The Big Machine Eddie Yean making the scene, and there’s no way to bury Duke-product Jack Carey, as the Greensboro Grasshoppers pick up their first win of the 2023 season, with their 5-3 victory on Saturday night, at Hudson Valley…Home Run/2 RBI for the Hoppers’ Abrahan Gutierrez, Tsung-Che Cheng had a Triple, and Maikol Escotto drove two runs to spark the Hoppers offense, as the Greensboro boys tallied nine hits on the night…The win going to Eddie Yean and Jack Carey picked up the save for the Hoppers…
Coming in from www.gsohoppers.com and rolling here, courtesy of RE/MAX Revolution of Greensboro, here is the game report on the Saturday night meeting, with the Greensboro Grasshoppers at the Hudson Valley Renegades….
FISHKILL, NY – The Greensboro Grasshoppers recorded their first win of the season on Saturday, April 8, beating the Hudson Valley Renegades 5-3. The Grasshoppers tallied nine hits and one error against the Renegades five hits and one error. The Grasshoppers and Renegades each move to 1-1 on the season.
Hits for the Grasshoppers were tallied by Abrahan Gutierrez (2), Maikol Escotto (2), Will Matthiessen (2), Tsung-Che Cheng (1), Jase Bowen (1), and Sammy Siani (1). Gutierrez recorded his first homerun of the season and first for the Grasshoppers, batting .250 with two RBI and one run scored. Escotto also tallied two RBI and one run scored, while Cheng worked in a triple.
Starting on the mound for the Hoppers was 3rd Round Draft Pick (2021) Bubba Chandler. He registered four strikeouts and gave up three hits, three runs (two earned), and two free bases on 3.1 innings of work.
Eddy Yean earned the win for the Grasshoppers and recorded three strikeouts on two innings of work. Yean moves to 1-0 on the season. Jack Carey struck out four and recorded the save for the Grasshoppers (1).
Carlos Gomez took the loss for the Renegades and moved to 0-1 on the season.
The Grasshoppers face the Renegades again TODAY/Sunday at 2:05 PM. For all information on Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball visit www.gsohoppers.com or follow us on social media @gsohoppers.
More details on the Saturday night game at Hudson Valley:
Time of Game/TOG-2:40
Attendance-2,000
Site-Heritage Financial Park
Game Time Temp-52 degrees with winds at 5mph , under cloudy skies
Hoppers pitching staff walked six(6) Renegade batters and struck out fourteen(14) on Saturday evening…Five(5) Stolen Bases in the game for the Grasshoppers, with 2 each from Maikol Escotto and Sammy Siani, and one from Tsung-Che Cheng…