Final tonight from NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 15
Hagerstown Suns 5
WP:CJ Robinson(4-1)
LP:Hector Silvestre(2-3)
Hoppers-15-13-2
Suns-5-10-1
Grasshoppers(36-26)
Suns(41-21)
Hoppers now 5 games back of Hagerstown with 8 games left in the SAL First Half(Northern Division)
Hoppers got a three-run HR from Yefri Perez his first of the year, a two-run HR from J.T. Riddle his second of the year and a two-run HR from Avery Romero, is third of the year….
Hoppers also got a two-run Double from Cody Keefer and two-run Double from Justin Bohn…..
Box Score Courtesy of the South Atlantic League:
Hagerstown Suns
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Jeff Kobernus DH 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 .300
Wilmer Difo SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .321
Isaac Ballou LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .265
John Wooten RF-3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Drew Ward 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .275
Rafael Bautista RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Narciso Mesa CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
James Yezzo 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Craig Manuel C 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .276
Brennan Middleton 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Totals 39 5 9 0 0 1 4 3 7 .281
BATTING
HR: Kobernus (1, 4th inning off Milroy, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Kobernus 5; Mesa; Manuel; Ballou 3; Yezzo; Difo.
RBI: Ballou (27), Manuel (14), Kobernus (2), Difo (50).
2-out RBI: Manuel; Difo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Middleton 3; Ward; Ballou.
Team RISP: 2-for-14.
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING
SB: Kobernus (2, 2nd base off Milroy/Wallach), Mesa (2, 2nd base off Milroy/Wallach).
FIELDING
E: Ward (14, fielding).
DP: (Middleton-Difo-Yezzo).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
J.T. Riddle SS 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 .233
Justin Bohn 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 .289
Carlos Lopez LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323
a- Juan Avila PH-LF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .221
Felix Munoz 1B 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .314
Avery Romero DH 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .316
Chad Wallach C 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311
Cody Keefer RF 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 .337
Rehiner Cordova 3B 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 .297
Yefri Perez CF 4 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 .263
Totals 37 15 13 3 0 3 14 10 1 .283
a-Hit by pitch for Lopez, C in the 1st.
BATTING
2B: Munoz (16, Silvestre, H), Keefer (6, Ramos, D), Bohn (13, Valdez, P).
HR: Romero, A (3, 3rd inning off Silvestre, H, 1 on, 2 out), Riddle (2, 4th inning off Silvestre, H, 1 on, 2 out), Perez, Y (1, 5th inning off Ramos, D, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Munoz 2; Avila, J 3; Perez, Y 5; Bohn 2; Romero, A 4; Cordova, R 2; Riddle 5; Keefer 2.
RBI: Cordova, R 2 (8), Romero, A 2 (20), Riddle 2 (13), Keefer 2 (14), Perez, Y 4 (14), Bohn 2 (35).
2-out RBI: Cordova, R; Romero, A 2; Riddle 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perez, Y; Riddle; Romero, A 3.
GIDP: Munoz.
Team RISP: 6-for-16.
Team LOB: 10.
FIELDING
E: Riddle (10, throw), Cordova, R 2 (7, fielding, fielding).
Hagerstown Suns
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hector Silvestre (L, 2-3) 4.1 7 8 8 2 0 2 4.50
David Ramos 0.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 9.45
Phillips Valdez 0.2 1 4 4 4 0 0 12.15
Cody Davis 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Carlos Lopez 1.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.00
Totals 8.0 13 15 15 10 1 3 3.72
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Matt Milroy 4.0 5 4 3 3 5 1 2.98
CJ Robinson (W, 4-1) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.08
Josh Easley 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.77
Esmerling De La Rosa 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.66
Totals 9.0 9 5 3 3 7 1 3.31
WP: Valdez, P 2.
Balk: Ramos, D.
HBP: Avila, J (by Silvestre, H), Wallach (by Valdez, P).
Groundouts-flyouts: Silvestre, H 8-3, Ramos, D 1-0, Valdez, P 1-1, Davis, C 1-2, Lopez, C 1-1, Milroy 5-1, Robinson 4-3, Easley 2-0, De La Rosa, Es 1-2.
Batters faced: Silvestre, H 24, Ramos, D 8, Valdez, P 8, Davis, C 4, Lopez, C 5, Milroy 22, Robinson 11, Easley 6, De La Rosa, Es 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Ramos, D 3-3, Davis, C 2-0.
Ejections: Hagerstown Suns Manager Patrick Anderson ejected by HP umpire Jon Felczak (5th); Hagerstown Suns third baseman Drew Ward ejected by HP umpire Jon Felczak (7th)
Umpires: HP: Jon Felczak. 1B: Tucker Benville.
Weather: 85 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, R to L.
T: 3:10.
Att: 7,001.
Venue: NewBridge Bank Park.