Way too much of the Rome Braves on Tuesday night at First National Bank Field, where the Braves topped the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 8-2……
Final:
Rome Braves 8
Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
WP:Lisandro Santos(1-0)
LP:Quinn Priester(0-2)
SV:Tanner Gordon(1)
HR’s:GSO Aaron Shackleford with his 3rd HR of the season/Matthew Gorski with his second HR of the season….
Hoppers’ hitters:Nick Gonzales 1-5, LoLo Sanchez 1-5/Double, Aaron Shackleford 1-3/BB/HR/RBI, Matthew Gorski 1-3/BB/HR/RBI, Grant Koch 1-3
(Hoppers with five hits from five different batters on the evening.)
Braves hitters:Riley Delgado 2-4/BB/3 RBI, Michael Harris II 2-5/2 Runs/RBI, Bryce Ball 2-3/BB/4 RBI, Logan Brown 2-5/RBI
(The Braves had a hit from everyone in their lineup, with the exception of Shean Michel, but he drew a walk, and he drove in a run.)
Solid start by the Braves AJ Puckett, as he went 4 1/3 Innings, giving up O runs, on 1 hit with 3 BB’s and 2 K’s……Braves reliever Lisandro Santos goes on to get the win, after his 1 2/3 Innings of work, but Santos gave up solo HR’s to Aaron Shackleford and Matthew Gorski, plus Santos had 0 BB’s and 0 K’s, on his way to his first win of the season…..Hoppers starter Quinn Priester gave up 3 runs on 4 hits, then Alex Manasa came in from the bullpen and he gave up up 2 runs on 3 hits, and Trey McGough was on for the Hoppers and the LHP allowed 3 runs on 5 hits…The Hoppers pitching staff suffered through a rough night, on Tuesday, at First National Bank Field…..
Braves(5-2)/Hoppers(3-4)
Braves line: 8-12-3 Hoppers line:2- 5-1
Attendance:2,080
Time of Game/TOG-3:14