Grasshoppers pull it out up in West Virginia as Kevin Cravey goes WP now with a (9-0) Hopper record[Austin Barnes:HR, Triple, 3 RBI]

Game was tied 3-3 through 7 innings and then the Greensboro Grasshoppers posted a run in the top of the 8th, to pull out the victory tonight, up in Charleston, West Virginia, behind Greensboro’s winning pitcher Kevin Cravey, now (9-0) on the 2012 season….Hoppers’ Austin Barnes went 2-4, with a HR, Triple, and 3 RBI and he scored two runs…

Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
West Virginia Power 3

WP:Kevin Cravey(9-0)
HR:Austin Barnes(11)….Triple Barnes(3)….RBI Barnes with 3(60)….

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Brent Keys CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .342
Austin Barnes 2B 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 .321
Aaron Senne LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .287
Josh Adams 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .253
Ryan Rieger 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .239
Matt Smith DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .272
Ryan McIntyre RF 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .278
Austin Nola SS 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .248
Wilfredo Gimenez C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .268

BATTING
3B: Barnes (3, Kingham).
HR: Barnes (11, 6th inning off Singh, R, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Rieger; Keys; Barnes 7.
RBI: Barnes 3 (60).
2-out RBI: Barnes 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Senne.
GIDP: Smith, M.
Team RISP: 1-for-4.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Barnes (8, 2nd base off De Leon, E/Diaz, E).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Adams-Barnes-Rieger, Nola-Barnes-Rieger).

West Virginia Power
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Alen Hanson DH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .308
Taylor Lewis CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Willy Garcia RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 .253
Dan Gamache 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .294
Jose Osuna 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 .277
Chris Lashmet LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Junior Sosa LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Eric Avila 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Elias Diaz C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .209
Ashley Ponce SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215

BATTING
2B: Gamache (35, Esch), Osuna (32, Esch), Avila (11, Esch).
HR: Garcia, W (16, 3rd inning off Esch, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Avila 3; Osuna 2; Ponce, A; Sosa; Gamache 2; Garcia, W 4.
RBI: Osuna (65), Garcia, W 2 (71).
2-out RBI: Garcia, W 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Diaz, E; Garcia, W.
SAC: Hanson; Lewis, T.
GIDP: Diaz, E, Lashmet.
Team RISP: 3-for-8.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Diaz, E (14, throw).
DP: (Avila-Gamache-Osuna).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Jake Esch 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 6.17
Kevin Cravey (W, 9-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.21
Gregory Nappo (S, 3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.44
West Virginia Power
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Nicholas Kingham 2.2 1 2 2 3 1 0 4.79
Rinku Singh 3.1 2 1 1 1 6 1 2.95
Emmanuel De Leon (L, 1-4) 2.0 1 1 0 1 5 0 5.58
Zachary Fuesser 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.83

Balk: De Leon, E.
Groundouts-flyouts: Esch 8-2, Cravey 1-0, Nappo 0-0, Kingham 4-1, Singh, R 2-1, De Leon, E 1-0, Fuesser 1-0.
Batters faced: Esch 24, Cravey 6, Nappo 4, Kingham 11, Singh, R 13, De Leon, E 8, Fuesser 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Singh, R 1-0.
Umpires: HP: JJ January. 1B: Sean Ryan.
Weather: 83 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, Out to CF.
T: 2:23.
Att: 2,383.