Greensboro Grasshoppers Saturday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for NC Insurance Commissioner…..
from Saturday night at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 1, Bowling Green Hot Rods 0
WP:Magdiel Cotto(2-1)
LP:Adam Boucher(2-2)
SV:Landon Tomkins(1)
Hoppers' Line- 1-3-0 Hot Rods' Line-0-3-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(74-55)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(75-53)
Games this week with the Hoppers vs. the Hot Rods have gone Rods win Tuesday, 5-4…Hoppers win on Wednesday, 2-1…Hoppers win on Thursday, 5-4…Hoppers win on Friday, 4-3…Hoppers win on Saturday, 1-0…Every game decided by just one run…Hoppers have now won four games in a-row this week, at First National Bank Field…
On Saturday night, Hoppers starting pitcher threw a gem…Mr. Kennedy/Michael Kennedy threw 5 2/3’s Innings of No-Hit baseball, and then Homer Bush Jr. connected off of Kennedy for a single, and that broke up the No-Hitter by Mr. Kennedy, and he then exited the game…Kennedy gave up 0 Runs, on just 1 Hit, with 2 BBs and 10 big Ks…Kennedy with a K for Kennedy, and Ten(10) Ks/strikeouts from Mr. Kennedy on Saturday evening at FNB…
Kennedy was the Hot Rod killer, and Omar Alfonzo had the Greensboro Grasshoppers thriller on offense…It was a Solo Home Run to right field by Alfonzo that came in the seventh inning, and that Blast by Alfonzo won the game for the Hoppers…A 1-0 Shutout victory for the Grasshoppers, with Kennedy and Alfonzo as the Players of the Game…Mitch Jebb had a super-huge Triple for the Hoppers, but Jebb got left hanging at third base…Jebb’s smashing Triple to right field corner, got the Hoppers hopes up on the third inning, but a ground out, closed out that prospective rally….
Duce Gourson had a single to give the Hoppers their other hit…Mitch Jebb 1-3/Triple…Shawn Ross 0-2/BB…Omar Alfonzo 1-3/HR…Duce Gourson 1-3…
Hoppers with three hits and one walk on the night, while Bowling Green starting pitcher Brody Hopkins gave up 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 1 BB/7 Ks…
This was a real pitcher’s dual in this game…Some of the best overall pitching you will see this season…Magdiel Cotto and Landon Tomkins both very strong out of the Hoppers bullpen….
Game Particulars:
Attendance-5,992
Time of Game-2:03
Game Time Temp-78 Degrees at 6:31pm
Up Next:
Bowling Green Hot Rods(75-53) at the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Sunday afternoon at 2pm…Be sure to be at First National Bank Field on Suday at 2, for the last Hoppers game of the regular season…Kids and their Family Play Catch on the Field before the game, and the Kids Run the Bases after the game…
