Grasshoppers Drop 4-0 Contest to Spartanburgers on Wednesday Afternoon
from Callie Cline, Director of Greensboro Grasshoppers media and from GSOHoppers.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers fell to the Hub City Spartanburgers, 4-1, on Wednesday afternoon at First National Bank Field. With the loss, the Grasshoppers moved to 35-17 on the season while the Spartanburgers improved to 28-25. Hub City held a slight edge in hits, 6-4, as both teams committed one error.
Infielder Keiner Delgado paced the Grasshoppers’ offense, going 2-3 with a walk. Javier Rivas and Enmanuel Terrero each added a hit for Greensboro.
For the Spartanburgers, outfielder Yeison Morrobel led the way at the plate, finishing 2-4 with two RBI. Casey Cook, Anthony Gutierrez, Keith Jones II, and Cal Stark also contributed hits in the win.
Right-handed pitcher Antwone Kelly got the start for Greensboro, striking out seven over six innings while allowing three hits, one earned run, and one walk. He took the loss and moved to 1-1 on the season.
Aidan Curry took the mound for Hub City and delivered five strong innings, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out six. He earned the win and improved to 2-1 on the season.
The Grasshoppers continue their home series against the Hub City Spartanburgers tomorrow, Thursday, June 4 at 6:30 PM. To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.
**********Notes and details on the Wednesday afternoon matinee at FNB/First National Bank Field….**********
Final Score:Hub City Spartanburgers 4, Greensboro Grasshoppers 0
WP:Aiden Curry(2-1)/LP:Antwone Kelly(1-1)/Hold:Dylan McClean(1)/SV:Josh Mollerus(1)…As far as we know, Mollerus no relation to Megan Mollerus, from WFMY TV 2s Morning Show…
Spartanburgers' Line-4-6-0 Hoppers' Line- 0-4-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(35-17)…Hub City(Spartanburg, S.C.) Spartanburgers(28-25)
Greensboro Grasshoppers best scoring chance of the day came in the Bottom of the Seventh Inning, where the Grasshoppers loaded the bases with two outs, but ended up coming away with nothing…
Bottom 7th
Shalin Polanco walks.
Enmanuel Terrero hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by third baseman Esteban Mejia. Shalin Polanco to 3rd. Enmanuel Terrero to 2nd.
HCS 1,GBO 0
Kalae Harrison pops out to third baseman Esteban Mejia in foul territory. 1 Out
HCS 1,GBO 0
Geovanny Planchart strikes out swinging. 2 Outs
HCS 1,GBO 0
Keiner Delgado walks….With the walk of Delgado, and he had two hits to go along with his walk today, well this has Loaded the Bases up for the Hoppers in the bottom of the 7th frame…
HCS 1,GBO 0
Pitching Substitution
Pitching Change: Josh Mollerus replaces Dylan MacLean.
Omar Alfonzo grounds into a force out, second baseman Casey Cook to shortstop Theo Hardy. Keiner Delgado out at 2nd. 3 Outs
HCS 1,GBO 0
Burgers, behind Josh Mollerus, stop the Hoppers’ rally cold, and things do not work out in Lucky Inning #7…..
That snuffed out the rally, and the Grasshoppers were pretty much done for this day….We did give out our REMAX Revolution Player of the Game honors to Keiner Delgado, with his two hits and that walk, and he made a nice defensive play going back to the left field line to haul in a pop up fly ball, from his defensive spot at third base…
Game Details:
Attendance-2,069
Time of Game-2:24
Game Time Temp-80 degrees
++++++++++Brooklyn Cyclones(37-15) now with two-game edge over the Greensboro Grasshoppers(35-17) in the South Atlantic League Northern Division…Brooklyn in action on Wednesday night, at the Wilmington Blue Rocks…++++++++++
Be sure to tune in for the Greensboro Grasshoppers vs. Hub City Spartanburgers next game on Thursday night, with the First Pitch coming at 6:30pm, from First National Bank Field, in beautiful downtown Greensboro…If you can’t make it to the game, or if you are ready to listen in while you are at the game, be sure to Listen Live, when you CLICK HERE, for The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network….
SAL Scores from Wednesday: HCS 4, GBO 0…WIL 2, BRK 0…ASH 8, WS 3…HV 8, ABD 1…
BG 8, JS 2…ROM 4, GVL 1…
Thursday’s Schedule:
Hub City
@
Greensboro…
6:30 PM ET
Trentadue(1 – 1)
vs.
Curtis(1 – 3)
Brooklyn
@
Wilmington
6:35 PM ET
Winston-Salem
@
Asheville
6:35 PM ET…..
Rome
@
Greenville
6:45 PM ET
Hudson Valley
@
Aberdeen
7:05 PM ET….
Jersey Shore
@
Bowling Green
7:35 PM ET
Current SALLY League Standings…SAL North:Brooklyn(37-16)…2nd Place:Greensboro(35-17) and a Game and a-Half out of First Place…3rd Place:Hudson Valley(32-20) 4 ½ games out of First…4th Place:Wilmington(22-31) 15 game behind…5th Place:Aberdeen(20-33) 17 games behind…6th Place:Jersey Shore(18-34) and 18 ½ game out of First Place…
SAL South:Bowling Green(29-23)…2nd Place:Hub City(28-25) and a Game and a-Half out of First Place…3rd Place:Rome(27-26) and 2 ½ games behind..4th Place:Greenville(26-27) 3 ½ games out of First…5th Place:Asheville(24-29) 5 ½ game behind…WS Dash(18-35) 11 ½ game behind…
Pittsburgh Pirates System…Single A Bradenton Marauders…Today it is Bradenton(24-28) at Clearwater(29-23) at 4pm…Doubleheader Today, Postponed due to Rain on Wednesday…C Axiel Plaz .274/8 HRs/33 RBI…
Double A Altoona Curve…Today Altoona(24-29) at New Hampshire Fisher Cats(23-30) 6:35pm…Wednesday, New Hampshire 3-0, over Altoona…Curve with just two hits…1b Brendan Dixon 1-1/2 BBs…
Triple A Indianapolis Indians…Today Indian(32-25) at Memphis Redbirds(32-25) at 8:05pm..Bubba Chandler(2-1) on the hill for the Indians…Wednesday it Indianapolis 10-8, over Memphis…WP:Carmen Mlodzinski(2-0)…3b Sun-Chi Cheng 2-4/Run/2 RBI…2b Liover Peguero 1-3/Double/2 BBs/2 Runs…1b Abrahan Gutierrez 1-5/Run
Pittsburgh Pirates…Today it is Houston Astros(33-28) at Pittsburgh(23-39) 6:40pm…Wednesday it was Pirates 3-0 over Astros…WP:Mike Burrows(1-1)…C Endy Rodriguez 1-3/Double/Run…Paul Skenes losing pitcher back on Tuesday and he is now at (4-6) for the season…He went 8 strong innings, allowing just 1 run, and he struck out 8 Astros…Team gave him NO run support and they lost 3-0 to Houston, on Tuesday…