Greensboro Grasshoppers Sunday Afternoon Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
Final from Sunday afternoon at Rome, Georgia:
Rome Emperors 3, Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
WP:Mitch Farris(4-4)
LP:Landon Tomkins(1-2)
Emperors' Line-3-8-0 Hoppers' Line- 2-7-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers(70-54)
Rome Emperors(60-62)
The Greensboro Grasshoppers took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the 6th inning, but it was there that the Rome Emperors posted two runs, and from that point on, the wrong team was winning, and that’s how it ended up, as win for the Emps, and with that Rome victory on Sunday, the series ended up at 3-3 for the Hoppers final regular season road trip, and it all wound down, down in Rome, Georgia….
A couple of Hopper highlights from the day game:
Top 2nd
Lonnie White Jr. doubles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Stephen Paolini. P.J. Hilson scores.
GBO 1,ROM 1
Top 4th
Geovanny Planchart grounds out, shortstop Ambioris Tavarez to first baseman Drew Compton. P.J. Hilson scores. Lonnie White Jr. to 3rd. Omar Alfonzo to 2nd. 2 Outs
GBO 2,ROM 1
Hopper hitters from Sunday down in Georgia:P.J. Hilson 2-4/Double/2 Runs/SB…Lonnie White Jr. 2-3/Double/BB/RBI…Geovanny Planchart 1-4/RBI…Duce Gourson 1-3/BB//HBP/SB…Hudson Head 1-4…Omar Alfonzo 0-2/2 BBs…Javier Rivas 0-2/HBP
From the pitching department, the Hoppers used Michael Kennedy, Landon Tompkins, Garrett McMillan, and Scott Randall…..LP Tompkins worked 1 Inning, giving up 2 Runs, on 1 hit, with 1 BB/0 Ks…
Rome wins it here:
Bottom 6th
Ambioris Tavarez reaches on a fielder’s choice, fielded by second baseman Mitch Jebb. E.J. Exposito scores. Stephen Paolini to 3rd. Fielding error by second baseman Mitch Jebb.
Colby Jones grounds into a force out, third baseman Duce Gourson to second baseman Mitch Jebb. Stephen Paolini scores. Ambioris Tavarez out at 2nd. Colby Jones to 1st. 1 Out
GBO 2,ROM 3
Game Particulars:
Attendance-1,203
Time of Game-2:15
Game Time Temp-86 Degrees at 1:03pm
Up Next:
Greensboro Grasshoppers OFF on Monday, and then back home on Tuesday, to begin a Six-Game Set with the Bowling Green Hot Rods…Game time will be 6:30pm on Tuesday, at First National Bank Field….
**********Another Sunday final:Hudson Valley 6, Jersey Shore 2**********
