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Final from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field, home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4, Aberdeen IronBirds 3…10 Innings
WP:Ricky Devito(1-1)/LP:Xavier Moore(0-2)
Hoppers(6-9)
IronBirds(10-5)
Hoppers' line: 4-10-2 IronBirds' line:3- 6-1
Steak n Shake Players of the Game:On defense for the Hoppers it would be Ricky DeVito, who picked up the win, in extra innings, and you have to give at least a good shake to the defense from Dariel Lopez to Endy Rodriguez to Ernny Ordonez, as they pulled off a key double play, in the top of the 10 inning, going 5-2-3 on the double play…Lopez at third fields the ground ball, throws home to Rodriguez for one out, the force out at home plate, and then Rodriguez turns and throws to first baseman Ordonez, to get the out at first base…Key double play on defense for the Hoppers after the Aberdeen IronBirds had loaded the bases up with NO outs, in the top of the 10 inning…Back-to-Back games that the Hoppers have come up with key double plays, in the top of the 10 inning…
Offensive player of the game, for our Steak n Shake Player of the Game, would be Yoyner Fajardo, who drove in Makiol Escotto for the game-winning run, as Fajardo connected on a single down the first base line, and into right field for the Game-Winning RBI…Back-to-Back games that the Greensboro Grasshoppers have come up with a key Game-Winning hit, and run in the bottom of the 10 inning…Back-to-Back Walk-off wins for the Greensboro Grasshoppers…Fajardo, ejected from Saturday night’s game, but able to stick around on Sunday, and put his stick to good use, with that Game-Winning RBI…
For the first six innings of Sunday afternoon’s game, the Greensboro Grasshoppers were unable to advance a runner past first base…No Hopper batter/runner reached second base until the seventh(7th) inning of Sunday’s game…The barrier was lifted, when Ernny Ordonez lifted a fly ball to deep center field, for a solo home run, in the bottom of the seventh inning, and the Grasshoppers were on the scoreboard then, to break up the Birds’ shutout…
Hopper hitters on Sunday:Yoyner Fajardo 2-5/RBI/(Game-Winning RBI)…Ernny Ordonez 2-4/Double/HR/2 RBI…Dariel Lopez 2-4…
Hoppers’ pitching on Sunday:WP Ricky DeVito 2 Innings/1 Run/3 Hits/2 BB’s/2 K’s…Overall the Hoppers’ pitching staff struck out 13 Aberdeen IronBird batters on Sunday…2 K’s for DeVito, 4 K’s for starting pitcher Nick Garcia, 5 K’s for Piggy-back starter Sean Sullivan, and 2 K’s for reliever Eddy Yean…..
Top Aberdeen IronBirds hitters on Sunday:Donta` Williams 2-4/BB/HR/RBI/2 Runs…Collin Burns 2-3/BB/RBI…
Attendance:3,106
Time of Game-2:50
CLICK HERE for the Box Score from Sunday’s Greensboro Grasshoppers-Aberdeen IronBirds baseball game…