Greensboro Grasshoppers beat Birds and Rain at NewBridge Bank Park on Friday night

Final from Friday evening at the ballpark:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 7
Delmarva Shorebirds 4

WP:Josh Hodges(7-7)
LP:Matt Taylor(5-7)
HR’s:(GSO) Austin Barnes(9)….(DEL)Brendan Webb(11)

Hoppers go 7-10-0….
Birds go 4-13-1

Hoppers improve to (19-23) and the Birds fall to (16-24)

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Delmarva Shorebirds
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Mike Planeta LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Jerome Pena 2B 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .239
Connor Narron 1B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .240
Michael Ohlman DH 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Brenden Webb RF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 .255
Jason Esposito 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .223
Adam Davis C 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .194
Mychal Givens SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .244
Roderick Bernadina CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .333

BATTING
2B: Bernadina, R (2, Hodges), Ohlman (7, Hodges), Givens (13, Omahen), Webb (22, Mincey).
3B: Pena, J (1, Hodges).
HR: Webb (11, 2nd inning off Hodges, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Givens 3; Narron 2; Bernadina, R 3; Webb 6; Esposito; Pena, J 4; Ohlman 3.
RBI: Webb (48), Pena, J (8), Givens (23), Esposito (45).
2-out RBI: Esposito.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Planeta 2; Webb; Esposito 2; Davis, A.
SAC: Planeta.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 12.

FIELDING
E: Davis, A (4, throw).
PB: Davis, A 2 (7).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brent Keys CF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .339
Austin Barnes C 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .315
Aaron Senne LF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .295
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .262
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .246
Matt Smith DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .276
Austin Nola SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .267
James Wooster RF 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .271
Ryan Goetz 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .255

BATTING
2B: Barnes (30, Taylor), Adams (28, Taylor), Nola (9, Beal).
3B: Wooster (2, Beal).
HR: Barnes (9, 4th inning off Taylor, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Rieger; Wooster 4; Adams 3; Nola 3; Barnes 6; Senne.
RBI: Adams 2 (72), Nola 2 (12), Barnes 2 (49).
2-out RBI: Nola.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smith, M 2; Keys 2; Wooster 2; Goetz.
SAC: Adams.
Team RISP: 3-for-16.
Team LOB: 8.

Delmarva Shorebirds
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Matt Taylor (L, 5-7) 4.0 7 6 4 2 4 1 4.33
Jesse Beal 3.0 3 1 1 0 3 0 4.68
Gene Escat 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Josh Hodges (W, 7-7) 6.0 8 2 2 2 3 1 3.67
John Omahen 2.0 2 1 1 1 4 0 4.47
Brad Mincey 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2.47

WP: Beal.
HBP: Senne (by Taylor), Barnes (by Taylor).
Groundouts-flyouts: Taylor 5-4, Beal 2-3, Escat 0-1, Hodges 5-4, Omahen 0-2, Mincey 1-0.
Batters faced: Taylor 24, Beal 12, Escat 3, Hodges 28, Omahen 9, Mincey 6.
Umpires: HP: Dan Merzel. 1B: Tyler Curlis.
Weather: 85 degrees, overcast.
Wind: 9 mph, R to L.
T: 2:31 (1:12 delay).
Att: 6,950.