Greensboro Grasshoppers with Walk-off Win in 10:Miller drives in Knapp and Hoppers win streak reaches five games(with Box Score)

Five wins in a-row now for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, as the Hoppers walked off with a 3-2 victory in 10 Innings on Wednesday night at First National Bank Field…

Brian Miller(UNC/Raleigh, N.C.) drove in the winning run in the 10th Inning scoring Aaron Knapp, who was running for J.C. Millan…This marked the second straight night that the Hoppers had walked off with a win….GSO Hoppers won 12-11 on Tuesday night, as the game ended in the 9th Inning and tonight/Wednesday, the Hoppers walk off with a win in 10 and also for the second consecutive evening, the Hoppers game-winning run was scored by a pinch runner….

Final:Greensboro Grasshoppers 3, Delmarva Shorebirds 2…(10 Innings)
WP:Nestor Bautista(1-222-29))/LP:Matt Trowbridge(2-4)
Hoppers’ Line:3-8-1
Birds’ Line:2-6-1….
Hoppers’ record(65-53/28-22)…Birds’ record(51-68/22-29)

Final Box Score and Game Line…..

           1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H	E
Delmarva   0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		2	6	1
Greensboro 0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		3	8	1

W: Bautista (1-2, 2.19) ; L: Trowbridge (2-4, 3.50)
HR: DEL: Ring (13) .

Delmarva Shorebirds

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
C Billingsley	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.271
Ryan McKenna	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	.255
Jake Ring	RF	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.280
Pres Palmeiro	1B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Collin Woody	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.231
Frank Crinella	DH	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.222
Milton Ramos	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.248
Alejan Juvier	2B	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248
a- Tanner Kirk	PH-2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.212
Stuart Levy	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.238
Daniel Fajardo	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232
Totals	               33	2	6	0	0	1	2	8	9	.243

a-Struck out for Juvier in the 8th.
BATTING
HR: Ring (13, 6th inning off Clark, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Ring 4; Crinella; Palmeiro; Woody; Juvier 2.
RBI: Ring (60); McKenna (32).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ring 2; Ramos, M; Levy 2.
SAC: Billingsley.
GIDP: Levy; Ramos, M.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Billingsley (26, 2nd base off Clark/Barnes); Woody (2, 2nd base off Keller/Barnes).

FIELDING
E: Ramos, M (21, throw).
Outfield assists: McKenna (Barnes at 3rd base).
DP: (Ramos, M-Juvier-Palmeiro).
Pickoffs: Groves (Miller, Bri at 2nd base).

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Brian Miller	CF	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	.329
Luis Pintor	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.233
Eric Gutierrez	1B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.271
Walker Olis	LF	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	.185
Jared Barnes	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.308
Micah Brown	3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.353
J.C. Millan	DH	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205
1- Aaron Knapp	PR-DH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215
Jhonny Santos	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174
Rony Cabrera	2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.174
Totals	                33	3	8	3	0	0	3	2	8	.246

1-Ran for Millan in the 10th.
BATTING
2B: Olis (6, Wells, A); Cabrera, R (6, Wells, A); Miller, Bri (15, Trowbridge).
TB: Millan 2; Brown; Cabrera, R 2; Olis 2; Miller, Bri 3; Barnes.
RBI: Brown (3); Cabrera, R (7); Miller, Bri (19).
2-out RBI: Brown.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Millan; Pintor.
SAC: Santos.
GIDP: Santos.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Miller, Bri (12, 2nd base off Groves/Levy).
CS: Miller, Bri (6, 3rd base by Groves/Levy).
PO: Miller, Bri (2nd base by Groves).

FIELDING
E: Barnes (1, throw).
DP: 2 (Cabrera, R-Pintor-Gutierrez; Cabrera, R-Gutierrez).

Delmarva Shorebirds

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Alex Wells	5.0	4	2	1	0	4	0	2.42
Kory Groves	3.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2.74
Matt Trowbridge 1.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	3.50...(L, 2-4)
Totals	        9.1	8	3	2	2	8	0	3.85

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	                IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ethan Clark	        5.2	3	1	1	5	6	1	2.21
Kyle Keller 	        2.1	3	1	1	3	1	0	2.62...(BS, 1)
Nestor Bautista 	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.19...(W, 1-2)
Totals	               10.0	6	2	2	8	9	1	3.78

Game Scores: Wells, A 60; Clark 55.
WP: Clark.
IBB: Cabrera, R (by Trowbridge).
HBP: Gutierrez (by Wells, A).
Pitches-strikes: Wells, A 70-42; Groves 41-30; Trowbridge 29-18; Clark 87-47; Keller 51-27; Bautista 17-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Wells, A 3-3; Groves 1-2; Trowbridge 1-2; Clark 5-2; Keller 5-0; Bautista 1-2.
Batters faced: Wells, A 20; Groves 9; Trowbridge 8; Clark 23; Keller 13; Bautista 6.
Inherited runners-scored: Keller 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Brandon Blome. 1B: Jude Koury.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to LF.
First pitch: 7:01 PM.
T: 3:00.
Att: 3,809.
Venue: First National Bank Field.