Greensboro Grasshoppers close homestand with 2-1 win over West Virginia Power:8,380 see Grasshoppers’ victory!

More to come later from Bill Hass with Bill on Baseball, but here is the skinny on the Hoppers’ win today/Monday at NewBridge Bank Park…8,380 on hand to take in today’s game…..Five one-rn games in the homestand and Hoppers win four of them….

Final:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
West Virginia 1

WP:Matt Milroy(4-1)
SV:De La Rosa(1)
LP:Cody Dickson(2-4)
Hoppers go:2-7-0
Power go:1-5-0

Hoppers win 3-2 on Sunday and now pick another one-run win on Monday, 2-1 over West Virginia and that gives them 4 one-run wins during their homestand at NewBridge Bank Park….

Hoppers finish the homestand at (5-2) winning three-of-four games from West Virginia and taking two-of-three from Greenville, S.C…….

Hoppers are now (17-13) on the season and West VA. falls to (11-20)….

Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League:

West Virginia Power
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Justin Maffei CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .237
JaCoby Jones SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
Reese McGuire DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .219
Edwin Espinal 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Erich Weiss 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .315
Wyatt Mathisen 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Danny Collins RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .300
Kawika Emsley-Pai C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222
Elvis Escobar LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .231
Totals 28 1 5 0 0 0 1 3 7 .259

BATTING
TB: Collins; Emsley-Pai; Mathisen; Espinal, E; Weiss.
RBI: Escobar, El (3).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jones, J; Mathisen.
SAC: Espinal, E.
GIDP: Escobar, El 2, Mathisen.
Team RISP: 0-for-6.
Team LOB: 5.

FIELDING
DP: (Jones, J-Weiss-Espinal, E).

Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Justin Bohn DH 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .337
Austin Dean LF 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .292
Avery Romero 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .297
Juan Avila 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229
Cody Keefer RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Chad Wallach C 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Carlos Lopez 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Rehiner Cordova SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219
Yefri Perez CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .301
Totals 30 2 8 1 1 0 2 3 4 .275

BATTING
2B: Bohn (9, Dickson).
3B: Dean, A (1, Dickson).
TB: Dean, A 4; Bohn 2; Wallach 2; Romero, A; Lopez, C; Perez, Y.
RBI: Dean, A (12), Bohn (18).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Wallach; Keefer; Romero, A 2.
GIDP: Cordova, R.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Romero, A (3, 2nd base by Hirsch/Emsley-Pai).

FIELDING
DP: 3 (Romero, A-Cordova, R-Lopez, C 2, Cordova, R-Lopez, C).

West Virginia Power
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cody Dickson (L, 2-4) 5.0 4 1 1 2 3 0 4.30
Henry Hirsch 1.1 4 1 1 1 1 0 2.57
Brett McKinney 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 8.0 8 2 2 3 4 0 3.84
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Matt Milroy (W, 4-1) 5.0 2 0 0 2 6 0 1.65
Sean Townsley (H, 2) 3.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 3.18
Esmerling De La Rosa (S, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 9.0 5 1 1 3 7 0 3.49

WP: Townsley.
HBP: Emsley-Pai (by Milroy).
Groundouts-flyouts: Dickson 4-5, Hirsch 1-1, McKinney 3-2, Milroy 5-2, Townsley 5-2, De La Rosa, Es 2-0.
Batters faced: Dickson 20, Hirsch 8, McKinney 5, Milroy 18, Townsley 11, De La Rosa, Es 4.
Inherited runners-scored: McKinney 3-0.
Umpires: HP: Cody Waterhouse. 1B: Jeff Gorman.
Weather: 67 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7 mph, R to L.
T: 2:34.
Att: 8,380.
Venue: NewBridge Bank Park.
May 5, 2014