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Final from Thursday night, at Fluor Field in Greenville, S.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8, Greenville Drive 7 in 10 Innings
WP:Cy Nielson(3-2)/LP:Brock Bell(3-1)
Hoppers-8-14-1 Drive- 7-12-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers(55-47)
Greenville Drive(54-51)
All about the hits on this Thursday night, with the Grasshoppers pounding out 14 hits, and the Drive smacking it around for 12 big hits..But the Hoppers got the bigger hits, with HR’s again from Jase Bowen(#21) and Jack Brannigan(#7)…Bowen with a solo home run, and Brannigan, a two-run shot…Big night at the plate for Shawn Ross, who went 3-5, with two Hopper homers and three RBI…Ross was ripping it, and he now has 10 dingers on the season…Two runs and three RBI in this game for Ross, who says No to loss, and he will toss any thought of loss to the wind in 10(Innings)…GONZO night again for Tres Gonzalez, as he went 3-5/BB/Run for the Hoppers and GONZO with three singles, and each one of equal importance, as Tres continues to impress, with his ability to get on base, from his leadoff spot in the GSO batting order…
Luke Brown scored what proved to be the Grasshoppers’ game-winning run, when Jack Brannigan drove a Sacrifice Fly ball to right field, allowing Brown to head home…Luke Brown, the game-winning run, and Brannigan with what proved to be the game-winning RBI…The Hoppers get the win again, in ten, at Greenville, S.C.
We were talking about what all of the Hoppers did at the plate, and for Luke Brown it was a 2-5/2 Runs night…Brenden Dixon goes 2-4…Termarr Johnson was 1-4/BB/Run…Josiah Sightler went 1-5/RBI…In retrospect, it was Bowen going 1-5/HR, and Brannigan was 1-4/HR/3 RBI…And this should give you the full lowdown on the Hoppers offense, from the Thursday night victory…
The Grasshoppers winning pitcher was Cy Nielson, who finished the contest on the hill for the Hoppers going 2 1/3 innings, giving up 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 1 BB/2 K’s…Very solid outing/night from Nielson, coming out of the pen for the Greensboro Grasshoppers..Two strikeouts, and then a ground out by Greenville’s Kyle Teel to end the game, in the bottom of the tenth inning, vs. Cy Nielson…The game ends with Greenville Drive runner Alex Erro at third base, with the game-tying run…Cy would not let the Drive get by, and it was Bye, Bye, Bye, from Cy again this evening….
Game Details:
Attendance-5,346
Time of Game-3:06
Game Time Temp-87 degrees at 7:10pm
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(55-47) at Greenville Drive(54-51) on Friday night at 7:05pm, there again at Fluor Field, in Greenville, S.C.
from Callie Cline, at www.gsohoppers.com:
Grasshoppers Defeat the Drive, 8-7 in Extra Innings Thursday Evening
GREENVILLE, SC – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Greenville Drive, 8-7 in extra innings on Thursday, August 10. The Grasshoppers improved to 19-19 in the second half of the season while the Drive fell to 18-21. Greensboro outhit Greenville 14-12 as the Dive had two mishaps to the Grasshoppers one.
Leading at the dish for the Grasshoppers was catcher Shawn Ross as he went 3-5 with two home runs, three RBI, and two runs scored. Following close behind was outfielder Tres Gonzalez as he went 3-5 with one run scored. Jase Bowen and Jack Brannigan also recorded home runs for Greensboro.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was righthanded pitcher Bubba Chandler as he tallied four strikeouts and gave up four hits, three runs (two earned), and three free bases on three innings of work. Cy Nielson recorded the win for the Grasshoppers and improved to 3-2 on the season.
Brock Bell took the loss for the Drive and fell to 3-1 on the season.
The Grasshoppers continue their away series against the Drive tonight, Friday, August 11. 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:
‘Hoppers outlast Drive, 8-7 in extras
Kyle Teel seemingly did everything but win the game for the Greenville Drive (18-21, 54-51) as he plated three runs, accounted for a run and caught a runner stealing. But his efforts weren’t enough to propel the Drive past the Greensboro Grasshoppers (19-19, 55-47), as the ‘Hoppers outlasted the Drive in the back-and-forth affair, 8-7 in extras.
For the first time in this series the Drive drew first blood, though it would come in unconventional fashion. Grasshoppers starter Bubba Chandler struggled early. After Kyle Teel ripped a double, Chandler picked up the second out of the inning and appeared to be on his way to a third when he had Tyler Miller on 0-2 count. But Miller battled for a walk, putting two on. Eddinson Paulino and Eduardo Lopez followed suit bringing in Teel to make it a 1-0 game. A pitch later it’d be 2-0, as Chandler’s pitch sailed out of reach of his catcher, bringing in Miller.
The ‘Hoppers and Drive traded runs in the third as Jase Bowen sent a solo shot over the left field wall to cut the lead in half but Teel added his first RBI of the night on a center field line Drive to bring home Karson Simas and make it 3-1.
But again the ‘Hoppers would answer the call and continue their long-ball ways, adding two two-run homers, one in the third and one in the fourth, off Drive starter Juan Daniel Encarnacion, giving them the 5-3 advantage.
In true back-and-forth action, the Drive responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth, sparked again by Teel as he slapped a single down the third base line to bring in two runs and knot the game at 5-5. After an Allan Castro single, Tyler Miller followed up with grounder into a force out at second but the ensuing throw to try and complete the double play would bounce past the first baseman, allowing Teel to score and put the Drive in front, 6-5.
Encarnacion gave way to Graham Hoffman in the fifth, but the sixth inning would see the ‘Hoppers knot the game off Hoffman thanks to a Shawn Ross solo homer. And the eighth would see the ‘Hoppers take the lead thanks to a Josiah Sightler sacrifice-fly off Dan Altavilla making it 7-6.
Nick Decker and Cutter Coffey made sure the lead wouldn’t last too long as Decker laced a triple into the right field corner in the bottom of the eighth, before Coffey sent a towering sac-fly to center field to bring in Decker, knotting the game at 7-7.
Neither team could muster a ninth inning run sending the game to extras where the ‘Hoppers would scratch across their ghost runner to take the lead in their half of the tenth. The Drive would get ghost runner Alex Erro to third base in the bottom half with no outs, but three straight batters would go down for the Drive, giving Greensboro the 8-7 victory.
The Greenville Drive (Boston Red Sox) return to action Friday, August 12 at 7:05 p.m. for game four of the six-game series with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Pittsburgh Pirates). Greensboro currently leads the series, 2-1.