Greensboro Grasshoppers Wednesday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for NC Insurance Commissioner……
from Wednesday night, down at Rome, Georgia:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 5, Rome Emperors 4…Ten Innings
WP:Alessandro Ercolani(6-1)
LP:Samuel Strickland(2-2)
SV:Magdiel Cotto(1)
Hoppers' Line- 5-6-0 Emperors' Line-4-5-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(69-51)
Rome Emperors(57-61)
The Greensboro Grasshoppers get their sixth straight win overall, and they make it two in a-row at Rome, Georgia, and it took 10 Innings on the road, but the road team pulled it out…Here is how it happened, with newcomer Duce Gourson coming up with game-winning hit, scoring P.J. Hilson…
TOP 10th
Duce Gourson singles on a ground ball to right fielder Jace Grady. P.J. Hilson scores.
GBO 5,ROM 4
Hilson and Josiah Sightler both coming up key Hopper homers, with Hilson’s two-run HR his 13th of the year, and Sightler’s solo shot, his 14th of 2024…Two big Hopper homers, but it was the single by Gourson that proved the difference-maker…
For Rome, no Romers/homers, but for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, they also got key Doubles from Gourson and from Mitch Jebb…Hopper hitters overall:Gourson 2-5/Double/Run/RBI…Jebb 1-5/Double…Hudson Head 0-4/BB/SB…Josiah Sightler 1-3/HR/BB/Run/RBI..Shawn Ross 1-3/BB/Run…P.J Hilson 1-4/HR/2 Runs/2 RBI…
(On the night, the Hoppers walked 3 times, and they struck out 15 times, vs. the Rome Emperors’ pitchers.)
Josiah Sightler’s home run in the 6th inning, tied the score at 4-4, and gave the Hoppers a chance to get the win.
Top 6th
Josiah Sightler homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field.
GBO 4,ROM 4
P.J. Hilson’s early home run, had given the Grasshoppers the early advantage in the contest…
Top 2nd
P.J. Hilson homers (12) on a fly ball to left center field. Shawn Ross scores.
GBO 2,ROM 0
Hoppers’ reliever Alessandro earned the win, by working 4 Innings, and gave up 0 runs, on 1 hit, with 0 BBs/4 Ks…
Magdiel Cotto grabs the Save, his first of the season for the Grasshoppers by working one inning, allowing 0 runs, on 0 hits, with 1 BBs/0 Ks..
Game Particulars:
Attendance-964
Time of Game-2:46
Game Time Temp-92 Degrees at 7:03pm
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(69-51) at the Rome Emperors(57-61) on Thursday night at 7pm…..
