Courtesy of Omega Sports, “Your Neighborhood Sports Store”, on Battleground Avenue, in Greensboro…..
Final from Wednesday night at First National Bank Field:
Aberdeen IronBirds 5, Greensboro Grasshoppers 4
WP:Feliz(1-0)
LP:Florencio(0-2)
SV:Moore(2)
Hoppers(4-7)/IronBirds(8-3)
Iron Birds' line:5-6-0 Hoppers' line: 4-5-3
Steak n Shake Player of the Game:Jack Herman…Herman had his first HR of the 2022 season, and he went 2-3/HR/BB//2 Runs/RBI….
Two big factors that became disadvantages for the Hoppers, were the three(3) Hopper errors, and the 19 strikeouts from the IronBirds pitching staff…If the Hoppers were on, they were on, but when they were down, they were falling fast…Nineteen Hopper hitters go down, by way of the K…
Maikol Escotto was 1-4 for the Hoppers at the plate, with a two-run home run, but he offset that prosperity, with two errors in the field, on defense…A fielding error and a throwing error by Escotto….Escotto, back to the positives, now with 10 RBI, on the season…
Ten(10) strikeouts from the IronBirds winning pitcher, Feliz….
Conner Norby, from local East Forsyth High School, and from East Carolina University, in Greenville, N.C., homered on the first pitch of the game…It was the second home run of the season, for the former East Forsyth Eagle…
Time of Game-2:14
Attendance:3,026
CLICK HERE for the Box Score from Wednesday night’s Hoppers-IronBirds game….