Greensboro Grasshoppers find winning ways again tonight at New Bridge Bank Park:Great start by Urena and ‘Senne in the City’ comes through

Final tonight from ‘Bark in the Park Night’, at NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
Lexington Legends 1

WP:Jose Rodriguez(2-0)
SV:Daniel Oliver(1)
LP:Luis Cruz(5-5)
HR:(GSO) Aaron Senne(4)…..Triple:(GSO) Brent Keys….Game tying run Keys at 1-1 in the bottom of the 8th and the two-run Home Run by ‘Senne in the City’ to win it three-one Hoppers…HR scoring Austin Barnes and Senne…Game-tying RBI Barnes in the 8th…Very strong outing by Hoppers’s starting pitcher Jose Urena….Went 7 innings allowing 0 runs on four hits, with just one walk and two strikeouts…..Double for the Hoppers’ Ryan McIntyre….

Hoppers(3-3) in the second half….Legends now (2-4)…..Tonight Hoppers go 3-7-1….Legends 1-6-1…

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Lexington Legends
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Delino DeShields, Jr. 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
Jordan Scott CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Zachary Johnson 1B 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .240
Matt Duffy 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .313
Mike Kvasnicka RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .214
Jay Austin DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Brandon Meredith LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233
Jose Fernandez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333
Luis Alvarez C 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .300

BATTING
2B: Alvarez (1, Rodriguez, Js).
TB: Kvasnicka; Johnson, Z 2; Alvarez 3; Austin.
RBI: Johnson, Z (64).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Scott; Fernandez; Kvasnicka.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Alvarez (1, 3rd base off Urena, J/Gimenez).

FIELDING
E: Duffy (12, fielding).
DP: (Johnson, Z-Alvarez-Johnson, Z).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brent Keys CF 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .357
Austin Barnes 2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .303
Aaron Senne LF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .289
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .271
Ryan Rieger 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .269
Matt Smith DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .287
Ryan McIntyre RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .328
Wilfredo Gimenez C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Terrence Dayleg SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .221

BATTING
2B: McIntyre (13, Cruz).
3B: Keys (2, Cruz).
HR: Senne (4, 8th inning off Cruz, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: McIntyre 3; Keys 4; Dayleg; Barnes; Senne 4.
RBI: Barnes (35), Senne 2 (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gimenez 3; Adams 2.
GIDP: Senne.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

Lexington Legends
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Luis Cruz (L, 5-5) 7.0 7 3 3 2 7 1 3.71
Nathan Pettus 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5.67
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jose Urena 7.0 4 0 0 1 3 0 3.00
Jose Rodriguez (W, 2-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2.45
Daniel Oliver (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3.97

Cruz pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.

HBP: Scott (by Rodriguez, Js).
Groundouts-flyouts: Cruz 6-7, Pettus 0-0, Urena, J 9-6, Rodriguez, Js 1-0, Oliver 1-0.
Batters faced: Cruz 30, Pettus 5, Urena, J 26, Rodriguez, Js 6, Oliver 4.
Umpires: HP: Dane Ratajski. 1B: Derek Eaton.
Weather: 76 degrees, clear.
Wind: 7 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:24.
Att: 5,011.