Final from Friday night at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 6, Asheville Tourists 3
WP:Kolton Mahoney(2-1)/LP:Antonio Santos(3-8)/SV:Riley Hovis(1)
Hoppers’ Line:6-13-1
Tourists’ Line:3-8-0
Hoppers’ record(41-36/4-5)
Tourists’ record(34-43/5-4)
Eric Guieterrez with a HR(3) and Double for the Hoppers/2-4/RBI/2 Runs…
Starting pitcher Kolton Mahoney goes 5 2/3’s Innings/3 Runs/5 Hits/0 BB’s/2 K’s/1 HR…At one stage of the game, Mahoney retired 10 straight Tourist batters….
Top of the Hoppers’ batting order, you had Brian Miller, Ryan Mahan and James Nelson going a combined 6-12 with 2 Runs/2 RBI/Nelson had a Triple….
Box Score courtesy of South Atlantic League:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Asheville 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
Greensboro 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 X 6 13 2
W: Mahoney, K (3-3, 3.06) ; L: Santos (3-8, 5.16) ; SV: Hovis (1)
HR: ASH: Abreu (6) . GBO: Gutierrez (3) .
Asheville Tourists
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG* Manuel Melendez CF 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Max George 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Jose Gomez SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .322 Willie Abreu RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 .252 Jac Bosiokovic 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .241 Bobby Wernes 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Joel Diaz C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Taylor Snyder DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Ben Johnson LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .129 Totals 37 3 8 3 0 1 3 0 6 .258
BATTING
2B: Melendez, M 2 (11, Mahoney, K, Hovis); Wernes (2, Mahoney, K).
HR: Abreu (6, 1st inning off Mahoney, K, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Gomez, J; Snyder; Wernes 2; Abreu 4; Johnson; George; Melendez, M 4.
RBI: Abreu 3 (43).
2-out RBI: Abreu 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Johnson; Wernes 2; Diaz, J; Gomez, J; George 2.
Team RISP: 1-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Snyder (6, 2nd base off Mahoney, K/Rindfleisch); Abreu (19, 2nd base off Mahoney, K/Rindfleisch).
FIELDING
DP: 3 (Gomez, J-George-Bosiokovic; George-Bosiokovic; George-Gomez, J-Bosiokovic).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Brian Miller CF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Riley Mahan 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .222 James Nelson 3B 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .322 Colby Lusignan DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .240 Eric Gutierrez 1B 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Jar Rindfleisch C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Luis Pintor SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .212 Corey Bird RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Aaron Knapp LF 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 .238 Totals 34 6 13 1 2 1 6 0 4 .244
BATTING
2B: Gutierrez (9, Santos).
3B: Nelson (3, Santos); Knapp (4, Santos).
HR: Gutierrez (3, 4th inning off Santos, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Pintor; Rindfleisch; Nelson 4; Lusignan; Knapp 4; Miller 2; Mahan 2; Gutierrez 6.
RBI: Mahan (2); Nelson 2 (36); Gutierrez (18); Pintor (27); Knapp (27).
2-out RBI: Nelson; Knapp.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Lusignan; Miller.
GIDP: Nelson; Bird; Lusignan.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING
SB: Miller 2 (2, 2nd base off Santos/Diaz, J, 2nd base off Santos/Diaz, J); Knapp (21, 3rd base off Santos/Diaz, J).
FIELDING
E: Mahoney, K (1, throw); Nelson (13, fielding).
Outfield assists: Bird (Wernes at 2nd base).
Asheville Tourists
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA* Antonio Santos 6.0 13 6 6 0 3 1 5.16...(L, 3-8) Heath Holder 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.50 Totals 8.0 13 6 6 0 4 1 3.77
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Kolton Mahoney (W, 3-3) 5.2 5 3 3 0 2 1 3.06 Michael Mertz (H, 3) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 2.19 Reilly Hovis (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.09 Totals 9.0 8 3 3 0 6 1 3.93
Game Scores: Santos 29; Mahoney, K 51.
HBP: Gomez, J (by Mahoney, K).
Pitches-strikes: Santos 95-63; Holder 23-15; Mahoney, K 87-55; Mertz 30-21; Hovis 13-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Santos 6-4; Holder 5-0; Mahoney, K 11-1; Mertz 1-1; Hovis 2-0.
Batters faced: Santos 28; Holder 6; Mahoney, K 24; Mertz 9; Hovis 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Mertz 1-0.
Umpires: HP: John Budka. 1B: Dillon Wilson.
Weather: 78 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 7 mph, Out to LF.
First pitch: 7:02 PM.
T: 2:35.
Att: 5,611.
Venue: First National Bank Field.