Greensboro Grasshoppers give up 4 solo homers, but Hoppers’ Magic continues at First National Bank Field:GSO 12, ASH 4[Jared Gesell(HPCA) works two games for Tourists]

*****Jared Gesell(High Point Christian Academy) worked two games on the mound, during the four-game series, for the Asheville Tourists…The Hoppers took the series, Three-games-to-one…*****

Final from Monday night at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 12, Asheville Tourists 4
WP:Kyle Keller(1-0)/LP:Julian Fernandez(1-2)
Hoppers’ Line:12-11-0
Tourists’ Line:4-5-0
GSO record(43/37/6-6)/ASH record(35-45/6-6)
HR’s(ASH)Wille Abreu, Bobby Wernes, Jacob Bosiokovic and Max George…
(GSO) Luis Pintor(4) Grand Slam…
Kyle Keller faced 9 batters and he took down all nine….Keller 3 Innings/0 Runs/0 Hits/0 BB’s and 4 K’s and Keller caught three of the 4 ASH strikeout victims looking….KK with three KL’s…..
Pintor goes 3-3 with HR/2 Runs/5 RBI….9 runs for the Hoppers in the bottom of the 6th Inning, with 8 of the 9 runs coming off of Julian Fernandez proved to the game-changing stage of the game…..

Kyle Keller would be your defensive player of the game and Luis Pintor would take offensive honors…
LP Julian Fernandez was hitting 101 mph, but he could not locate his spots for ASH and was too wild….

Solid start for Hoppers’ Dustin Beggs, but he got into trouble giving up those back-to-back-to-back homers in the 4th, but he fought back in the fifth, to strike out the last two men he faced, striking out Wernes swinging and
Bosiokovic looking….Beggs bulldog battled back to end up with the No Decision and left with the game tied at 3-3, after the Hoppers led early, 3-0….

Reilly Hovis worked the ninth inning to close out the game for the Hoppers, giving one hit, the HR, to Max George…One run, one hit and one K for Hovis….
Beggs went five Innings, giving up three runs on four hits, with 4 BB’s and 5 K’s and he gave up the three solo HR’s……

Box Score from the South Atlantic League:

           1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9			R	H	E
Asheville  0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1			4	5	0
Greensboro 0	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	X			12	11	0

W: Keller (1-0, 2.87) ; L: Fernandez, J (1-2, 5.51)
HR: ASH: Bosiokovic (7) , Wernes (2) , Abreu (7) , George (8) . GBO: Pintor (4) .

Asheville Tourists

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Manuel Melendez	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.266
Carlos Herrera	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.181
Willie Abreu	RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	.259
Bobby Wernes	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	.273
Jac Bosiokovic	LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.240
Max George	2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	.249
Joel Diaz	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.224
Taylor Snyder	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200
Ben Johnson	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.171
Totals	                32	4	5	0	0	4	4	4	11	.257

BATTING
HR: Abreu (7, 4th inning off Beggs, 0 on, 0 out); Wernes (2, 4th inning off Beggs, 0 on, 0 out); Bosiokovic (7, 4th inning off Beggs, 0 on, 0 out); George (8, 9th inning off Hovis, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Bosiokovic 5; Abreu 4; George 4; Wernes 4.
RBI: Abreu (44); Wernes (8); Bosiokovic (18); George (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Herrera, C; Johnson; Bosiokovic 2.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Johnson (4, 2nd base off Beggs/Rindfleisch); George 2 (16, 2nd base off Beggs/Rindfleisch, 3rd base off Beggs/Rindfleisch); Melendez, M (18, 3rd base off Beggs/Rindfleisch); Abreu (20, 2nd base off Beggs/Rindfleisch).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Abreu (Nelson at 3rd base).
DP: (Herrera, C-George-Snyder).

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Brian Miller	CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.258
Corey Bird	LF	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.290
James Nelson	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.318
Colby Lusignan	DH	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	.245
Eric Gutierrez	1B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.290
Justin Twine	2B	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.174
Jar Rindfleisch	C	2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	.233
Luis Pintor	SS	3	2	3	1	0	1	5	0	0	.218
Dalton Wheat	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.235
Totals	                33	12	11	1	0	1	11	5	6	.247

BATTING
2B: Pintor (5, Fernandez, J).
HR: Pintor (4, 6th inning off Gesell, 3 on, 2 out).
TB: Pintor 7; Rindfleisch 2; Nelson; Wheat; Lusignan; Miller; Gutierrez 2.
RBI: Rindfleisch (23); Pintor 5 (33); Wheat (11); Miller 2 (5); Nelson (38); Lusignan (47).
2-out RBI: Pintor 4.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bird 3; Twine.
SAC: Pintor.
GIDP: Gutierrez.
Team RISP: 7-for-16.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Wheat (3, 2nd base off Fernandez, J/Diaz, J); Miller (3, 3rd base off Fernandez, J/Diaz, J); Bird (18, 2nd base off Fernandez, J/Diaz, J).

Asheville Tourists

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Breiling Eusebio	1.2	3	3	3	2	2	0	16.20
Heath Holder	        3.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0.96
J Fernandez (L, 1-2)	0.2	6	8	8	1	0	0	5.51
Jared Gesell	        1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	7.98
Reid Humphreys	        1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99
Totals	                8.0	11	12	12	5	6	1	3.94

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Dustin Beggs	        5.0	4	3	3	4	6	3	3.17
Kyle Keller (W, 1-0)	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2.87
Reilly Hovis	        1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.55
Totals	                9.0	5	4	4	4	11	4	3.92

Game Scores: Eusebio 33; Beggs 33.
WP: Holder; Fernandez, J.
HBP: Rindfleisch (by Holder); Wheat (by Holder); Bird (by Fernandez, J).
Pitches-strikes: Eusebio 52-32; Holder 43-26; Fernandez, J 33-19; Gesell 14-12; Humphreys 8-4; Beggs 81-50; Keller 33-24; Hovis 15-11.
Groundouts-flyouts: Eusebio 2-0; Holder 5-1; Fernandez, J 1-0; Gesell 2-0; Humphreys 1-1; Beggs 5-2; Keller 4-1; Hovis 0-1.
Batters faced: Eusebio 10; Holder 14; Fernandez, J 10; Gesell 5; Humphreys 3; Beggs 23; Keller 9; Hovis 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Holder 2-0; Gesell 3-3.
Ejections: Asheville Tourists Manager Warren Schaeffer ejected by HP umpire Dillon Wilson (6th)
Umpires: HP: Dillon Wilson. 1B: John Budka.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, R to L.
First pitch: 7:01 PM.
T: 3:04.
Att: 9,189.
Venue: First National Bank Field.
July 3, 2017