Final Score from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 2, Bowling Green Hot Rods 1
WP:Hung-Leng Chang(3-2)/LP:Hayden Snelsire(2-1)/Hold:Landon Tomkins(4)/SV:Brandon Bidois(4)
Hoppers' Line- 2-4-0 Hot Rods' Line-1-4-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(34-16)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(27-23)
Bowling Green wins the Weekly Series vs. the GSOHoppers, 3-2…Scores were tight all week, with BG winning, 7-6, 2-1, 9-6…And GSO taking their games, 4-1 and 2-1…
No LONG GONE Home Runs in this game, but the Hoppers Javier Rivas had a Double and a Single, plus he scored one Run, plus Shaylin Polanco came up with two singles and he drove in a Run…After you type that out, you realize that is all the hit the Grasshoppers had on Sunday, Two from Rivas and Two from Polanco…Esmerlyn Valdes scored a run, and P.J. Hilson drove in a run…
Great day on the mound from the Greensboro Grasshoppers pitching staff, with their starter Hung-Leng Chang working five solid innings to earn the Win…Chang gave up one run, on three hits, with No Walks and Three Strikeouts…Landon Tomkins came on to go Two Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 1 hit, with 1 BB/4 Ks…Closer Brandon Bidois finished things off for the last two innings, and gave up 0 Runs, on 0 Hits, with 2 BBs/0 Ks…Brandon Bidois has not a allowed an Earned Run this entire season…Three Unearned runs against him, but none earned with an ERA of 0.00….
I would have to say it was “Mound Magic” from the Greensboro Grasshoppers pitching corp on the Sunday afternoon…First day of June, on a Sunday afternoon, and the Pitching was ‘Off-the-Charts”, and headed toward the moon…
Might need to go ahead and say, “See You Soon”, and head out for the Blue Lagoon, but let’s add in a few key game details, before we set sail, and hit the rails…
Game Attendance:3,269
Time of Game-2:12
Game Time Temp-80 degrees…..
Greensboro Grasshoppers(34-16) with an OFF Day on Monday and back home to face the Hub City Spartanburgers/Spartanburg, South Carolina, for a Six Game homestand beginning at 6:30pm, on Tuesday night, at First National Bank Field….Hoppers still a game and a-half out of First Place in the South Atlantic League Northern Division…Brooklyn Cyclones in First Place…
MORE here later today…
from Callie Cline, Director of Media with/for GSOHopppers.com:
GRASSHOPPERS DEFEAT THE HOT RODS 2-1 IN THE FINAL GAME OF IT’S HOME SERIES
GREEENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Bowling Green Hot Rods 2-1, in the final game of its home series on Sunday, June 1. The Grasshoppers improved to 34-16 on the season while the Hot Rods fell to 27-23 as both teams had four hits.
Infielder Javier Rivas led the Grasshoppers offense as he went 2-3 with a double and one runs scored. Outfielder Shalin Polanco followed close behind as he went 2-3 with one RBI.
Leading at the plate for the Hot Rods was infielder Raudelis Martinez as he went 2-4 with a double. Hits for Bowling Green were also tallied by Adrian Santana and Noah Myers.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was righthanded pitcher Hung-Leng Chang as he tallied three strikeouts and gave up three hits and one earned run on five innings of work. Chang recorded the win for the Grasshoppers and improved to 3-2 on the season. Landon Tomkins recorded his fourth hold of the season while Brandan Bidois tallied his fourth save.
Starting on the mound for Bowling Green was righthanded pitcher Hayden Snelsire as he tallied six strikeouts and gave up four hits, two earned runs, and one free base on 5.2 innings of work. Snelsire took the loss for the Hot Rods and fell to 2-1 on the season.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at First National Bank Field against the Hub City Spartanburgers on Tuesday, June 3 for Two Dog Tuesday. To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.