Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
from Thursday night in Bowling Green, Kentucky:
Bowling Green Hot Rods 5, Greensboro Grasshoppers 1
WP:Ty Johnson(1-0)
LP:Scott Randall(2-2)
Hot Rods' Line-5-7-0 Hoppers' Line- 1-5-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(62-48)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(65-44)
Hopper Hitters:P.J. Hilson 1-3/RBI…Geovanny Planchart 1-2/Run…Maikol Escotto 1-3…Mitch Jebb 1-3…Hudson Head 1-4…Hoppers not scoring runs, and very few Extra-Base hits in recent games…No extra-base hits tonight at Bowling Green….Bowling Green looks primed right now to win the South Atlantic League Second Half, in the Southern Division…
Bowling Green led at the plate by Tre’ Morgan, who was 2-4/2 RBI…And by Homer Bush Jr. who went 1-4/Double/Run/2 RBI….
Hoppers just not scoring these days/nights/games…Thirteen(13) and only two(2) walks by the Hot Rod’s pitching staff…The Rods starter Brody Hopkins with 8 Ks over his six innings of work on the hill…Hoppers’ losing pitcher Scott Randall went four innings, giving up 4 runs, on 3 hits, with 0 BBs/5 Ks…
Plus, Greensboro Grasshoppers’ manager Blake Butler ejected by 1B umpire Ian Durkin (5th inning).
Hoppers now (5-7) for the month of August, and at (23-22) in the Second Half of the SALLY League standings…
Game Particulars:
Attendance-2,721
Time of Game-2:12
Game Time Temp-89 Degrees at 7:37 Eastern Time
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(62-28) at the Bowling Green Hot Rods(65-44) on Friday night at Bowling Green, Kentucky, with game time set for 7:35pm Eastern Time…
