Austin City Limits:Hoppers roll over Intimidators tonight at NBBP with the final of 12-2

Big night at NewBridge Bank Park, where the Greensboro Grasshopper rolled in their 12-2 victory over the visiting Kannapolis Intimidators…..Austin Barnes had a three-run home run to really open the game up and the Hoppers also saw three RBI, on three hits with two doubles, coming from their new shortstop Austin Nola….Sort of like the old Saturday night PBS program Austin City Limits and it was ‘Country Music Night’ at the ballpark, so that all worked out good together….James Wooster has three RBI, Rand Smith collected four hits Tony Caldwell had three hits and you could just keep going on and on…John Schultz started out 0-2, but then he finished up 3-6….Josh Hodges got the win for the Hoppers, his sixth and this was one of those break-out nights that you hope to have, so your team can get that confidence level building again and that should be the case, after tonight’s success….With this win, the Hoppers have now won three game in a-row….

Notes on this one:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 12
Kannapolis Intimidators 2

WP:Josh Hodges(6-6)
LP:Matthew Lane(2–3)
HR(GSO) Austin Barnes(6) RBI’s(44)
Hoppers-12-18-0
Intimidators-2-7-3

Hoppers now(9-14)
Initmidators(9-13)

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Keenyn Walker CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .280
Joey DeMichele 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Grant Buckner LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .259
Kevan Smith DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Leighton Pangilinan 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .233
Chris Curley 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200
Bill Rice RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .315
Martin Medina C 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .259
Garis Pena SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205

BATTING
2B: Medina (5, Mincey).
TB: Medina 2; Walker; Pangilinan; Smith, K; Rice; Curley 2.
RBI: Rice (6), Medina (16).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Walker; Pena; Rice.
SF: Medina.
GIDP: DeMichele.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rice (2, 2nd base off Hodges/Caldwell).
CS: Walker (11, 2nd base by Hodges/Caldwell).

FIELDING
E: Curley (2, fielding), Lane (2, throw), Walker (3, fielding).
PB: Medina (6).
Outfield assists: Rice (Rieger at home).
DP: (Curley-DeMichele-Pangilinan).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
John Schultz DH 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 .337
Austin Barnes 2B 5 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 1 .312
Aaron Senne LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .319
Ryan Rieger 1B 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .257
Austin Nola SS 4 2 3 2 0 0 3 1 0 .316
Tony Caldwell C 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272
James Wooster RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 .271
Josh Adams 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .257
Rand Smith CF 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .265

BATTING
2B: Barnes (25, Lane), Nola 2 (3, Lane, Casey, Ja).
HR: Barnes (6, 7th inning off Casey, Ja, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Smith, R 4; Wooster; Schultz 3; Nola 5; Caldwell 3; Barnes 7; Senne.
RBI: Nola 3 (6), Smith, R (19), Rieger (44), Wooster 3 (36), Schultz (5), Barnes 3 (44).
2-out RBI: Nola; Smith, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Senne 2; Adams.
GIDP: Adams.
Team RISP: 7-for-16.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
DP: (Mincey-Nola-Rieger).

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Matthew Lane (L, 2-3) 2.1 9 8 2 2 2 0 6.22
Jarrett Casey 3.2 7 4 4 1 4 1 5.92
Dustin Umberger 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 8.31
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Josh Hodges (W, 6-6) 6.0 5 2 2 3 3 0 3.87
Brad Mincey 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.91
Collin Cargill 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00

Casey, Ja pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.

WP: Lane 2, Hodges.
Groundouts-flyouts: Lane 4-1, Casey, Ja 2-3, Umberger 1-1, Hodges 7-5, Mincey 2-2, Cargill 1-0.
Batters faced: Lane 19, Casey, Ja 19, Umberger 8, Hodges 25, Mincey 7, Cargill 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Casey, Ja 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Jimmy Hollingsworth. 1B: Brian Miller.
Weather: 83 degrees, clear.
Wind: 1 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:47.
Att: 5,463.