Greensboro Grasshoppers stay hot and hang on to win on the road tonight with Matt Smith(DH) hot Hopper(Three-run HR)

Hoppers at Asheville down 3-0 and then go up 6-3 and hang on to win 6-5, over the Tourists…

Greensboro Grasshoppers 6
Asheville Tourists 5

WP:Kevin Cravey(7-0)
SV:Colin Cargill(1)
LP:Daniel Winkler(8-8)
HR’s:(GSO) Matt Smith(12)….Austin Barnes(7)

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
John Schultz CF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .357
Austin Barnes 2B 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .312
Aaron Senne LF 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .317
Ryan Rieger 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .252
Austin Nola SS 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .309
Matt Smith DH 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 2 .288
James Wooster RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253
Tony Caldwell C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .280

BATTING
2B: Nola (6, Winkler), Senne (11, Rankin).
HR: Barnes (7, 5th inning off Winkler, 0 on, 0 out), Smith, M (12, 5th inning off Winkler, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Wooster; Schultz 2; Nola 2; Smith, M 4; Caldwell 2; Barnes 5; Senne 2.
RBI: Caldwell (12), Barnes (45), Smith, M 3 (51), Senne (34).
2-out RBI: Caldwell.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Nola 3; Schultz; Rieger.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nola (2, 2nd base off Winkler/Swanner).

FIELDING
E: Caldwell (4, throw).
DP: 2 (Nola-Barnes-Rieger, Nola).

Asheville Tourists
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Trevor Story SS 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .262
Brian Humphries CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .286
William Swanner C 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .336
Harold Riggins 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 .296
Tyler Massey LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .314
Samuel Mende 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .295
Jordan Ribera DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .242
Jared Simon RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253
Jose Rivera 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277

BATTING
2B: Story (26, Cravey), Swanner (21, Nygren), Riggins (20, Nygren), Humphries (21, Cargill).
HR: Ribera (3, 2nd inning off Brice, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Swanner 2; Simon; Riggins 2; Mende; Story 2; Humphries 2; Massey; Ribera 4.
RBI: Mende (49), Ribera 2 (19), Swanner (52), Riggins (62).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rivera 2; Riggins; Swanner.
GIDP: Swanner.
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Massey 3 (18, 2nd base off Brice/Caldwell, 2nd base off Brice/Caldwell, 3rd base off Brice/Caldwell).

FIELDING
PB: Swanner 2 (12).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Austin Brice 4.0 3 3 3 4 5 1 4.10
Kevin Cravey (W, 7-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1.41
James Nygren (H, 1) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 5.74
Collin Cargill (S, 1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
Asheville Tourists
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Daniel Winkler (L, 8-8) 5.0 7 5 5 3 4 2 4.71
William Rankin 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1.69
Rafael Suarez 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 4.89
Russell Brewer 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.03

WP: Cravey, Winkler.
Balk: Nygren.
HBP: Senne (by Winkler).
Groundouts-flyouts: Brice 4-1, Cravey 3-1, Nygren 1-0, Cargill 3-0, Winkler 5-2, Rankin 0-1, Suarez 1-2, Brewer 1-0.
Batters faced: Brice 18, Cravey 9, Nygren 5, Cargill 7, Winkler 26, Rankin 6, Suarez 8, Brewer 3.
Umpires: HP: Alex Ziegler. 1B: Mike Patterson.
Weather: 78 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:07.
Att: 3,458.