Greensboro Grasshoppers Sunday Afternoon Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance and Baseball Commissioner…..
Final Score from Sunday afternoon at Fluor Field on the West End, in Greenville, S.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 4, Greenville Drive 1
WP:Drake Fellows(1-0)
LP:David Sandlin(0-2)
SV:Jaden Woods(1)
Hoppers' Line-4-7-1 Drive' Line- 1-5-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(12-8)
Greenville Drive(7-14)
The Greensboro Grasshoppers took a 2-0 in the Top of the First Inning, at Greenville on Sunday, and the Hoppers never had to look back…They get the split in the Six-Game Series vs. Greenville, and leave out from South Carolina at 3-3 vs. the Drive, this past week…For the season, the Hoppers are now 5-4 vs. the Greenville Drive for 2024…
On Sunday, Termarr Johnson got things going good for the Hoppers early in that Top of the First Inning, with his first Home Run of the season…Hudson Head added an RBI Double, to help put the Grasshoppers up, 2-0…
This is how she went in the Top of the First Inning….
Termarr Johnson homers on a fly ball to left field.
GBO 1,GVL 0
Hudson Head doubles on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Allan Castro. Jack Brannigan scores.
GBO 2,GVL 0
Hoppers pad that lead with a Jack Brannigan HR in the fifth inning…Brannigan’s 4th home run of the season….
Top 5th
Jack Brannigan homers on a fly ball to center field.
GBO 3,GVL 1
The Grasshoppers pick up an add-on run in the 9th…
Top 9th
Maikol Escotto singles on a line drive to left fielder Miguel Ugueto. Luke Brown scores.
GBO 4,GVL 1
Hopper Hitters:No Hopper with more than one hit on Sunday afternoon…Termarr Johnson 1-5/HR/Run/RBI…Jack Brannigan 1-4/HR/BB/2 Runs/RBI/SB…Hudson Head 1-3/Double/RBI…Luke Brown 1-4/Run/2 SB…Shawn Ross 1-3/BB…Josiah Sightler 1-3/BB…Maikol Escotto 1-4/RBI/SB…
Rodolfo Nolasco 0-3/BB…
Hoppers’ winning pitcher Drake Fellows came in, in relief of the Grasshoppers’ starter Alessandro Ercolani, and Fellows proceeded to allow just 1 run, on 2 hits, with 0 BB’s and 2 K’s, and Fellows earned his first Hoppers victory of the season…The Greensboro pitching staff walked only two Drive batters, while striking out 10 Drive hitters…
Top Drive hitters were Allan Castro, who went 2-4…Miguel Ugueto was 1-3/Double/RBI…Tyler Miller went 1-3/Run….
Game Particulars:
Attendance-5,455
Time of Game-2:26
Game Time Temp-72 Degrees
Up Next:Winston Salem Dash(9-12) at Greensboro Grasshoppers(12-8) on Tuesday night, at 6pm, at First National Bank Field…