Greensboro Grasshoppers Friday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us Tonight by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner….
The Greensboro Grasshoppers were down 2-0 after four innings, and then the Greensboro Boys rallied, and in the process, tied up the Six-Game Weekly Series with the Greenville Drive, at Two Games a-piece…The Hoppers did it 2-Night there at Greenville, down by 2, and then go on to win by 2 runs, 4-2, over the Drive….
Final Score from Friday night at Flour Field on the West End, in Greenville, S.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4, Greenville Drive 2
WP:J.P. Massey(2-1)
LP:Isaac Stebens(0-1)
SV:Cy Nielson(2)
Hoppers Line-4-7-1 Drive Line- 2-8-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(11-7)
Greenville Drive(6-13)
Greensboro Grasshoppers with No Extra-Base Hits in this game, just 7 Singles and 6 Walks…
The Grasshoppers down again, 2-0 after the first four innings of the contest, but the Hoppers got things going in their direction in the Top of the Fifth Inning…
Top 5th
Mitch Jebb singles on a line drive to left fielder Caden Rose. Termarr Johnson scores. Sammy Siani scores. Charles McAdoo to 2nd.
GBO 2,GVL 2
*******Big Two-Run Single by the Hoppers Mitch Jebb, to get the Grasshoppers back in the game, and this gave them the spark they needed to go on and win this ballgame….********
Top 6th
Sammy Siani reaches on a missed catch error by first baseman Bryan Gonzalez, assist to pitcher Isaac Stebens. Josiah Sightler scores. Termarr Johnson to 2nd.
GBO 3,GVL 2
Top 8th
Sammy Siani out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Juan Chacon. Rodolfo Nolasco scores. Jack Brannigan to 3rd. Termarr Johnson to 2nd. 2 outs
GBO 4,GVL 2
Hoppers Hitters:Mitch Jebb 1-5/2 RBI…Termarr Johnson 1-3/2 BB’s/Run…Sammy Siani 1-2/2 BB’s/Run/RBI…Josiah Sightler 1-3/Run…Rodolfo Nolasco 1-4/Run…Jack Brannigan 1-5…Hudson Head 1-5…Shawn Ross 0-3/BB…Charles McAdoo 0-4/BB…Seven different Hoppers with Singles on Friday, and don’t forget those 6 BBs…
Top Greenville Drive batter at the plate was Tyler Miller, who went 3-4/Double/2 RBI…
Greensboro’s starting pitcher JP Massey worked for five innings, allowing 2 runs, on 7 hits, with 1 BB/7 Ks…Solid relief numbers for Luis Peralta, who went for 2 1/3 Innings, giving up 0 Runs, on 0 Hits, with 0 BBs/5 Ks…12 Ks combined between starter Massey and reliever Peralta…Hoppers staff on Friday with a total of 15 strikeouts and just ONE walk…Greenville’s pitchers also struck out 15 Hoppers, but they also gave up the 6 walks, vs. just ONE from the Hopper pitchers…
Greenville’s losing pitcher, Isaac Stebens worked two innings from the Drive bullpen, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits, with 3 BBs/4 Ks…
The Greenville Drive starting pitcher Hayden Mullins was very sharp in his four innings on the hill…Mullins gave up NO Runs on 2 hits, he walked 3 and struck out 8 Hopper batters…Hoppers probably glad to see Mullins move on, after his pitch count reached 79 pitches….
Game Particulars:
Attendance-4,437
Time of Game-2:32
Game Time Temp-58 Degrees
Up Next:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(11-7) at the Greenville Drive(6-13) on Saturday night at 7:05pm….Game at Fluor Field on the West End, in Greenville, South Carolina…