Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
Final from Thursday night, at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 5, Asheville Tourists 4
WP:Julian Bosnic(2-3)
LP:Colby Langford(0-3)
SV:Elijah Birdsong(1)
Hoppers' Line- 5-4-3 Tourists' Line-4-9-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(64-51/25-25)
Asheville Tourists(48-67/20-31)
Hoppers with on four hits for the third consecutive night, but the Grasshoppes did earn nine walks…Nine(9) walks with just four hits, and the Hoppers struck out 5 times in the ballgame…For the theme song of the night, it was “Walk This Way” in the Hoppers bottom of the eighth inning, where Greensboro picked up back-to-back-to-back-back walks…In the key 8th inning, the Grasshoppers scored Four runs, on just one hit, with those Four Big-Time Walks, including a Base-Loaded Walk that set the tone for this victory…
Termarr Johnson, Shawn Ross, Omar Alfonso, and Josiah Sightler all scored for the Grasshoppers….Geovanny Planchart had a two-run single in that key 8th inning…
from the Game-Tracker, here is how that eighth inning got tracking:
Bottom 8th
Termarr Johnson walks.
Shawn Ross walks. Termarr Johnson to 2nd.
Omar Alfonzo walks. Termarr Johnson to 3rd. Shawn Ross to 2nd.
ASH 4,GBO 1
Josiah Sightler walks. Termarr Johnson scores. Shawn Ross to 3rd. Omar Alfonzo to 2nd.
ASH 4,GBO 2
Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner P. J. Hilson replaces Omar Alfonzo.
Hudson Head pops out to second baseman Alejandro Nunez. 1 out
ASH 4,GBO 2
Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Lonnie White Jr. replaces Kalae Harrison.
Lonnie White Jr. called out on strikes. 2 outs
ASH 4,GBO 2
Geovanny Planchart singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Korey Morton. Shawn Ross scores. P.J. Hilson scores. Josiah Sightler to 2nd.
ASH 4,GBO 4
Pitching Change: Railin Perez replaces Colby Langford.
Luke Brown reaches on a fielding error by center fielder Kenni Gomez. Josiah Sightler scores. Geovanny Planchart out at home on the throw, center fielder Kenni Gomez to second baseman Alejandro Nunez to catcher Garret Guillemette to third baseman Ryan Johnson. 3 outs
ASH 4,GBO 5
Hoppers at the plate on the night:Mitch Jebb 1-4…Termarr Johnson 1-2/2 BBs/Run…Kalae Harrison 1-3/RBI/SB…Geovanny Planchart 1-3/BB/2 RBI…Shawn Ross 0-3/BB/Run…Omar Alfonson 0-2/2 BBs(Pinch-Runner P.J. Hilson run)…Josiah Sightler 0-2/2 BBs/2 Runs/RBI…Hudson Head 0-3/HBP/SB…Luke Brown 0-2/BB…All Hoppers doing something to help out the cause her tonight…
Hitters for Asheville, and the Tourists had 9 nine hits…Walker Janek 2-5/Triple/2 Runs…Oliver Carrillo went 1-4/HR/2 RBI…Ryan Johnson 1-4…Anthony Sherwin 1-4…Mahki Backstrom 1-4…Korey Morton 1-4…Alejandro Nunez 1-4…Kenni Gomez 1-5/RBI…Nine hits on the night for the Tourists…
Grasshoppers starting pitcher, J.P. Massey got roughed up for two runs in the first inning, as the Tourists were scoring, but the Hoppers can’t match that start from A’ville, as the Tourists plated two scores, and Massey ends up going 5 innings, with 2 runs, on 2 hits, with 3 BBs/8 Ks…The Grasshoppers bullpen, featuring Ryan Harbin, Julian Bosnic, and Elijah Birdsong, was very strong, with them getting 7 A’ville batters, by way of the K….
Game Particulars:
Attendance-3,329
Time of Game-2:32
Game Time Temp-76 Degrees at 6:30pm
Up Next:
Asheville Tourists(48-67) at the Greensboro Grasshoppers(64-51) on Friday night, at First National Bank Field, with the first pitch due in at 6:30pm…
