THREE HOME RUNS LIFT THE GRASSHOPPERS OVER THE EMPERORS, 5-4
Courtesy of Callie Cline, at www.goshoppers.com
GREEENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Rome Emperors 5-4, on Thursday, May 15. The Grasshoppers improved to 25-11 while the Emperors fell to 20-16. Rome outhit Greensboro, 8-6 while the Grasshoppers had two mishaps to the Emperors one.
Outfielder Esmerlyn Valdez led the Grasshoppers offense as he went 2-4 with a home run, a double, two RBI, and two runs scored. Hits for Greensboro were also recorded by Javier Rivas, P.J. Hilson, Jesus Castillo, and Geovanny Planchart.
Leading at the dish for the Emperors was infielder Will Verdung as he went 3-4. Hits for Rome were also recorded by Titus Dumitru (2), Dylan Shockley (2), and Lizandro Espinoza.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was lefthanded pitcher Connor Oliver as he tallied three strikeouts and gave up six hits, four runs (three earned), and one free base on four innings of work. Righthanded pitcher Jaycob Deese took the win for the Grasshoppers and improved to 3-0 on the season. Carlos Jimenez recorded his first hold of the season while Brandan Bidois tallied his first save.
Starting on the mound for Rome was Herick Hernandez as he tallied six strikeouts and gave up five hits, five earned runs, and two free bases on 5.2 innings of work. Hernandez took the loss for the Emperors and fell to 0-3 on the season.
The Grasshoppers continue their home series against the Emperors tomorrow, Friday May 16, at 6:30 PM for FANomenal Fireworks Friday To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.
Game Details:
Attendance-3,274
Time of Game-2:22
Game Time Temp-84 degrees
A look back at the the key memories of this game…WP:Jaycob Deese(3-0)/LP:Herick Hernandez(0-3)/SV:Bradon Bidois(1)/Hold:Carlos Jimenez(1)…
LONG GONE Hopper Homers…Esmerlyn Valdez #11, with a Solo Shot….Javier Rivas with HR #9, a Two-Run homer, and Gevanny Planchart with #2 of the season for him, and it was a Solo LONG GONE HR…Outstanding defensive plays turned by Jesus Castillo and Maikol Escotto in the field, and the Hoppers pitching from the bullpen was stellar, and the Hoppers pen went five innings, allowing Zero Runs, on just two hits, with Zero Walks, and and Six Strikeouts…Very strong pen work from Jaycob Deese, Carlos Jimenez, and Brandon Bidois…Titus Dumitru, Dylan Shockley, and Lizandro Espinoza all had Solo Home Runs for the Rome Emperors, and all their homers came off Hoppers starter, Connor Oliver…Hoppers pitching overall, was very solid on Thursday night at First National Bank Field…
Come on out to Friday nights Hoppers(25-11) vs. Emperors(20-16) game at First National Bank Field…Hoppers on top in the Six-Game Weekly Series now, at 2-1….
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Stats, Numbers, Game(s) Details….
South Atlantic League Games for Friday May 16
Rome
@
Greensboro
6:30 PM ET
Frey
(0 – 0)
vs.
Kelly, A
(0 – 0)
Jersey Shore
@
Wilmington
6:35 PM ET
Winston-Salem
@
Brooklyn
6:40 PM ET
Hub City
@
Greenville
6:45 PM ET
Aberdeen
@
Hudson Valley
7:05 PM ET
Asheville
@
Bowling Green
7:35 PM ET
From Thursday:HV 4, ABD 2…ABD 2, HV 0…BRK 4, WS 3…ASH 9, BG 6…WIL 1, JS 0…JS 8, WIL 2…GVL 12, HCS 11…GBO 5, ROM 4…W:Deese(3 – 0)… L:Hernandez(0 – 3)…
Standings:SALLY North:Hoppers(25-11) First Place…2nd Place:Hudson Valley(24-11) a half game back…3rd Place Brooklyn(23-12) 1 ½ Back…4th Place:Aberdeen(15-21) and 10 games back..5th Place:Jersey Shore(13-21) and 11 games back…6th Place:Wilmington(12-24)13 games back…
SALLY South:Rome and Bowling Green both at (20-16) and tied for First Place…3rd Place:Greenville(17-19) and Hub City(17-19) and both 3 games back…5th Place:Asheville(16-20) and 4 games behind…6th Place:WS Dash(12-24) and 8 games out…
Pittsburgh Pirates System:
Bradenton Marauders Class Pittsburgh Pirates:Today Bradenton(15-20) at Dunedin(22-14) 6:30pm..Thursday Dunedin 11-6 over Bradenton…SS Konnor Griffin 4-5/Double/3 Runs/RBI…315 AVG…
Double A Harrisburg(18-18) at Altoona(18-18) 6pm…Thursday it was Altoona over Harrisburg, 9-4…WP Garrett McMillan(1-0)…Mitch Jebb 3-4/Triple/BB/4 Runs/SB #13…Termar Johnson 1-4/Run…Jack Brannigan 1-4/Run/RBI…Hudson Head 1-4…McMillan went 5 innings, gave up 1 Run, on 3 hits, 2 BBs/4 Ks…
Triple A today it is Louisville Bats(19-22) at Indianapolis Indians(23-17) at 7:05pm…Indianapolis over Louisville on Thursday, 7-4…WP:Drake Fellows(4-0)…Matt Frazier 1-4/HR…Liover Peguero 2-3/RBI…Abrahan Gutierrez 1-2/…Hunter Barco got the start and only lasted a 1/3 of an inning…Fellows worked 2 1/3 innings to get the win…1 Run/3 Hits/1 BB/1 K…Efficient…
Pittsburgh Pirates….Off on Thursday and today Pirates(15-29) at Philadelphia Phillies(25-18) 6:45pm…Andrew Heaney(2-3) going for the Pirates..Former Greensboro Grasshopper with the Miami Marlins…JT Realmuto former Hopper catching for the Phillies..Matt Gorski, Ji Whan Bae, and Jared Triolo have been starting for the Pirates….All former Hoppers…