The Greensoboro Grasshoppers take the five-game series from Kannapolis, 3 games-to-two as the Hoppers finish off the Intimidators on Tuesday afternoon to the tune of a 7-1 victory….
Robert Morey, from the University of Virginia, got the win for the Grasshoppers, his first, and the team moves ahead to (30-28) in the second half of the South Atlantic Northern Division and the Hoppers are still chasing Lakewood and Hickory…..
On Tuesday afternoon at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 7
Kannapolis Intimidators 1
WP:Robert Morey(1-2)
Hold:Zach Robertson
LP:Matt Wickswat(7-6)
Hoppers are now (30-28) with the win and Kannapolis falls to (28-30) with the loss……
Official South Atlantic League Box Score courtesy of MLB.com….
Kannapolis
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Wagner 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .270
Oester 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .203
Ciolli, N RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Gac 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Thompson, T CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Vargas, J DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Cheatham LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .265
Gonzalez, Mi C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .221
Silverio, J SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .202
Wickswat P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cooney, C P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Petricka P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Santos, O P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BATTING
2B: Thompson, T (12, Robertson), Ciolli, N (22, Robertson).
TB: Wagner; Ciolli, N 2; Thompson, T 3; Gonzalez, Mi 2; Silverio, J 2.
RBI: Silverio, J (21).
2-out RBI: Silverio, J.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Oester 5; Vargas, J; Gac.
GIDP: Gonzalez, Mi.
Team RISP: 1-for-6.
Team LOB: 10.
FIELDING
E: Gonzalez, Mi (12, missed catch).
Outfield assists: Ciolli, N (Pasek at 2nd base).
DP: (Ciolli, N-Silverio, J-Wagner).
Pickoffs: Wickswat (Duarte at 1st base).
Greensboro
Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Duarte CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .313
Stonecipher RF-LF 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .213
Jensen, K LF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .272
Smith, R RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226
Corsaletti DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .319
Bass, J 1B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239
Torres SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .256
Krick, T 3B 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .193
Pasek 2B 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .189
Paulino, C C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180
Morey P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Robertson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chirinos, Lu P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
BATTING
2B: Krick, T (2, Cooney, C), Jensen, K (23, Petricka).
3B: Stonecipher (1, Wickswat).
TB: Duarte; Stonecipher 3; Jensen, K 3; Corsaletti 2; Bass, J; Krick, T 2; Paulino, C.
RBI: Duarte 2 (34), Krick, T (8), Corsaletti (12), Pasek (17).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Pasek 2; Corsaletti 2; Bass, J.
S: Paulino, C; Torres.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 10.
BASERUNNING
SB: Jensen, K (4, 2nd base off Wickswat/Gonzalez, Mi).
CS: Duarte (4, 2nd base by Wickswat/Gonzalez, Mi).
PO: Duarte (1st base by Wickswat).
FIELDING
E: Stonecipher (2, throw).
DP: (Torres-Pasek-Bass, J).
Kannapolis
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Wickswat (L, 7-6) 5.0 3 2 2 5 2 0 3.87
Cooney, C 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4.11
Petricka 1.0 2 4 1 2 0 0 3.18
Santos, O 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.35
Greensboro
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Morey (W, 1-2) 5.0 3 0 0 2 5 0 2.50
Robertson (H, 1) 3.2 5 1 1 2 3 0 2.45
Chirinos, Lu 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
WP: Petricka 2.
IBB: Jensen, K (by Wickswat).
Groundouts-flyouts: Wickswat 5-6, Cooney, C 1-1, Petricka 2-1, Santos, O 1-2, Morey 3-6, Robertson 5-3, Chirinos, Lu 0-0.
Batters faced: Wickswat 22, Cooney, C 6, Petricka 8, Santos, O 5, Morey 20, Robertson 17, Chirinos, Lu 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Chirinos, Lu 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Kiff Kinkade. 1B: Jose Rivera. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 77 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 10 mph, R to L.
T: 2:41.
Att: 4,112.