Charlie Lowell takes control and the Greensboro Grasshoppers roll over the Kannapolis Intimidators tonight at NewBridge Bank Park

If you took a poll and asked who was the heart and soul of the Greensboro Grasshoppers effort tonight at NewBridge Bank Park, most would say Charlie Lowell took a toll while he was on partrol, as the Hoppers’ starting pitcher on Monday night….Lowell sent down 14 Intimidators by way of the ‘K’ and it was just his day/night and he faced 22 batters through his 7 innings of work and only allowed one hit and that came on a home run in the 7th inning, by Kannapolis’ Chris Curley…..Lowell had a perfect game going through the first five innings and the first man to reach for for the Intimidators got on by way of an error at short, by the Hoppers…..

One of those all-time nights for Charlie Lowell and then Greg Nappo comes in from the bullpen, after a delay and Nappo works the 8th and 9th innings and he strikes out 3 more Intimidators in the 9th, to take the Hoppers nightly strikeout total to 17…..One run on one hit and no walks, with 14 strikeouts by Charlie Lowell…..Nappo gave up run to Chris Curley, with his second solo HR of the night…..Nappo allowed a couple of runs during his relief work…..

Final from the NewBridge Bank Park:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8
Kannapolis Intimidators 3

WP:Charlie Lowell(4-4)
LP:Chris Devenski(5-5)
HR:(GSO) James Wooster(8)….Autin Nola (3-4) 2 RBIS’s/2 Doubles…John Schultz(2-4)..Austin Barnes(2-5)…James Wooster(2-3)…
Hoppers-8-14-1
Intimidators-3-4-5

GSO now (10-15)
KAN now (10-14)

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Keenyn Walker CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .281
Joey DeMichele 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .279
Chris Curley 3B 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 .265
Kevan Smith C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .281
Grant Buckner 1B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .255
Bill Rice RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .330
Joe De Pinto DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .229
Andrew Douglas LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .148
D.J. Jarrad SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208

BATTING
2B: Buckner (13, Nappo).
HR: Curley 2 (4, 7th inning off Lowell, 0 on, 2 out; 9th inning off Nappo, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Buckner 2; De Pinto; Curley 8.
RBI: Curley 2 (7), De Pinto (16).
2-out RBI: Curley 2.
GIDP: Jarrad.
Team RISP: 1-for-2.
Team LOB: 1.

FIELDING
E: Rice 2 (2, throw, throw), Walker (4, fielding), Douglas (1, fielding), Curley (3, fielding).
Outfield assists: Walker (Barnes at 2nd base).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
John Schultz CF 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .344
Austin Barnes DH 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .312
Aaron Senne LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .318
Ryan Rieger 1B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .257
Austin Nola SS 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .348
James Wooster RF 3 1 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 .275
Terrence Dayleg 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .220
Josh Adams 3B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
Wilfredo Gimenez C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .249

BATTING
2B: Wooster (18, Devenski), Nola 2 (5, Devenski, Brase), Schultz (4, Brase), Gimenez (6, Brase).
HR: Wooster (8, 4th inning off Devenski, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Schultz 3; Nola 5; Gimenez 3; Dayleg; Rieger; Barnes 2; Senne; Wooster 6.
RBI: Wooster 2 (38), Dayleg (26), Nola (7), Schultz (6).
2-out RBI: Wooster; Nola.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Dayleg 2; Gimenez; Rieger 2.
SF: Schultz.
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Schultz (1, 2nd base by Devenski/Smith, K).

FIELDING
E: Nola (2, fielding).
DP: (Nola-Dayleg-Rieger).

Kannapolis Intimidators
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Chris Devenski (L, 5-5) 5.1 11 5 5 0 1 1 4.84
Jeff Soptic 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.78
Stew Brase 2.0 3 3 1 3 3 0 5.53
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Charlie Lowell (W, 4-4) 7.0 1 1 1 0 14 1 3.96
Gregory Nappo 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 1 2.95

WP: Devenski, Brase 2.
Groundouts-flyouts: Devenski 5-8, Soptic 1-0, Brase 2-0, Lowell 3-3, Nappo 0-1.
Batters faced: Devenski 25, Soptic 2, Brase 13, Lowell 22, Nappo 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Soptic 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Jimmy Hollingsworth. 1B: Brian Miller.
Weather: 87 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 6 mph, L to R.
T: 2:20 (:51 delay).
Att: 4,809.