GRASSHOPPERS EARN 9-4 WIN OVER SPARTANBURGERS TO SPLIT SERIES
from Callie Cline, Director of Greensboro Grasshoppers Media, and from www.gsohoppers.com….
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Hub City Spartanburgers, 9-4, on Sunday afternoon to secure a series split at First National Bank Field. With the win, the Grasshoppers improved to 37-19 on the season, while the Spartanburgers fell to 30-27. Both teams recorded 10 hits, while Hub City committed three errors compared to Greensboro’s two.
Infielder Keiner Delgado paced the Hoppers’ offense, going 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored. The entire Greensboro lineup contributed offensively, highlighted by home runs from Javier Rivas, Omar Alfonzo, and Justin Miknis.
For the Spartanburgers, infielder Luis Marquez led the charge at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and one run scored. Outfielder Keith Jones II followed with a strong performance, finishing 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, two RBIs, and a run scored. Additional hits for Hub City came from Anthony Gutierrez and Quincy Scott.
Right-handed pitcher Hung-Leng Chang got the start for Greensboro, working 4.0 innings and allowing six hits, four runs (three earned), and one walk while striking out two. J.P. Massey earned the win in relief, improving to 3-0 on the season.
For Hub City, right-hander Jose Gonzalez took the loss, falling to 1-5. He tossed 3.1 innings, giving up five hits, six runs (five earned), and one walk while striking out seven.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at home on Tuesday, June 24 against the Winston Salem Dash at 6:30PM for Two Dog Tuesday. To purchase tickets to a Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.
from GreensboroSports.com and The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network notes on Sunday’s game….
Three Hopper Homers on the day, with Justin Miknis, Omar Alfonzo, and Javier Rivas all going long…Two-Run HRs for Rivas and Miknis, and for Miknis, it was his first home run in the 2025 season…And for Omar Alfonzo, it was his third home run over the past three days, with Omar hitting it real far, on Friday, Saturday, and on Sunday….Three Hopper homers, and just two long balls on the day for the Hub City Spartanburgers…It also helped that two of the Hopper Bombs were or the Two-Run Hopper Home Run version…For the Greensboro Grasshoppers home run parade, it was HR #10 of the season for Rivas, Alfonzo made it 9 homers on the year for him, and for Justin Miknis, it was his first stinger dinger of the season…That is good group, of hard-working, hard-hitting Hoppers right there for you…
On Sunday afternoon, every single Hopper in the batting lineup had a hit…Keiner Delgado was the only Hopper to have a multI-hit Sunday, as he went 2-4, with a Double, a BB, two Runs, and 1 RBI..
There on our REMAX Revolution Player/Play of the Game Award we had Justin Miknis for his work on Offense, and we took P.J. Hilson for his great laying-out catch in left field, plus Duce Gourson went to the ground to handle a line drive for an out, and then threw back to the bag at second base to complete the Double Play with the force out…And the Gourson defensive play happened in the Top of the Ninth Inning, right when Hub City had started the inning, with the Double by top batter in their order, Keith Jones II…Hilson had his diving catch, and Gourson, went to the ground to come up with the low struck baseball…Gourson also had 2 Stolen Bases on the offensive end on Sunday…
The Hoppers bullpen was also very tight and stringent on Sunday, as releivers J.P. Massey, Landon Tomkins, and Jack Carey combined to go Five Innings, giving up 0 Runs, on 4 Hits, with 0 BBs, and 5 Ks…Tight work on Sunday, from the Hoppers’ pen, and they helped the Hoppers get the Win…You could go as far and say, “The Bullpen was Tight and Right on Sunday”….Tight, as they did not give up ANY runs, and Walked NO Batters, plus they were Right, because they were ALL right-handed pitchers…YES…
The 9-4 final an excellent Greenboro Grasshoppers win, and with the Sunday victory, the Hoppers end up gaining that Split with the Hub City Spartanburgers, with things ending at 3-3, Three Wins a-piece for the Hoppers and Burgers over the past week, duing the Six-Game Series…
**********Greensboro Grasshoppers just a Game and a-Half(1 1/2) behind the Brooklyn Cyclones, with right at Two Weeks left in the First Half of the South Atlantic League baseball season….**********
Full Game Details:
Game Attendance-3,073
Time of Game-2:43 and No Delays…
Game Time Temp-84 degrees
Final Score:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 9, Hub City Spartanburgers 4
WP:J.P. Massey(3-0)/LP:Jose Gonzalez(1-5)
Hoppers' Line-9-10-2 Burgers' Line-4-10-3
Greensboro Grasshoppers(37-19)
Hub City Spartanburgers(30-27)