Greensboro Grasshoppers win final game of the regular season on Labor Day Monday, 7-4 over Kannapolis

Final on Monday afternoon at Kannapolis:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 7, Kannapolis Intimidators 4
Greensboro Grasshoppers(43-27) at the Hagerstown Suns(43-27) for Game One, in Round One of the SAL North Playoffs on Wednesday…
Both Hoppers and Suns at (43-27) for the Second Half in the Sally North….For the 2014 season overall both teams finish at (87-53)…Hoppers win the first half, while Suns and Hoppers tie for the Second Half top spot and Suns reach the playoffs by having the next best overall record for the season in the Sally North….Suns right there with the Hoppers at (87-53) and they tied for the Second Half title, but the Hoppers defeated Hagerstown 3-out-of-4 games back in June in the First Half, to get that First Half top spot, as they topped the Suns, head-to-head…..
*****Hagerstown lost to Lakewood today/Monday 9-8, and Hagerstown never could win either half out-right…..*****

Monday Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
J.T. Riddle SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
a- Rehiner Cordova PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Austin Dean LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .308
Carlos Lopez 1B 5 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .323
Brian Anderson 3B 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .314
Avery Romero 2B 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .320
Chad Wallach C 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .321
Chris Hoo C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .382
Kentrell Dewitt DH 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 .266
Mason Davis RF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 .259
Yefri Perez CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .287
Totals 35 7 12 5 2 0 7 6 5 .285

a-Grounded out for Riddle in the 8th.
BATTING
2B: Davis (2, Guerrero, J), Wallach 2 (19, Guerrero, J, Guerrero, J), Perez, Y (17, Guerrero, J), Lopez, C (27, Guerrero, J).
3B: Lopez, C (5, Guerrero, J), Dewitt (6, Abramson).
TB: Davis 2; Lopez, C 6; Perez, Y 3; Dewitt 3; Wallach 4; Romero, A 2; Anderson.
RBI: Anderson (37), Wallach 3 (49), Dewitt (44), Perez, Y 2 (29).
2-out RBI: Perez, Y 2; Wallach 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dean, A; Riddle; Dewitt; Cordova, R; Hoo.
GIDP: Lopez, C, Wallach 2.
Team RISP: 5-for-15.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
E: Riddle (22, fielding).
Outfield assists: Dean, A (Austin at home).
DP: 2 (Romero, A-Riddle-Lopez, C, Anderson-Romero, A-Lopez, C).

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Eddy Alvarez 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .431
Ryan Leonards SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239
Christian Stringer DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .259
Brett Austin C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .235
Toby Thomas 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Carl Thomore CF 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .225
Chevy Clarke RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .176
Tyler Williams 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .202
Michael Danner LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .229
Totals 30 4 7 2 0 0 4 4 9 .246

BATTING
2B: Leonards (6, Wertenberger), Thomas (7, Wertenberger).
TB: Danner; Williams, T; Thomore 2; Thomas 2; Clarke; Leonards 2.
RBI: Stringer (39), Austin (15), Williams, T (39), Danner (4).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Leonards; Thomore; Austin; Danner.
SF: Stringer; Austin.
GIDP: Alvarez, Leonards.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Leonards (11, throw).
Outfield assists: Danner (Dean, A at 3rd base).
DP: 4 (Leonards-Alvarez-Williams, T 2, Alvarez-Leonards-Williams, T, Thomas-Williams, T).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ryan Wertenberger 3.0 6 4 2 1 2 0 4.42
Jose Adames (W, 2-2) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.07
Tyler Kinley (H, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.70
Miguel Del Pozo (H, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.91
Sean Donatello (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.79
Tyler Kane (S, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.18
Totals 9.0 7 4 2 4 9 0 3.49
Kannapolis Intimidators
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jordan Guerrero (L, 6-2) 5.0 9 6 6 1 3 0 3.46
Matt Abramson 3.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 5.40
Dylan Chavez 1.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2.93
Totals 9.0 12 7 7 6 5 0 3.92

WP: Kinley 2.
HBP: Anderson (by Guerrero, J), Alvarez (by Del Pozo, M).
Groundouts-flyouts: Wertenberger 4-2, Adames, J 2-1, Kinley 0-1, Del Pozo, M 1-0, Donatello 1-0, Kane 2-1, Guerrero, J 7-4, Abramson 4-0, Chavez 1-1.
Batters faced: Wertenberger 15, Adames, J 7, Kinley 5, Del Pozo, M 3, Donatello 4, Kane 3, Guerrero, J 25, Abramson 12, Chavez 5.
Umpires: HP: Cody Waterhouse. 1B: Grant Conrad.
Weather: 91 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 3 mph, Varies.
T: 2:29.
Att: 1,901.
Venue: CMC-NorthEast Stadium.
September 1, 2014