Greensboro Grasshoppers post three key runs in the eighth inning, as Jared Triolo and Matt Gorski get Hoppers going, and Hoppers top Rome Braves, 5-4 on Friday night

from Friday night at State Mutual Park, in Rome, Georgia:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 5, Rome Braves 4
WP:Bear Bellomy(7-2)
LP:Coleman Huntley(5-3)
SV:Oliver Garcia(8)

Hoppers(38-26)/Braves(33-31)

Hoppers' line:5-0-0
Braves' line: 4-6-0

Hoppers’ hitters:Nick Gonzales 2-3/Double/BB/2 Runs…Liover Peguero 3-4/Run/2 SB…Aaron Shackleford 1-4/Run…Jared Triolo 1-4/RBI…Matt Gorski 1-4/2 RBI…Blake Sabol 1-3/BB/HR/Run/RBI…
Triolo RBI #37…Gorski RBI #34 and #35…Sabol RBI #2 and HR #2…

The Greensboro Grasshoppers trailed the Rome Braves, 3-2, going into the top of the eighth inning, and the Hoppers posted three runs, and they went on to win the ball game, 5-4….

Jared Triolo drove in one run, and Matt Gorski drove in two more runs, in the Hoppers’ half of the eighth inning…

The Hoppers went to work against the Braves reliever Coleman Huntley in the eighth inning, and Coleman gets charged with the blown save, and the loss for Rome…

Braves’ starting pitcher Freddy Tarnok worked five innings for Rome, and he gave up two runs on four hits, while walking two and striking out TEN Hopper batters…

Greensboro’s starting pitcher Quinn Priester goes six innings, allowing three runs on five Rome hits, with four walks and five strikeouts…Winning pitcher Bear Bellomy worked two perfect innings for the Hoppers, giving up no runs, on no hits, while walking no batters and striking out two Braves…This was Bellomy’s seventh win of the season, versus two losses…

Closer Oliver Garcia picked up the save for Greensboro, his eighth of the season, as he gave up one run, on one hit, and that was a solo home run in the top of the ninth inning, by Rome’s Brett Langhorne…Garcia walked one, and struck out two Brave batters…

Attendance:1,686
Time of Game/TOG-2:51(:31 delay)