Greensboro Grasshoppers Sunday Afternoon Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for NC Insurance Commissioner…..
Final from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Rome Emperors 5, Greensboro Grasshoppers 1
WP:Shay Schanaman(6-6)
LP:Wilber Dotel(8-5)
Emperors' Line-5-4-0 Hoppers' Line- 1-5-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(62-45/23-19)
Rome Emperors(51-53/15-25)
Hoppers out-hit the Emperors 5-4, but drop the ballgame, 5-1…Hoppers’ pitching with a rough/tough day, with 11 Walks by the Greensboro pitching staff, and just 6 strikeouts…Rome hurlers with 4 BBs/7 Ks…Running-wise, the Hoppers left 7 men on base, and they were 1-5 with runners in scoring position…
Hopper hitters:Mitch Jebb 1-4…Shawn Ross 1-2/2 BBs/SB…Lonnie White Jr. 0-2/2 BBs/Run…Omar Alfonzo 1-4…Hudson Head 1-4/Double/RBI…Geovanny Planchart 1-3…Shawn Ross with his 10th Stolen Base of the season…
Rome batters:Jace Grady 2-3/HR/SAC Fly RBI/BB/3 RBI…EJ Exposito 0-3/BB…Justin Janas 0-3/BB…Kade Kern 1-4/Run…Nick Ward 0-1/3 BBs…Joe Olsavsky 1-3/Double/BB/2 RBI…Jacob Godman 0-3/3 BBs/Run…Stephen Paolini 0-3/BB….Count them up, they are all here, the Emps walked 11 times, vs. the Hoppers’ pitchers…
Here is how the Hoppers got their one lone run…
Bottom 4th
Hudson Head doubles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Stephen Paolini. Lonnie White Jr. scores.
ROM 2,GBO 1
Weekly Six-Game Series with Hoppers and Emperors ended up tied at 3-3…Who knows, you might see the Hoppers and the Emps again in the SALLY Playoffs Series for the South Atlantic League Championship…..
Game Particulars:
Attendance-2,534
Time of Game-2:25
Game Time Temp-87 Degrees at 2:02pm
Up Next:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(62-45) at the Bowling Green Hot Rods(62-44) at 7:35pm…Hoppers will be OFF on Monday, before making the trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky…Bowling Green the hometown of Hoppers’ outfielder, Luke Brown….
