Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
The Hoppers lost 7-3 to the Bowling Green Hot Rods back on Tuesday, and then they got rained out on Wednesday, and while MILB.com said that they would make up the Wednesday game with a Doubleheader at Bowling Green on Friday, the Doubleheader rolled today/Thursday, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers lost both games, with a 6-3 loss in Game One, and then the Hoppers dropped the second game on Thursday to the Hot Rods, 8-7…
Game One:
Bowling Green Hot Rods 6, Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
WP:Duncan Davitt(2-2)
LP:J.P. Massey(2-3)
SV:T.J. Fondtain(1)
Hot Rods' Line-6-5-2 Hoppers' Line- 3-7-3
Greensboro Grasshoppers(16-12)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(15-14)
Hoppers top hitter was newcomer P.J. Hilson 2-3/Triple/Run…Hoppers starting pitcher J.P. Massey gave up 5 Hot Rod runs on 3 hits, with 2 BBs/4 Ks, and he gave up a solo HR to the Rods’ Brock Jones……
Game Two:
Bowling Green Hot Rods 8, Greensboro Grasshoppers 7
WP:Nate Dahle(1-0)
LP:Brandan Bidois(0-3)
SV:Aneudy Cortorreal(1)
Hot Rods' Line-8-10-2 Hoppers' Line- 7- 6-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(16-13)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(16-14)
Hoppers top hitter was Nick Cimillo who went 2-4/HR/2 Runs/RBI…Hoppers down early 6-1, cut the lead to 6-5, then took a 7-6 lead in the fifth inning, before giving up two runs in sixth inning and falling, 8-7…Brandon Bidois for the Hoppers picked the Blown Save, and the Loss…Xavier Isaac for the Bowling Green Hot Rods went 4-4/2 HRs/2 Doubles/3 Runs/5 RBI…
Game Particulars:
Attendance-3,542
Time of Game-2:18
Game Time Temp-70 Degrees
Up Next:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(16-13) at the Bowling Green Hot Rods(16-14) on Friday night at 7:35pm…..
***********A couple of Greensboro Grasshoppers moves over the past couple of days, when at Bowling Green, Kentucky….
05/07/24 CF Sammy Siani assigned to Altoona Curve from Greensboro Grasshoppers.
05/07/24 OF P.J. Hilson assigned to Greensboro Grasshoppers from Bradenton Marauders.**********