Hoppers had it in Hand, but drop it to Greenville: Hot Rods in town tonight at NBBP

Greenville, S.C. Drive 4
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3

Tough loss by the Hoppers in Greenville with starting pitcher Brad Hand out of Chaska, Minnesota striking out 10 Drive batters in what might have been his strongest outing of the season, but the Hoppers drop another close one and they will be back home tonight at NewBridge Bank Park to take on the Bowling Green, Kentucky Hot Rods……

Box score:
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Gran 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Galloway CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .252
Lasater DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Keedy 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .290
Perez, S 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
Hickman LF 4 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 .345
Jacobs RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .241
Langley C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .213
Ontiveros SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .207
Hand P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd, B P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Andrelczyk P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Yecker P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Hickman 2 (3, Pimentel, S, Pimentel, S).
HR: Hickman (3, 9th inning off Blackey, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Galloway; Perez, S; Hickman 8; Jacobs; Langley; Ontiveros.
RBI: Galloway (20), Hickman 2 (7).
2-out RBI: Hickman 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jacobs 2; Lasater.
S: Gran.
SF: Galloway.
GIDP: Lasater.
Team RISP: 0-for-3.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Jacobs (12, 2nd base off Blackey/Thomas).

FIELDING
DP: (Ontiveros-Keedy).

Greenville
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Hissey CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .251
Kelly, C SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .247
Dening RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273
Lavarnway DH 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .287
Wilkerson LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Middlebrooks 3B 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 .262
Keowen 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 .254
Dent 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241
Thomas C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .129
Pimentel, S P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McClain P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blackey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Keowen (14, Todd, B).
3B: Middlebrooks (3, Todd, B).
HR: Lavarnway (16, 9th inning off Yecker, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Hissey; Dening; Lavarnway 5; Middlebrooks 4; Keowen 2.
RBI: Middlebrooks 2 (51), Keowen (30), Lavarnway (62).
2-out RBI: Middlebrooks 2; Keowen.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Thomas.
GIDP: Dening.
Team RISP: 2-for-4.
Team LOB: 3.

BASERUNNING
CS: Hissey (6, 2nd base by Andrelczyk/Langley).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Hissey (Keedy at home).
DP: (Kelly, C-Dent-Keowen).

Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hand 6.1 2 1 1 1 10 0 5.35
Todd, B (BS, 4) 0.2 3 2 2 1 1 0 3.55
Andrelczyk 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.29
Yecker (L, 2-3) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 6.19

Greenville
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Pimentel, S 6.0 5 1 1 1 1 0 3.15
McClain 2.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3.52
Blackey (BS, 1)(W, 1-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 5.73

Yecker pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

Groundouts-flyouts: Hand 6-3, Todd, B 0-1, Andrelczyk 0-0, Yecker 0-0, Pimentel, S 7-9, McClain 1-1, Blackey 0-2.
Batters faced: Hand 21, Todd, B 6, Andrelczyk 3, Yecker 1, Pimentel, S 22, McClain 7, Blackey 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Todd, B 1-1.
Umpires: HP: Matt Cumbee. 1B: Jay Pierce. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 86 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, Varies.
T: 2:20 (:53 delay).
Att: 5,148.