Final from Tuesday night at State Mutual Stadium, in Rome, Georgia:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 2, Rome Braves 0
WP:Colin Selby(1-1)
LP:Justin Yeager(9-1)
SV:Austin Roberts(5)
Hoppers(36-25)/Braves(32-29)
Hoppers' line:2-3-1 Braves' line: 0-1-1
Hoppers’ hitters:Matt Frazier 1-3/BB/Run..Frazier finishes the game batting a team-leading .330…Nick Gonzales 1-4…Aaron Shackleford 1-4/Run/2 RBI/HR…Jared Triolo 0-3/BB…
The Greensboro Grasshoppers pitching staff with Michael Burrows, Garrett Leonard, Colin Selby, and Austin Roberts threw a one-hitter at the Rome Braves on Tuesday night, at Rome…The pitching staff did walk four Braves, but the Hoppers’ pitching worked around those four walks, and got the win…
The win went to Hoppers’ reliever Colin Selby(1-1), who worked four scoreless innings, giving up the no runs on one hit, and he walked no Rome batters and he struck out four Braves…
Closer Austin Roberts got the save, and Roberts worked the ninth inning giving up no runs, on no hits, with no walks and one strikeout…Roberts earned his fifth save of the season…The four walks went to Hopper Garrett Leonard who worked four innings, and he gave up no runs, on no hits, with the four walks and six strikeouts…Starter Michael Burrows only went one inning, with no runs, no hits, no walks and one strikeout…
The Hoppers offense only produced three hits, but one of those three hits was a two-run home run by Aaron Shackleford, his 14th home run of the season, and his RBI total climbed to 38 RBI for the season…
It was a scoreless game on Tuesday night, until Shackleford hit his two-run home run, in the Top of the Ninth Inning, scoring both Shackleford and Matt Frazier, and the 2-0 lead stood up the rest of the way, with Austin Roberts nailing things down on the mound, in the bottom of the ninth inning…
Attendance:1,021
Time of Game/TOG-2:41