster.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nola; Smith, R; Goetz 2.
SAC: Goetz.
GIDP: Gimenez.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Barnes (11, fielding).
PB: Gimenez (11).

Hagerstown Suns
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Taylor Hill 6.2 5 2 2 1 2 0 4.58
Richie Mirowski 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.38
Ben Hawkins (L, 3-2) 1.1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2.19
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jose Urena 6.0 3 2 2 3 5 1 2.96
John Omahen 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.44
James Nygren (W, 6-1) 2.0 2 1 1 3 0 0 4.80

IBB: Burns (by Nygren).
Groundouts-flyouts: Hill 11-3, Mirowski 1-1, Hawkins 4-0, Urena, J 6-5, Omahen 1-3, Nygren 5-1.
Batters faced: Hill 25, Mirowski 6, Hawkins 9, Urena, J 23, Omahen 6, Nygren 11.
Inherited runners-scored: Mirowski 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jimmy Hollingsworth. 1B: Brian Miller.
Weather: 76 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 4 mph, R to L.
T: 3:12 (:08 delay).
Att: 5,153.