Greensboro Grasshoppers take Three-out-of-Four games from the Delmarva Shorebirds, as Gimenez and Senne take center stage today

Final today in 11 Innings from NewBridge Bank Park, with the Greensboro Grasshoppers topping the Delmarva Shorebirds, in a day baseball game……

Greensboro Grasshoppers 5
Delmarva Shorebirds 5 (11 Innings)
WP:Greg Nappo(2-4)
LP:Jesse Beal(2-4)
HR:(GSO) Wilfredo Gimenez(2)….Gimenez went 4-4 with a BB overall….
Game Winning Run:Gimenez….Game Winning RBI:Aaron Senne….Catch of the Game with a fly ball leaping grab on a ball that nearly got over the left field wall:Aaron Senne….
Game Changers:Senne and Gimenez….

Hoppers go 5-13-0….Birds go 4-8-0….

Hoppers improve to (21-24) second half and have won five of their last six games…
Birds fall to (17-26) second half…….

Hoppers take the Four-Game Series from Delmarva, 3 games-to-one………

Big Day for the Hoppers’ bullpen of Kevin Cravey, Brad Mincey and Greg Nappo…..

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 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .252
Jerome Pena 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
Connor Narron 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .237
Michael Ohlman C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .261
Brenden Webb RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252
Wynston Sawyer DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .225
Jason Esposito 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219
Mychal Givens SS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237
Roderick Bernadina CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364

BATTING
2B: Narron (15, Lowell).
TB: Narron 2; Bernadina, R 2; Planeta 2; Pena, J 2; Ohlman.
RBI: Planeta (22), Narron 2 (50), Ohlman (11).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Esposito 2.
GIDP: Pena, J, Sawyer.
Team RISP: 3-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
E: Givens (24, throw).
DP: (Escat-Givens-Narron).
Pickoffs: Chalas, M (Keys at 2nd base).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .255
Austin Barnes 2B 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .316
Aaron Senne LF 6 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .297
Josh Adams 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Ryan Rieger 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241
Matt Smith DH 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .277
Ryan McIntyre RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Wilfredo Gimenez C 4 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 .272
Brent Keys CF 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .334

BATTING
2B: Barnes (31, Chalas, M), Senne (13, Chalas, M).
HR: Gimenez (2, 3rd inning off Chalas, M, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Goetz; McIntyre; Adams; Keys 2; Gimenez 7; Barnes 3; Senne 3.
RBI: Gimenez (21), Senne 2 (44), Keys (41), Goetz (35).
2-out RBI: Senne 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Adams; Senne; Smith, M.
SAC: Goetz.
SF: Goetz.
GIDP: Goetz.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
PO: Keys (2nd base by Chalas, M).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: McIntyre (Narron at 3rd base).
DP: 3 (McIntyre-Adams, Gimenez-Goetz-Rieger, Goetz-Barnes-Rieger).

Delmarva Shorebirds
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Miguel Chalas 5.0 4 2 1 1 2 1 5.03
Bobby Wilkins (BS, 1) 2.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 4.50
Gene Escat 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2.84
Jesse Beal (L, 2-4) 1.2 5 1 1 1 1 0 4.70
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell 4.1 7 4 4 3 3 0 4.21
Kevin Cravey 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.30
Brad Mincey 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.35
Gregory Nappo (W, 2-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2.55

IBB: Rieger (by Beal).
HBP: Smith, M (by Wilkins).
Groundouts-flyouts: Chalas, M 5-6, Wilkins 2-3, Escat 3-1, Beal 1-3, Lowell 7-2, Cravey 3-4, Mincey 5-1, Nappo 1-1.
Batters faced: Chalas, M 20, Wilkins 10, Escat 7, Beal 11, Lowell 23, Cravey 7, Mincey 9, Nappo 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Cravey 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Tyler Curlis. 1B: Morgan Day.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, L to R.
T: 3:03.
Att: 4,506.