GRASSHOPPERS DEFEAT IRONBIRDS 7-3 ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
from Callie Cline, Director of Greensboro Grasshoppers Media and from www.gsohoppers.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers secured a 7-3 victory over the Aberdeen IronBirds on Wednesday, July 2, at First National Bank Field. With the win, the Grasshoppers improved to 8-3 in the second half of the season, while the IronBirds dropped to 5-6. Despite being outhit 9-7, Greensboro capitalized on key opportunities as Aberdeen committed one error.
Infielder Will Taylor lead the Grasshoppers offensively, going 2-for-4 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored. Outfielder Lonnie White Jr. followed with a 2-for-4 performance that included an RBI and a run scored. Additional hits came from Jesus Castillo, Keiner Delgado, and Shalin Polanco.
For the IronBirds, infielder Aron Estrada paced the offense with a 2-for-4 night and two runs scored. Aberdeen also received contributions at the plate from Griff O’Ferrall, Vance Honeycutt, Ethan Anderson, Thomas Sosa, Austin Overn, Anderson De Los Santos, and Ryan Stafford.
Right-handed pitcher Peyton Stumbo took the mound for Greensboro, allowing five hits and two earned runs while striking out four across three innings. Jarod Bayless earned the win in relief, improving his record to 2-0 on the season.
Left-handed pitcher Sebastian Gongora got the start for Aberdeen and was tagged with the loss, falling to 1-1 after surrendering five earned runs on five hits with three strikeouts in one inning of work.
The Grasshoppers are back in action against the IronBirds at First National Bank Field tomorrow, Thursday, July 3 at 12:00PM for a Day Game and Thirsty Thursday. To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.
from GreensboroSports.com and from The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network….
Final Score:Greensboro Grasshoppers 7, Aberdeen Ironbirds 3
WP:Jarod Bayless(2-0)/LP:Sebastian Gongora(1-1)
Hoppers' Line- 7-7-0 Ironbirds' Line-3-9-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(53-23)
Aberdeen Ironbirds(29-47)
Game Attendance-2,187
Time of Game-2:39
Game Time Temp-86 degrees
Will Taylor and Lonnie White Jr. both went 2-4 for the Greensboro Grasshoppers….Taylor and White Jr. were spot on, in their devotion, to the outfield fences…Three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning, from the Hoppers’ Shalin Polanco, and it was his 10th home run during the 2025 campaign…Taylor, White Jr., and Polanco, along with winning pitcher Jarod Bayless, all on the REMAX Revolution Players of the Game List…Bayless going three innings, and allowing 0 Runs, one 0 Hits, with 1 BB/6 Ks…Hoppers’ SS Konnor Griffin went 0-2/2 BBs/Run…New Hopper, Derek Berg behind the plate, and handling the catching duties, and Berg was big back there, on more than one occasion…Nice job/Steady job by Berg…Was like a big solid iceberg back there, and sure showed his skills, in a very uplifting and positive manner…
Greensboro Grasshoppers(8-3) now a game up, on the Brooklyn Cyclones(7-4) in the Second Half of the South Atlantic League season(Northern Division)…
Next game is today/Thursday at 12 Noon, at First National Bank Field…If you can’t make out to the game, be sure to listen in, and follow along, when you CLICK HERE….Get on board the game broadcast listening leaders….Ready for you at 11:45am on GSOHoppers.com….
Hoppers vs. Birds, coming up at 12 Noon today, on GreensboroSports Radio/www.gsohoppers.com