Greensboro Grasshoppers find answers on Saturday night at First National Bank Field(with Box Score)

Bill Hass with more to follow….
South Atlantic League Final:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 10, Kannapolis Intimidators 4
WP:Jordan Holloway(1-1)/LP:Yosmer Solarzano(1-4)
GSO Line-10-13-0
KAN Line-4-4-2
GSO record(27-21)/KAN record(25-22)
Hoppers big nights from Boo Vazquez, Aaron Knapp, Corey Bird, Colby Lusignan and more…

*****Kannapolis now with 11 HR’s over the first three days of the series….Boo Vazquez with HR’s on back-to-back nights for the Hoppers….Kannapolis with 30 hits over the first two night, 16 on Thursday and 14 on Friday and on Saturday, just 4 hits for KAN, but two of those were home runs….Hoppers pounded out 13 hits on Saturday….Jordan Holloway went six innings and picked up his first win of the season…..L.J. Brewster, Michael Mertz and Marucs Crescentini held the game in check for Holloway over the last three innings of the game for the Hoppers…*****

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

            1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			R	H	E
Kannapolis  0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0			4	4	2
Greensboro  0	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	X			10	13	0

W: Holloway (1-1, 5.13) ; L: Solorzano (1-4, 5.81)
HR: KAN: Adolfo (2) , Rodriguez, A (2) . GBO: Vazquez, B (4) .

Kannapolis Intimidators

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Joel Booker	CF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.326
Jameson Fisher	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.288
Mitch Roman	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.299
Micker Adolfo	RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	.297
Brandon Dulin	1B	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.245
Seby Zavala	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.240
Anton Rodriguez	DH	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	.224
Grant Massey	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.278
Max Dutto	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.169
Totals	               31	4	4	0	0	2	4	4	10	.264

BATTING
HR: Adolfo (2, 2nd inning off Holloway, 0 on, 0 out); Rodriguez, A (2, 5th inning off Holloway, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Roman; Adolfo 4; Massey; Rodriguez, A 4.
RBI: Adolfo (21); Rodriguez, A 2 (19); Dulin (21).
2-out RBI: Dulin.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Booker; Dulin; Zavala 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Massey (1, 2nd base off Holloway/Rindfleisch).

FIELDING
E: Solorzano (1, throw); Fisher (1, fielding).
PB: Zavala (7).

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Aaron Knapp	RF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.267
Corey Bird	CF	4	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.282
James Nelson	DH	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.336
Colby Lusignan	1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.238
Boo Vazquez	LF	3	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	1	.311
Justin Twine	2B	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.164
Mason Davis	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.233
Jar Rindfleisch	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.212
a- Alex Jones	PH-C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.224
Luis Pintor	SS	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.171
Totals	               35	10	13	0	1	1	9	4	9	.241

a-Batted for Rindfleisch in the 5th.
BATTING
3B: Vazquez, B (3, Escorcia).
HR: Vazquez, B (4, 5th inning off Solorzano, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bird 3; Davis; Twine; Jones; Knapp 2; Nelson; Lusignan 2; Vazquez, B 7.
RBI: Bird 2 (20); Nelson (15); Vazquez, B 3 (22); Knapp 2 (18); Jones (4).
2-out RBI: Bird; Knapp 2; Jones; Vazquez, B.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Twine 3; Lusignan 3; Pintor.
SAC: Bird; Jones.
SF: Nelson; Vazquez, B.
Team RISP: 7-for-14.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Nelson (5, 2nd base off Wright/Zavala).

Kannapolis Intimidators

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Yos Solorzano   4.0	6	6	5	4	4	1	5.81   (L, 1-4)
Ben Wright	2.0	4	2	1	0	2	0	4.19
Kevin Escorcia	1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	7.64
Lane Hobbs	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3.70
Totals	        8.0	13	10	8	4	9	1	3.46

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jordan Holloway 6.0	4	3	3	1	5	2	5.13  (W, 1-1)
LJ Brewster	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.92
Michael Mertz	0.2	0	1	1	3	2	0	2.14
M Crescentini	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.92
Totals	        9.0	4	4	4	4	10	2	3.87

Solorzano pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.

Game Scores: Solorzano 24; Holloway 50.
WP: Wright; Holloway.
HBP: Booker (by Mertz); Knapp (by Solorzano); Davis (by Solorzano).
Pitches-strikes: Solorzano 98-52; Wright 32-25; Escorcia 24-16; Hobbs 16-11; Holloway 85-54; Brewster 10-8; Mertz 30-13; Crescentini 15-12.
Groundouts-flyouts: Solorzano 5-4; Wright 4-1; Escorcia 1-0; Hobbs 1-1; Holloway 5-7; Brewster 2-1; Mertz 0-0; Crescentini 0-1.
Batters faced: Solorzano 25; Wright 11; Escorcia 6; Hobbs 3; Holloway 23; Brewster 3; Mertz 6; Crescentini 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Wright 2-2; Crescentini 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Mike Snover. 1B: Emil Jimenez.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 7:01 PM.
T: 3:06.
Att: 6,451.
Venue: First National Bank Field.
May 27, 2017