Greensboro Grasshoppers were up 7-1 today over Savannah, then hold off the Gnats to win 8-6, now (40-17)

Hagerstown has already won, as the Suns burned the Delmarva Shorebirds 13-5, so the Hoppers needed this win in a bad way, to keep that 6 1/2 game lead over Hagerstown in the SAL North and they did, Hoppers now (40-17) on the 2012 season….

Today at Savannah, Georgia:
Final:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
Savannah Sand Gnats 6

*****Austin Brice(5-1) got the start and the win for the Hoppers this afternoon….*****Jose Urena came on pitching for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, in the the bottom of the 6th inning and gave up five Sand Gnat runs…..

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Final:
Greensboro 8- 14- 1
Savannah 6- 13- 3
WP: Brice (5-1, 4.10)
LP: Panteliodis (3-4, 3.50)
S: Urena (2)

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Ryan McIntyre RF 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Austin Barnes 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 .302
Brent Keys CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 .368
Matt Smith DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .313
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 .267
Josh Adams 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .284
Terrence Dayleg SS 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .227
Tony Caldwell C 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .246
James Wooster LF 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .264

BATTING
2B: Barnes 2 (12, Panteliodis, Fontanez), Dayleg (6, Panteliodis), Rieger (13, Fontanez).
TB: Smith, M; Caldwell 2; Dayleg 3; Rieger 3; Barnes 5; Wooster; Adams; McIntyre; Keys.
RBI: Caldwell 2 (9), Wooster (25), Dayleg (18), Keys 2 (26), Barnes (25), Rieger (29).
2-out RBI: Keys 2; Rieger.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Smith, M 2; McIntyre; Wooster; Dayleg 2; Adams.
GIDP: Adams.
Team RISP: 6-for-19.
Team LOB: 10.

FIELDING
E: Dayleg (13, throw).
PB: Caldwell (4).

Savannah Sand Gnats
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brandon Brown 2B 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .252
Camden Maron C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .255
T.J. Rivera SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327
Travis Taijeron LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .284
Aderlin Rodriguez 3B 5 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 .264
Brian Harrison 1B 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 .274
Charles Thurber RF 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 .233
Albert Cordero DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .163
Gilbert Gomez CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .278

BATTING
2B: Thurber (5, Brice), Harrison (13, Brice).
HR: Brown, B (1, 5th inning off Brice, 0 on, 0 out), Taijeron (11, 7th inning off Urena, J, 1 on, 1 out), Rodriguez, A (10, 7th inning off Urena, J, 0 on, 1 out), Harrison (3, 9th inning off Urena, J, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Taijeron 4; Rodriguez, A 7; Thurber 4; Rivera; Brown, B 4; Harrison 6; Maron.
RBI: Brown, B (18), Taijeron 2 (37), Rodriguez, A (40), Harrison 2 (25).
2-out RBI: Harrison 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Cordero; Gomez, G 2; Thurber 2.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 11.

FIELDING
E: Rivera 2 (13, throw, fielding), Gomez, G (4, fielding).
DP: (Rivera-Brown, B-Harrison).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Austin Brice (W, 5-1) 5.0 7 1 1 3 5 1 4.10
Jose Urena (S, 2) 4.0 6 5 4 0 2 3 3.13
Savannah Sand Gnats
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Alex Panteliodis (L, 3-4) 3.2 8 6 3 1 2 0 3.50
Jared West 1.2 4 1 1 3 0 0 4.56
Randy Fontanez 2.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6.17
Carlos Vazquez 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18

HBP: Harrison (by Brice).
Groundouts-flyouts: Brice 5-2, Urena, J 9-2, Panteliodis 7-2, West 3-0, Fontanez 1-6, Vazquez, C 1-1.
Batters faced: Brice 25, Urena, J 19, Panteliodis 21, West 11, Fontanez 10, Vazquez, C 3.
Inherited runners-scored: West 2-0, Fontanez 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Drew Maher. 1B: Junior Valentine.
Weather: 83 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 3 mph, Varies.
T: 2:58.
Att: 1,456.