South Atlantic/SALLY League Final from Sunday afternoon at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4, Hagerstown Suns 1
WP:Ben Holmes(2-4)/LP:Jeffrey Rodriguez(1-4)
SV:Kyle Fisher(2)…Hold:James Buckelew
Hoppers(23-32)/Suns(29-27)
GSO Line:4-8-0
HAG Line:1-7-1
Series Split at 2-2…
Both benches emptied prior to the game, but no physical altercations took place….Just lots of talk between the two teams and loads of jawing, back-and-forth…Hoppers’ pitching coach Jeremy Powell was given an early exit, but no real reason for why this happened at this time…Lots of talk by the teams prior to the game and it delayed the game about 6=7 mimutes from its scheduled 4pm start, as the upmpires felt like they had to restore total order before the game could begin….Once the game got going, a good day from Mason Davis, John Norwood and Zack Sullivan, as all three stole bases and they made Hagerstown pay, as did KJ Woods, who also came up with two hits…Very solid and steady outing by Ben Holmes to get the win…..
from the South Atlantic League:
Hagerstown Suns
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Dale Carey CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .245 Osvaldo Abreu SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .262 Marmolejos-Diaz 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Grant DeBruin 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Jeff Gardner LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Carlos Lopez DH 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 David Masters 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Jorge Tillero C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346 Cody Dent RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .202 Totals 34 1 7 4 0 0 1 3 6 .254
BATTING
2B: Carey (9, Holmes), Lopez, C 2 (3, Holmes, Holmes), Marmolejos-Diaz (13, Buckelew).
TB: Lopez, C 4; Tillero; DeBruin; Dent; Carey 2; Marmolejos-Diaz 2.
RBI: Abreu, O (15).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: DeBruin; Tillero; Masters; Marmolejos-Diaz; Lopez, C.
Team RISP: 1-for-12.
Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING
E: Abreu, O (17, fielding).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Mason Davis LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Rony Cabrera 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277 K.J. Woods 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .303 Brian Schales 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Arturo RodriguezDH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295 Justin Twine SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Rodrigo Vigil C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 John Norwood RF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .221 Zach Sullivan CF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .232 Totals 32 4 8 2 0 0 1 2 5 .244
BATTING
2B: Davis (6, Rodriguez, J), Woods (8, Rodriguez, J).
TB: Schales; Davis 3; Twine; Woods 3; Sullivan; Vigil.
RBI: Woods (16).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Davis 2; Twine 2; Woods.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING
SB: Norwood (15, 2nd base off Rodriguez, J/Tillero), Sullivan 2 (6, 2nd base off Rodriguez, J/Tillero, home off Rodriguez, J/Tillero), Davis (10, 2nd base off Rodriguez, J/Tillero).
CS: Woods (3, 2nd base by Rodriguez, J/Tillero).
Hagerstown Suns
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jefry Rodriguez (L, 1-4) 4.0 6 4 3 2 2 0 7.49 Robert Orlan 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3.72 Sam Johns 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.32 David Napoli 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.69 Totals 8.0 8 4 3 2 5 0 3.75
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Ben Holmes (W, 2-4) 6.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 3.77 James Buckelew (H, 2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1.89 Kyle Fischer (S, 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.79 Totals 9.0 7 1 1 3 6 0 3.93
Game Scores: Rodriguez, J 36, Holmes 60.
WP: Rodriguez, J 3.
HBP: Norwood (by Rodriguez, J).
Pitches-strikes: Rodriguez, J 81-44, Orlan 23-16, Johns 14-10, Napoli 15-9, Holmes 87-53, Buckelew 38-24, Fischer 15-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Rodriguez, J 7-0, Orlan 2-2, Johns 1-0, Napoli 1-2, Holmes 7-6, Buckelew 2-2, Fischer 1-1.
Batters faced: Rodriguez, J 21, Orlan 8, Johns 3, Napoli 3, Holmes 25, Buckelew 8, Fischer 4.
Ejections: Greensboro Grasshoppers Pitching Coach Jeremy Powell ejected by HP umpire Chris Scott (1st)
Umpires: HP: Chris Scott. 1B: Jonathan Parra.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, R to L.
T: 2:41.
Att: 4,706.
Venue: NewBridge Bank Park.