Greensboro Grasshoppers win 8-4 over the Hickory Crawdads today at NewBridge Bank Park and Nick McBride(Ragsdale HS) was on the hill late in the game for the ‘Dads

Final:(Attendance 6,418)
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
Hickory Crawdads 4

WP:Charlie Lowell(1-1)
LP:Will Lamb(0-2)
The Hoppers(17-8) had three two-run homers today with Josh Adams(5), Matt Smith(3) and Austin Barnes(2) all connecting for Greensboro…..The Hoppers had an 8-0 lead at the end of the 4th inning and then let Hickory(16-9) get on the board late in the game and the Hickory Crawdads went to their bullpen late in the game and brought in former Ragsdale Tiger Nick McBride…..McBride looked pretty sharpe and he did not have any problems with the Hopper hitters……Nick McBride, who we remember seeing with Ragsdale, when the Tiger went up against Southeast Guilford in the Mid-Piedmont 3-A Conference Championship game at SEG just about 3 years ago…..McBride could throw hard and straight and he can still do that today…..Good to see a local kid on the mound at NBBP, even if wasn’t with the home team……..

*****McBride worked the top of the 8th for Hickory and he gave up no runs, on no hits and struck 0ut ond batter….*****

Box Score from the South Atlantic League:

Hickory 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0-  4- 7- 2 
Greensboro 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x  8 12 1

Lowell (1-1, 5.18)
L: Lamb (0-2, 3.57)

Hickory Crawdads
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Christopher Grayson CF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .400
Luis Sardinas SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .239
Rougned Odor 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Hanser Alberto 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .348
Drew Robinson DH 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292
Zachary Cone RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .233
Kellin Deglan C 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .262
Jeremy Williams LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .247
Trever Adams 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250

BATTING
2B: Grayson (11, Lowell).
HR: Williams, J (4, 7th inning off Oliver, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Robinson, D 2; Williams, J 4; Odor; Grayson 3; Cone.
RBI: Grayson (12), Williams, J 2 (14), Cone (11).
2-out RBI: Grayson.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sardinas; Alberto.
GIDP: Williams, J.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 9.

FIELDING
E: Odor (3, throw), Sardinas (5, throw).
DP: 2 (Odor-Sardinas-Adams, Sardinas-Odor-Adams).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz SS 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .312
Austin Barnes C 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .333
Brent Keys CF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .345
Matt Smith LF 4 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 .319
Rand Smith LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163
Josh Adams 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 .297
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .262
Ryan McIntyre RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .321
Wilfredo Gimenez DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .310
Alfredo Lopez 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250

BATTING
2B: Adams (9, Lamb), Goetz (7, Monegro), Keys (6, Monegro).
HR: Adams (5, 1st inning off Lamb, 1 on, 2 out), Smith, M (3, 3rd inning off Lamb, 1 on, 2 out), Barnes (2, 4th inning off Monegro, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Goetz 2; Lopez, A; Adams 6; McIntyre; Keys 4; Smith, M 4; Gimenez; Barnes 5.
RBI: Adams 2 (16), Smith, M 2 (11), Barnes 2 (17).
2-out RBI: Adams 2; Smith, M 2; Barnes 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: McIntyre; Goetz; Rieger.
GIDP: Keys, Goetz.
Team RISP: 1-for-9.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Keys (9, 3rd base off Monegro/Deglan).

FIELDING
E: Goetz (1, fielding).
DP: (Adams-Lopez, A-Rieger).

Hickory Crawdads
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Will Lamb (L, 0-2) 3.0 5 5 2 2 2 2 3.57
Jose Monegro 1.0 3 3 2 0 1 1 9.00
Andrew Faulkner 3.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 7.42
Nicholas McBride 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.55
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell (W, 1-1) 6.0 2 1 1 1 6 0 5.18
Daniel Oliver 1.1 2 3 3 2 1 1 5.02
Brad Mincey 1.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 3.00

HBP: Deglan (by Lowell), Robinson, D (by Lowell), Barnes (by Faulkner), Lopez, A (by Faulkner).
Groundouts-flyouts: Lamb 4-3, Monegro 2-1, Faulkner 2-1, McBride 1-1, Lowell 6-4, Oliver 2-1, Mincey 2-2.
Batters faced: Lamb 16, Monegro 7, Faulkner 14, McBride 3, Lowell 24, Oliver 8, Mincey 8.
Inherited runners-scored: Mincey 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Dane Ratajski. 1B: Derek Eaton.
Weather: 80 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 9 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:02.
Att: 6,418.