Finals from tonight/Thursday:
Baseball:
NCHSAA Class 3-A East
Northern Guilford Nighthawks 3, Topsail 1
WP:Cameron Cotter(12-1)
NG(28-3)/Topsail(21-8)
Northern Guilford at Topsail on Friday in Game Two of the NCHSAA 3-A Eastern Regional Finals…..Northern Guilford leads the Series, 1-0…
NCHSAA Class 3-A West
Game 1: Crest 5, Marvin Ridge 2
NCHSAA 4-A East Softball:
Southern Alamance 1, Cape Fear 0
Greensboro Grasshoppers 9, Kannapolis Intimidators 8
(10 Innings)
WP:L.J. Brewster/LP:Ben Wright
GSO(26-20)/KAN(24-21)
Hoppers win on a walk-off single to right by Luis Pintor in the 10th, bringing home Justin Twine with the Game-winning run…Game-tying run from Walker Olis in the 10th when the Hoppers were down, 8-7 and game-tying RBI from Mason Davis….Again, Game-winning RBI from ‘little’ Luis Pintor….
Hoppers’ Line-9-9-1
Intimidators’ Line-8-16-5
Box Score from the South Atlantic League:
Final/10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Kannapolis 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 16 5 Greensboro 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 9 1
W: Brewster (4-2, 3.00) ; L: Wright (1-3, 4.15)
HR: KAN: Rodriguez, A (1) , Booker (1) , Remillard (2) , Zavala (8) .
Game Story: Kannapolis
Kannapolis Intimidators
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG* Joel Booker CF 5 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 1 .323 Jameson Fisher LF 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Mitch Roman SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .301 Zach Remillard 3B 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 .278 Brandon Dulin 1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Seby Zavala DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .250 Anton Rodriguez RF 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .214 Grant Massey 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Nate Nolan C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .056 Totals 44 8 16 0 0 4 7 1 12 .265
BATTING
HR: Rodriguez, A (1, 2nd inning off Garrett, 0 on, 1 out); Booker (1, 2nd inning off Garrett, 1 on, 2 out); Remillard (2, 6th inning off MacEachern, 0 on, 1 out); Zavala (8, 10th inning off Brewster, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Dulin; Massey; Zavala 5; Remillard 5; Fisher 3; Roman; Rodriguez, A 5; Booker 7.
RBI: Remillard 2 (16); Rodriguez, A (17); Booker 2 (19); Roman (20); Zavala (18).
2-out RBI: Remillard; Booker 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Massey; Dulin 3.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING
SB: Booker (10, 2nd base off MacEachern/Rindfleisch).
CS: Fisher (2, 3rd base by Perez/Rindfleisch); Rodriguez, A (1, 2nd base by Brewster/Rindfleisch).
FIELDING
E: Dulin (8, fielding); Booker 2 (4, fielding, throw); Remillard (9, throw); Morrison (1, fielding).
DP: (Nolan-Roman).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Aaron Knapp RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .258 Corey Bird CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .271 James Nelson 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .342 Colby Lusignan DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Eric Gutierrez 1B 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Boo Vazquez LF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 .306 1- Walker Olis PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Justin Twine 2B 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 .168 J Rindfleisch C 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .213 a- Mason Davis PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .232 Luis Pintor SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .173 Totals 31 9 9 3 0 0 9 6 6 .238
a-Singled for Rindfleisch in the 10th.
1-Ran for Vazquez, B in the 10th.
BATTING
2B: Twine (4, Comito); Bird (6, Comito); Vazquez, B (11, Comito).
TB: Pintor; Bird 2; Davis; Twine 3; Knapp; Nelson; Vazquez, B 3.
RBI: Twine 3 (16); Knapp (16); Bird 2 (18); Nelson (14); Davis (10); Pintor (17).
2-out RBI: Bird; Nelson.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lusignan 3; Rindfleisch; Vazquez, B.
SAC: Bird; Pintor; Vazquez, B.
SF: Knapp; Twine; Bird.
Team RISP: 5-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Knapp 2 (17, 3rd base off Comito/Nolan, 2nd base off Morrison/Nolan); Nelson (4, 2nd base off Dopico/Nolan).
CS: Nelson (1, 2nd base by Comito/Nolan); Vazquez, B (3, 2nd base by Morrison/Nolan).
FIELDING
E: Vazquez, B (1, fielding).
PB: Rindfleisch (4).
Kannapolis Intimidators
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA* Chris Comito 3.0 6 6 2 1 1 0 5.71 Danny Dopico 2.1 1 1 1 3 3 0 5.03 Mike Morrison 3.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Ben Wright 0.1 2 2 2 2 1 0 4.15 (BS, 3)(L, 1-3) Totals 9.1 9 9 5 6 6 0 3.40
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Braxton Garrett 1.2 6 4 4 0 4 2 2.93 Sam Perez 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 6.86 R MacEachern 2.0 6 3 2 0 2 1 5.52 (BS, 3) Chad Smith 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 2.70 LJ Brewster 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 3.00 (W, 4-2) Totals 10.0 16 8 7 1 12 4 3.70
Game Scores: Comito 27; Garrett 18.
WP: Dopico; Garrett.
HBP: Rindfleisch (by Comito); Nelson (by Morrison).
Pitches-strikes: Comito 58-34; Dopico 44-23; Morrison 42-25; Wright 22-12; Garrett 48-32; Perez 29-23; MacEachern 45-27; Smith 32-22; Brewster 11-7.
Groundouts-flyouts: Comito 6-2; Dopico 1-1; Morrison 6-2; Wright 0-0; Garrett 1-0; Perez 2-3; MacEachern 3-0; Smith 3-0; Brewster 1-0.
Batters faced: Comito 17; Dopico 11; Morrison 12; Wright 5; Garrett 11; Perez 9; MacEachern 12; Smith 9; Brewster 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Morrison 3-1; Perez 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Snover. 1B: Emil Jimenez.
Weather: 67 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 7:02 PM.
T: 3:33.
Att: 4,362.
Venue: First National Bank Field.