Greensboro Grasshoppers avoid sweep and fight back to win over WVA Power tonight at NewBridge Bank Park

Greensboro Grasshoppers 9
West Virginia Power 6

WP:Kevin Cravey(8-0)
LP:Porforio Lopez(1-2)
HR’S:(GSO) James Wooster(9)….(WVA) Jose Osuna(13)

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Greensboro now (15-19) second half….
West Virginia now (18-16) second half….

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

West Virginia Power
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Taylor Lewis CF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .259
Chris Lashmet 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 .231
Gregory Polanco DH 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .323
Jose Osuna 1B 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .274
Dan Gamache 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .276
Willy Garcia RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .255
Elias Diaz C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .203
Francisco Aponte LF 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Junior Sosa LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269
Ashley Ponce SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221

BATTING
2B: Gamache (26, Lowell), Polanco, G (23, Lowell).
HR: Osuna (13, 5th inning off Lowell, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Aponte, F 2; Osuna 4; Ponce, A; Gamache 3; Garcia, W; Diaz; Lashmet; Polanco, G 2.
RBI: Osuna 2 (55), Gamache (36), Lashmet (23).
2-out RBI: Gamache; Lashmet.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Aponte, F; Garcia, W; Polanco, G.
SAC: Ponce, A.
GIDP: Osuna, Garcia, W.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Garcia, W (9, 2nd base off Lowell/Gimenez), Lewis, T (13, 3rd base off Lowell/Gimenez), Ponce, A (2, 2nd base off Lowell/Gimenez).
CS: Polanco, G (13, 3rd base by Lowell/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Gamache (16, fielding).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brent Keys CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .351
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .302
John Schultz DH 3 2 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 .361
Josh Adams 3B 5 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 .261
James Wooster LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .266
Wilfredo Gimenez C 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Ryan McIntyre RF 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .294
Ryan Rieger 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .246
Ryan Goetz SS 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
a- Matt Smith PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .289
Austin Nola SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303

a-Walked for Goetz in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Keys (16, Rowland), Schultz 2 (8, Rowland, Lopez, P), Adams 2 (27, Rowland, Lopez, P).
3B: McIntyre (3, Singh, R).
HR: Wooster (9, 4th inning off Rowland, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Goetz 2; Rieger; Wooster 4; Adams 5; McIntyre 3; Keys 2; Schultz 4; Gimenez.
RBI: Wooster (40), Schultz 3 (9), Adams 2 (68), Rieger (47), Smith, M (55), Barnes (46).
2-out RBI: Schultz 3; Adams 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wooster 3; Adams; Gimenez.
SF: Barnes.
Team RISP: 4-for-13.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Lowell (5, pickoff), Gimenez (8, throw).
Outfield assists: Keys (Lashmet at 2nd base).
DP: 2 (Adams-Barnes-Rieger, Goetz-Barnes-Rieger).

West Virginia Power
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Robby Rowland 5.0 6 3 3 2 0 1 3.46
Rinku Singh (H, 2) 2.0 2 1 1 0 3 0 2.62
Porfirio Lopez (BS, 1)(L, 1-2) 0.2 4 5 5 3 1 0 9.42
Nathan Kilcrease 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.40
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell 5.0 7 5 5 6 0 1 3.94
Brad Mincey 2.0 3 1 0 2 0 0 2.48
Kevin Cravey (W, 8-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.29

WP: Rowland, Lowell.
IBB: Lewis, T (by Mincey).
HBP: Lewis, T (by Lowell).
Groundouts-flyouts: Rowland 7-6, Singh, R 2-1, Lopez, P 0-1, Kilcrease, N 1-0, Lowell 7-3, Mincey 3-2, Cravey 3-1.
Batters faced: Rowland 23, Singh, R 9, Lopez, P 9, Kilcrease, N 1, Lowell 24, Mincey 10, Cravey 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Kilcrease, N 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Dane Ratajski. 1B: Derek Eaton.
Weather: 92 degrees, clear.
Wind: 9 mph, L to R.
T: 2:47.
Att: 6,507.