Courtesy of RE/MAX Revolution, and their leader Robbie Efird, making them the Top Real Estate Sales Team in the Triad…..
from Sunday night, at First National Bank Field, home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers:
Hickory Crawdads 9, Greensboro Grasshoppers 0
WP:Juan Mejia(2-1)/LP:Derek Diamond(2-1)
Crawdads-9-8-1 Hoppers- 0-4-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(65-56)
Hickory Crawdads(65-55)
Hickory Crawdads(Texas Rangers) win the Six-Game Series over the Greensboro Grasshoppers(Pittsburgh Pirates), 4-2….Hickory team, owned by Don Beaver for many years…At one time, Beaver also owned the Charlotte Knights….
From Sunday:
Hoppers with just four hits in this contest….No extra-base hits, no Doubles or Triples, and of course no Home Runs…But the four Hopper hits came about like this…Brenden Dixon 2-3/BB…Termarr Johnson 1-4…Francisco Acuna 1-3…And there you go, the four hits, from just three Hoppers…The Hoppers drew three walks, and Dixon got one of those…Also, Luke Brown 0-3/BB…Hudson Head 03/BB….As a team, the Grasshoppers walked three times, and struck out seven times…
Our Steak n Shake Player of the Game, for the final home game of the 2023 season was Brenden Dixon…Dixon went 2-3/BB…Again, our final POG in 2023, at FNB was BD…Brenden Dixon….
Hickory winning pitcher, Juan Mejia, went four innings from the bullpen, allowing 0 runs, on 3 hits, with 0 BB/1 K…Not one of dominating efforts from Mejia, but he had his control, and he just flat out took care of business…Crawdad reliever, and former Hoppers pitcher Ricky DeVito closed the game for the Crawdads, working the bottom of the ninth, and giving up 0 runs, on 0 hits, with 1 BB/0 K….Strange to see a former Hopper pitcher out there going against his previous club…DeVito was the Rome Braves before he joined the Hoppers, and quite the journey to pitch for three different teams, in the South Atlantic League…
Greensboro starting pitcher Derek Diamond worked four innings, giving up five runs, on five hits, with two walks, and two strikeouts…Just one of those days, where Double D didn’t have his best stuff….As a pitching staff, the Hoppers walked 7 ‘Dads, and the Crawdads only struck out 6 times…You never like to see the walk number exceed the strikeout number….
The ‘Dads got home runs on Sunday from Wyatt Langford, and from Cam Cauley…Langford with a solo shot, and Cauley connected for a two-run blast…
Game Details:
Attendance-7,020
Time of Game-2:33
Game Time Temp-88 degrees at 6:32
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers with an OFF Day on Monday, and then the Hoppers will embark on a six-game road trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Tuesday….These last six games at Bowling Green, will wrap of the Greensboro Grasshoppers 2023 season…
Grasshoppers Fall to the Crawdads, 9-0 in Final Home Game of the 2023 Season
from Callie Cline, from GSOHoppers.com/www.gsohoppers.com
GREENSBORO, NC – The Greensboro Grasshoppers fell to the Hickory Crawdads, 9-0 in the final home game of the 2023 home season on Sunday, September 3. The Crawdads improved to 38-21 in the second half of the season while the Grasshoppers fell to 29-30. Hickory outhit Greensboro 9-4 as the Crawdads had one mishap.
Leading at the plate for the Grasshoppers was infielder Brenden Dixon as he went 2-3 with one free base. Hits were also recorded by Termarr Johnson and Francisco Acuña.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was righthanded pitcher Derek Diamond as he tallied two strikeouts and gave up five hits, five earned runs, and two free bases on four innings of work. Diamond took the loss for the Grasshoppers and fell to 2-1 on the season.
Juan Mejia recorded the win for the Crawdads and improved to 2-0 on the season.
The Grasshoppers finish up their 2023 regular season on the road against the Bowling Green Hot Rods in Bowling Green, KY starting Tuesday, September 5. For more information about Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball visit www.gsohoppers.come or follow us on social media @gsohoppers.