Final from Saturday night at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
Hagerstown Suns 4
WP:Garcia, J (7-2, 4.64)
LP:Giolito (2-2, 2.59)
HR:HAG:Difo(8)…Mesa(1)… GBO:Wallach(5)….Keefer (3)…
Hoppers(45-28/1-2)….Suns(46-27/1-2)
Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:
Hagerstown Suns
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Narciso Mesa RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .241
Wilmer Difo SS 4 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .318
Isaac Ballou LF 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Spencer Kieboom C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .314
Drew Ward 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .278
Carlos Lopez 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211
James Yezzo DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .253
Brennan Middleton 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .309
Rafael Bautista CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .287
Totals 36 4 11 2 1 2 4 0 11 .276
BATTING
2B: Ballou (14, Garcia, J), Middleton (4, Donatello).
3B: Difo (5, Garcia, J).
HR: Mesa (1, 1st inning off Garcia, J, 0 on, 0 out), Difo (8, 3rd inning off Garcia, J, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Lopez, C 2; Middleton 2; Difo 7; Mesa 4; Ballou 4; Bautista, R; Ward.
RBI: Mesa (5), Ward (48), Difo (57), Bautista, R (29).
2-out RBI: Ward.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Yezzo; Lopez, C; Difo; Bautista, R.
GIDP: Ward.
Team RISP: 2-for-10.
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING
SB: Ballou (14, 3rd base off Garcia, J/Wallach), Bautista, R (35, 2nd base off Garcia, J/Wallach).
PO: Ballou (1st base by Kinley).
FIELDING
E: Thomas (2, throw).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
J.T. Riddle 3B 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 .238
Austin Dean DH 5 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 .291
Carlos Lopez LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300
Felix Munoz 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .298
Avery Romero 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311
Justin Bohn SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .290
Chad Wallach C 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .328
Cody Keefer RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .315
Rehiner Cordova CF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Totals 35 8 12 2 1 2 8 2 3 .279
BATTING
2B: Riddle (6, Giolito), Bohn (15, Thomas).
3B: Dean, A (3, Thomas).
HR: Wallach (5, 3rd inning off Giolito, 0 on, 0 out), Keefer (3, 3rd inning off Giolito, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bohn 2; Dean, A 4; Wallach 5; Riddle 3; Cordova, R 2; Lopez, C; Keefer 5.
RBI: Wallach (31), Keefer 2 (20), Riddle 3 (23), Dean, A 2 (27).
2-out RBI: Dean, A.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lopez, C 3; Romero, A.
SAC: Wallach.
SF: Riddle.
Team RISP: 4-for-12.
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING
SB: Riddle (3, 2nd base off Giolito/Kieboom).
FIELDING
DP: (Bohn-Munoz).
Pickoffs: Kinley (Ballou at 1st base).
Hagerstown Suns
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lucas Giolito (L, 2-2) 4.1 6 4 4 2 2 2 2.59
Justin Thomas 1.2 3 3 1 0 0 0 3.69
David Ramos 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6.59
Totals 8.0 12 8 6 2 3 2 3.78
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jarlin Garcia (W, 7-2) 7.0 8 4 4 0 7 2 4.64
Tyler Kinley (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
Sean Donatello 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.17
Totals 9.0 11 4 4 0 11 2 3.28
WP: Ramos, D, Garcia, J 2.
Pitches-strikes: Giolito 88-52, Thomas 22-19, Ramos, D 31-20, Garcia, J 84-63, Kinley 13-9, Donatello 18-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Giolito 4-4, Thomas 3-1, Ramos, D 1-3, Garcia, J 8-3, Kinley 0-0, Donatello 0-0.
Batters faced: Giolito 21, Thomas 9, Ramos, D 9, Garcia, J 29, Kinley 3, Donatello 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Thomas 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Zach Tieche. 1B: Takahito Matsuda.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
T: 2:46.
Att: 7,123.
Venue: NewBridge Bank Park.