Final from Monday morning/Monday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4, Rome Braves 3
WP:Marcus Crescentini(1-0)
LP:Joey Wentz(1-3)
SV:Kyle Keller(5)
Holds for Sam Perez(3) and Michael Mertz(1)….
Hoppers Line-4-5-3
Braves Line-3-5-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers with 5 wins in a-row and the Hoppers sweep the Braves, Four-games-to-None….
Hoppers record:(17-14)
Braves record;(17-14)….Hoppers winning scores over the Five-game winning stretch/streak:4-3, 2-1, 6-5, 4-2 and today’s 4-3 finish…..
The Miami Marlins #1 draft pick from the 2016 draft, Braxton Garrett started for the first time for the Grasshoppers today and he went 4 2/3’s Innings giving up 1 Run on 1 hit, with 3 BB’s and 4 K’s……
Box Score to follow….from the South Atlantic League…..Matt Romanowski(Greensboro College) scorer and Don Tilley on the Hoppers’ scoreboard…..
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Rome 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 Greensboro 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 X 4 5 3
W: Crescentini (2-0, 0.75) ; L: Wentz (1-3, 4.03) ; SV: Keller (5)
HR: None.
Rome Braves
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG* Anfernee Seymour LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Randy Ventura RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .356 Cristian Pache CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Tanner Murphy DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 .236 Brett Cumberland C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .185 Kevin Josephina 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Derian Cruz SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Marcus Mooney 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Kurt Hoekstra 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .160 Totals 31 3 5 1 0 0 2 5 7 .242
BATTING
2B: Pache (1, Mertz).
TB: Murphy; Ventura, R; Pache 3; Cruz.
RBI: Murphy 2 (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pache; Cruz; Ventura, R; Seymour.
SAC: Mooney.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING
SB: Murphy (2, 2nd base off Garrett/Jones); Hoekstra (2, 2nd base off Garrett/Jones).
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Ventura, R (Vazquez, B at 3rd base).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Aaron Knapp DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .264 Walker Olis RF 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .173 James Nelson 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .321 Eric Gutierrez 1B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318 Boo Vazquez LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 .309 Alex Jones C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .238 Mason Davis 2B 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .289 Luis Pintor SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .127 Corey Bird CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Totals 28 4 5 2 0 0 4 4 10 .234
BATTING
2B: Vazquez, B (6, Wentz); Davis (3, Davidson).
TB: Davis 3; Olis; Nelson; Vazquez, B 2.
RBI: Vazquez, B 2 (15); Davis 2 (7).
2-out RBI: Davis 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Knapp; Pintor 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-9.
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING
SB: Olis (2, 2nd base off Wentz/Cumberland); Davis (1, 2nd base off Davidson/Cumberland).
FIELDING
E: Davis (1, throw); Pintor (4, fielding); Gutierrez (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Bird (Murphy at 2nd base).
DP: (Davis-Gutierrez).
Rome Braves
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA* Joey Wentz 4.0 2 2 2 2 6 0 4.03.....(L, 1-3) Tucker Davidson 1.2 3 2 2 2 3 0 3.63 Brandon White 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.40 Adam McCreery 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70 Totals 8.0 5 4 4 4 10 0 2.86
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Braxton Garrett 4.2 1 1 0 3 4 0 0.00 Marcus Crescentini 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.75...(W, 2-0) Sam Perez (H, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.45 Michael Mertz (H, 1) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 2.70 Kyle Keller (S, 5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.59 Totals 9.0 5 3 2 5 7 0 4.06
Game Scores: Wentz 56; Garrett 61.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wentz 0-2; Davidson 0-2; White 1-0; McCreery 2-1; Garrett 7-3; Crescentini 0-2; Perez 1-0; Mertz 2-0; Keller 2-1.
Batters faced: Wentz 15; Davidson 10; White 4; McCreery 3; Garrett 19; Crescentini 5; Perez 3; Mertz 6; Keller 4.
Inherited runners-scored: White 2-0; Crescentini 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Rains. 1B: Aaron Schorch.
Weather: 58 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 8 mph, In from RF.
First pitch: 10:47 AM.
T: 2:41.
Att: 7,399.
Venue: First National Bank Field.
May 8, 2017