Greensboro Grasshoppers Saturday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
Final from Saturday night at Rome, Georgia:
Rome Emperors 3, Greensboro Grasshoppers 1
WP:JR Ritchie(1-0)
LP:Derek Diamond(5-6)
SV:Isaac Gallegos(1)
Emperors' Line-3-6-2 Hoppers' Line- 1-5-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers(70-53)
Rome Emperors(59-62)
Just one run for the Hoppers, and that was a solo Home Run from Shawn Ross…For Ross it was HR #22 for the season, and his RBI total jumped up to 56 for 2024…They had a Double from the bat of P.J. Hilson, plus the Grasshoppers got a Triple from newcomer, Javier Rivas….Hoppers had another bright spot coming on Stolen Base #41 of the year from second baseman, Mitch Jebb…
That one Greensboro Grasshopper run in this Saturday night game came early, with Ross connecting in the Top of the First Inning, with two outs..The Hoppers scored their one run in the Top of the First, and the Emperors got all three of their runs for the ballgame, in the bottom of the third inning…Three, in the bottom of three…
But back to the Shawn Ross home run, here is how it happened….
Top 1st
1 – 1 count, with 2 Outs
Shawn Ross homers on a fly ball to left field.
GBO 1,ROM 0
Hopper hitters:Mitch Jebb 1-4/SB…Shawn Ross 1-4/HR/Run/RBI…P.J. Hilson 1-4/Double…Javier Rivas goes a team-leading 2-3/Triple…Josiah Sightler 0-3/BB…Lonnie White Jr. 0-3/BB….The Hoppers walked twice(Sightler and White Jr.) and they struck out 5 times…..
Game Particulars:
Attendance-1,480
Time of Game-2:07
Game Time Temp-85 Degrees at 7:03pm
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(70-53) at the Rome Emperors(59-62) on Sunday afternoon in Rome Georgia, at 1pm…
