Final from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 7, Asheville Tourists 1
WP:Michael King(7-4)/LP:Matt Dennis(4-1)
GSO Hopppers(42/37/5-6)
ASHE Tourists(35-44/6-5)
Hoppers’ Line:7-13-0
Tourists’ Line:1=4=0
HR’s(GSO) Justin Twine(3)….Corey Bird(1)…..Bird homered in the 1st and Twine in the 8th…
(ASHE) Ben Johnson(1)
WP Michael King worked sic Innings, giving up no runs on two hits with 0 BB’s/5 K’s….In six innings of work, King faced just 18 Asheville batters….Best effort of the season/year, by a Grasshoppers’ pitcher at First National Bank Field…..Kudos to King, for his work on Sunday afternoon….
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Asheville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0 Greensboro 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 X 7 13 0
WP: King (7-4, 3.20) ; LP: Dennis (4-1, 2.91)
HR: ASH: Johnson (1) . GBO: Bird (1) , Twine (3)
Asheville Tourists
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG* Manuel Melendez CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Carlos Herrera 2B 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Willie Abreu RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Bobby Wernes 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Jac Bosiokovic 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Max George DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Taylor Snyder SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Brian Serven C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .183 Ben Johnson LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .184 Totals 28 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 6 .258
BATTING
2B: Herrera, C (5, Del Pozo, M).
HR: Johnson (1, 9th inning off Smith, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Herrera, C 3; Johnson 4; Melendez, M.
RBI: Johnson (1).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wernes.
SAC: Herrera, C.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 2.
BASERUNNING
CS: Melendez, M (7, 3rd base by King/Rindfleisch); Herrera, C (4, 2nd base by King/Rindfleisch).
FIELDING
Outfield assists: Melendez, M (Lusignan at home).
Pickoffs: Oakley (Nelson at 2nd base).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Corey Bird CF 5 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .295 Riley Mahan 2B 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .259 James Nelson DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .320 Colby Lusignan 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .244 Dalton Wheat RF 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Jar Rindfleisch C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Justin Twine 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .178 Luis Pintor SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .206 Aaron Knapp LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .236 Totals 34 7 13 3 0 2 6 3 6 .246
BATTING
2B: Nelson (18, Oakley); Mahan (1, Gesell); Lusignan (17, Gesell).
HR: Bird (1, 1st inning off Dennis, 0 on, 0 out); Twine (3, 8th inning off Ascher, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Bird 5; Rindfleisch; Nelson 3; Wheat 3; Twine 4; Lusignan 3; Knapp; Mahan 2.
RBI: Bird (25); Twine 2 (26); Mahan (4); Nelson (37); Lusignan (46).
2-out RBI: Mahan; Nelson; Lusignan.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bird 2; Twine; Mahan.
SF: Twine.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.
BASERUNNING
SB: Lusignan (2, 2nd base off Oakley/Serven); Bird (17, 2nd base off Gesell/Serven).
PO: Nelson (2nd base by Oakley).
Asheville Tourists
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA* Matt Dennis (L, 4-1) 3.0 2 1 1 2 3 1 2.91 Kenny Oakley 3.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 4.74 Jared Gesell 1.0 5 3 3 0 1 0 8.10 Steve Ascher 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 1 16.20 Totals 8.0 13 7 7 3 6 2 3.83
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Michael King (W, 7-4) 6.0 2 0 0 0 5 0 3.20 Miguel Del Pozo (H, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Marcus Crescentini 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.90 Chad Smith 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.96 Totals 9.0 4 1 1 0 6 1 3.92
Game Scores: Dennis 44; King 77.
WP: Oakley; Gesell 2.
HBP: Snyder (by Crescentini).
Pitches-strikes: Dennis 50-33; Oakley 35-23; Gesell 27-17; Ascher 24-13; King 54-40; Del Pozo, M 12-6; Crescentini 16-11; Smith 5-4.
Groundouts-flyouts: Dennis 2-2; Oakley 1-4; Gesell 1-0; Ascher 1-0; King 5-4; Del Pozo, M 2-1; Crescentini 0-2; Smith 2-1.
Batters faced: Dennis 13; Oakley 12; Gesell 7; Ascher 6; King 18; Del Pozo, M 4; Crescentini 4; Smith 4.
Umpires: HP: John Budka. 1B: Dillon Wilson.
Weather: 89 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 4:02 PM.
T: 2:19.
Att: 4,073.
Venue: First National Bank Field.
July 2, 2017