Polanco’s Two Homers Fuel Grasshoppers’ 3–1 Win Over Cyclones
from Callie Cline, with Greensboro Grasshoppers’ Media, and from www.gsohoppers.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers secured a 3–1 victory over the Brooklyn Cyclones on Wednesday, July 23, at First National Bank Field. With the win, the Grasshoppers improved to 19–7 in the second half of the season, while the Cyclones dropped to 12–14. Both teams recorded four hits, though Brooklyn was hindered by three errors.
Outfielder Shalin Polanco led the Grasshoppers’ offense, going 2-for-3 with two home runs, two RBI, and two runs scored. Will Taylor and P.J. Hilson each added a hit to round out Greensboro’s offense.
For the Cyclones, hits came from Eli Serrano III, A.J. Ewing, Corey Collins, and Onix Vega.
Right-handed pitcher Peyton Stumbo got the start for Greensboro, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four over five innings. Landon Tomkins earned the win to improve to 5–2 on the season, while Michael Walsh notched his fifth save.
Brooklyn starter Brendan Girton worked 4.1 innings, allowing two hits, one earned run, and two walks while striking out three. Raimon Gomez took the loss and fell to 3–4 on the season.
The Grasshoppers continue their home series against the Cyclones on Thursday, July 24 at 6:30PM for a First Responders Night and Thirsty Thursday. To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home games please call (336) 268-2255 or visit www.gsohoppers.com.
From The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network, and from GreensboroSports.com….
Final Score:Greensboro Grasshoppers 3, Brooklyn Cyclones 1
WP:Landon Tomkins(5-2)/LP:Raimon Gomez(3-4)/SV:Mike Walsh(5)
Hoppers' Line- 3-4-0 Cyclones' Line-1-4-3
Hoppers now at (64-27), while Brooklyn sits at (58-34) for the season…REMAX Revolution Player of the Game was Shalin Polanco, with his two solo home runs, that really helped win it, for the Hoppers…Polanco going LONG GONE two times, that’s two times, in the contest….
Game Attendance-2,675
Game Time of Game-2:06
Game Time Temp-84 degrees
Next Up:Brooklyn(58-34/12-14) at Greensboro Grasshoppers(64-27/19-7), Thursday night at First National Bank Field, with the first pitch coming in at 6:30pm…..
Be sure to remember you can Listen Live to the HOPPERS-CYCLONES games, when you CLICK HERE, for The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network, on GSOHOPPERS.COM…
South Atlantic League Scores from Wednesday…..
WIL 11, JS 1…GBO 3, BRK 1/W:Tomkins(5 – 2)
L:Gomez, R(3 – 4)
S:Walsh(5)……..ROM 6, HV 1…BG 5, ASH 0…GVL 7, HCS 3…WS 8, ABD 4
South Atlantic League Games Today/Thursday…..
Brooklyn
@
Greensboro
6:30 PM ET
Díaz
(4 – 2)
vs.
Curtis
(4 – 4)
Rome
@
Hudson Valley
6:35 PM ET
Bowling Green
@
Asheville
6:35 PM ET
Hub City
@
Greenville
6:45 PM ET
Wilmington
@
Jersey Shore
7:05 PM ET
Winston-Salem
@
Aberdeen
7:05 PM ET
Standings for the SALLY/South Atlantic League…
SALLY North-First Place:Greensboro(19-7)…2nd Place:Hudson Valley(15-10) 3 ½ Games Back…3rd Place:Brooklyn and Wilmington(12-14) 7 Games Back…5th Place:Jersey Shore(11-14) 7 ½ Games Back…6th Place:Aberdeen(11-15) 8 Games Back….
SALLY South-First Place:Bowling Green and Hub City(15-11)…3rd Place:Greenville(12-12) 2 Games Back…4th Place:Rome(10-14) 4 Games Back…5th Place:WS Dash and Asheville(10-15) 4 ½ Games Back…