Greensboro Grasshoppers move to (20-8) with 3-2 comeback win over West Virginia tonight at NewBridge Bank Park

Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
West Virginia Power 2

WP:Brad Mincey(1-1)
LP:Orlando Castro(1-3)
HR’s:(GBO) James Wooster(4)….(WVA) Greg Polanco(6)
Game Winning RBI:Brent Keys….Game Winning Run:Austin Barnes….
GBO(20-8)/WVA(11-18)
GBO-3-8-1
WVA-2-6-1….
Hoppers starting pitcher Jose Fernandez went 7 2/3’s Innnings and had eight K’s and just one walk and gave up the two runs on six hits…..Well pitched game by Fernandez and the first six outs he recorded in the game, in the first two innings, were all strikeouts…..Mincey went an inning and a-third and struck out two and he got a key ground ball to end/finish off the 8th inning….

Box Score Courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

West Virginia Power
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Alen Hanson SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .381
Jodaneli Carvajal 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Dan Gamache 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .268
Jose Osuna 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .308
Gregory Polanco DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .280
Willy Garcia LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .231
Junior Sosa CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .328
Carlos Mesa RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323
Elias Diaz C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .169

BATTING
2B: Hanson (13, Fernandez, J).
HR: Polanco, G (6, 2nd inning off Fernandez, J, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Osuna; Carvajal; Sosa; Diaz; Hanson 2; Polanco, G 4.
RBI: Polanco, G (18), Gamache (8).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Osuna; Diaz.
SF: Gamache.
Team RISP: 0-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gamache (2, 2nd base off Fernandez, J/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Gamache (4, fielding).
DP: (Hanson-Osuna).
Pickoffs: Castro (Keys at 1st base).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan Goetz LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .354
Brent Keys CF 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .340
Matt Smith DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .304
Ryan Rieger 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260
Josh Adams 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Terrence Dayleg SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .274
Wilfredo Gimenez C 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304
James Wooster RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 .269

BATTING
2B: Barnes (7, Castro).
HR: Wooster (4, 6th inning off Castro, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Goetz; Gimenez; Barnes 4; Wooster 4; Keys 2.
RBI: Wooster (14), Smith, M (16), Keys (15).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Rieger; Goetz.
SAC: Keys.
SF: Smith, M.
GIDP: Rieger.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Keys (3, 2nd base by Castro/Diaz).
PO: Keys (1st base by Castro).

FIELDING
E: Fernandez, J (1, throw).
DP: (Barnes-Rieger).

West Virginia Power
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ryan Hafner 5.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 7.71
Orlando Castro (BS, 1)(L, 1-3) 3.0 6 3 3 1 1 1 4.79
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jose Fernandez 7.2 6 2 2 1 8 1 1.75
Brad Mincey (W, 1-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.76

Groundouts-flyouts: Hafner 7-3, Castro 5-3, Fernandez, J 7-5, Mincey 1-0.
Batters faced: Hafner 17, Castro 16, Fernandez, J 29, Mincey 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Mincey 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Dane Ratajski. 1B: Derek Eaton.
Weather: 71 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to LF.
T: 2:09.
Att: 6,839.