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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