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GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Greenville Drive, 12-2 on Tuesday, June 13. The Grasshoppers improved to 32-24 on the season while the Drive fell to 32-26. Greensboro outhit Greenville 14-9 as the Drive had five mishaps.
Leading at the plate was infielder Tsung-Che Cheng as he went 3-5 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored. Will Matthiessen and Brenden Dixon each recorded a home run for the Grasshoppers while Tres Gonzalez and Sammy Siani each tallied a double.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler as he recorded eight strikeouts and gave up six hits, one earned run, and one free base, on five innings of work. Chandler recorded the win for the Grasshoppers and improved to 3-2 on the season.
Aaron Perry took the loss for the Drive for his first of the season.
WP:Bubba Chandler(3-2)/LP:Aaron Perry(0-1)
Attendance:4,703
Time of Game-2:50
Game Time Temp:79 degrees at 7:07pm
(Hoppers as a pitching staff walked 6 batters and struck out 12…Drive with five walks and they struck out 11 Hopper batters.)
Hoppers Cheng with three hits, and then they got two hits each from Bowen, Dixon, Hendrie, and Siani…..
The Grasshoppers continue its away series against the Drive tomorrow, Wednesday June 14. For all information on Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball visit www.gsohoppers.com or follow us on social media @gsohoppers.
from the Greenville Drive website at www.milb.com/greenville
Drive drop opener against ‘Hoppers, 12-2
A low-scoring, tied game early would ultimately turn against the Greenville Drive (32-26) on Tuesday night as the Greensboro Grasshoppers (32-24) exploded for 11 runs across the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings, downing the Drive 12-2. The ‘Hoppers would ultimately tag Greenville pitching for 14 hits, while the Drive would leave 13 on base while going 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
As you’d expect from two teams at the top of their respective divisions, a tightly contested affair ruled the night early at Fluor Field. Each team recorded a run in their half of the first inning before each starter, the Drive’s Juan Daniel Encarnacion and the Grasshoppers’ Bubba Chandler, settled into the game.
The ‘Hoppers would get theirs on an groundout to third before the Drive responded with an RBI-double from Blaze Jordan. Jordan’s double scored newly called-up Roman Anthony who earlier in the inning notched his first hit as a member of the Drive with a double to the right field gap.
Neither team could muster much offense early, though there were chances. Greenville would leave seven on base through five innings while the ‘Hoppers left five aboard. The Drive were the only team to have a hit with runners in scoring position through five innings, though they’d be 1-for-7 with Greensboro 0-for-7.
But as the relievers entered the game, it’d be Greensboro who thrashed their way to victory. The Drive’s Aaron Perry, recently returning from an extended stay on the injured list, struck out the first batter he faced, but it’d be trouble from there. Four straight singles, would score two ‘Hoppers making it 3-1; chasing Perry from the game after just 15 pitches.
Casey Cobb took over for Perry but his night would also take a turn for the for the worse after collecting a strikeout. A Tres Gonzalez double off the left-field wall plated two before a Tsung-Che Cheng single plated the fifth and final run of the inning for Greensboro making it, 6-1.
The lead for Greensboro would only grow from there.
A fielding error by Jordan allowed one to cross in the seventh before an RBI-double scored another to make it 8-1. In the eighth, reliever Maceo Campbell would be the victim of two, two-run homers(Matthiessen and Dixon) boosting the ‘Hoppers lead to 12-1.
The Drive rounded out the night with a Bryan Gonzalez RBI-single to right in the bottom of the ninth but it’d be all the Drive could muster as Greensboro took the night, 12-2.
The Drive (Boston Red Sox) return to action tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. at Fluor Field for game two of the six-game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Pittsburgh Pirates.) Greensboro leads the series, 1-0.