Hoppers hit a bump in the road at Lakewood

The Greensboro Grasshoppers fell to (24-20) after and they are now a game and-a-half out of first place in the South Atlatic League’s Northern division after Monday’s loss to the Lakewood, New Jersey Blueclaws.

Following the Monday afternoon loss, the Hoppers headed off to Ohio to face the Lake County Captains in a four-game set, that begins in the Buckeye state this evening.

Lakewood Blueclaws 11
Greensboro Greensboro 1

Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Gran 3B 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .276
Pertusati 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .278
Synan LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264
Smolinski DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Turner 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Taylor a- PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Jacobs RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Bass CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Langley C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .153
Staples SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210
Hand P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Evans P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Bass (1, Correa).
TB: Gran 3; Synan; Smolinski; Turner; Bass 3; Langley; Staples.
RBI: Gran (12).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Turner; Synan 4.
GIDP: Bass; Staples.
Team RISP: 3-for-13.
Team LOB: 11.

BASERUNNING
SB: Staples (4, 2nd base off Correa/Valle).

FIELDING
E: Pertusati (3, fielding), Staples (5, fielding).

a-Flied out for Turner in the 8th.

Lakewood
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Myers LF 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .210
Gose CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .247
Valle C 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 .217
Murphy 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 0 .313
Susdorf DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Akashian a- PH-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
Mattair 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .223
Collier RF 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255
Hanzawa SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .276
Mintken 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .243
Correa P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ariail P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bergh P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Valle (8, Evans).
3B: Valle (1, Evans).
HR: Murphy (4, 7th inning off Evans, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Myers 2; Gose; Valle 5; Murphy 5; Susdorf; Mattair; Hanzawa 3.
RBI: Murphy 5 (19), Hanzawa (13), Mintken (4), Myers (8), Valle 2 (13), Mattair (12).
2-out RBI: Murphy; Mattair.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Myers; Susdorf; Collier 2.
SF: Murphy.
Team RISP: 7-for-14.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Collier (11, 2nd base off Hand/Langley), Mattair (5, 3rd base off Hand/Langley).
CS: Collier (3, 2nd base by Hand/Langley), Valle (1, 2nd base by Hand/Langley).

FIELDING
E: Mintken (1, fielding).
Outfield assists: Myers (Turner at home).
DP: 2 (Hanzawa-Mintken-Murphy, Mattair-Mintken-Murphy).

a-Walked for Susdorf in the 8th.

Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hand (L, 2-5) 6.0 5 5 2 3 5 0 7.68
Evans 2.0 7 6 6 3 4 1 5.15

Lakewood
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Correa (W, 1-1) 7.0 6 0 0 1 4 0 2.40
Ariail 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.09
Bergh 1.0 4 1 1 0 2 0 2.25

WP: Hand.
HBP: Staples (by Correa), Staples (by Correa).
Groundouts-flyouts: Hand 7-4, Evans 2-0, Correa 11-5, Ariail 1-2, Bergh 0-1.
Batters faced: Hand 27, Evans 16, Correa 28, Ariail 4, Bergh 7.
Umpires: HP: Chris Graham. 1B: Erik Hill. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 75 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 4 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:29.
Att: 3,252.