Final from Sunday afternoon at Lakewood, New Jersey:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 18, Jersey Shore BlueClaws 7
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Hung-Leng Chang(2-0)/LP:Luke Gabrysh(0-5)
Hoppers were up 12-0, before the ‘Claws got on the board, then the Grasshoppers led 16-1, and 18-1, before the BlueClaws posted 6 runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, to end up falling by 11 runs, to the Greensboro Grasshoppers…Hoppers going wild with Four LOOOOOOOOOONG GONE Home Runs on the day, and Greensboro added in Three Doubles for good measure…
Hoppers' Line-18-15-1 Claws' Line- 7-10-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers now at (25-14) on the 2026 season, and the BlueClaws fall to (17-21)…Greensboro Grasshoppers will head home, now in Second Place in the South Atlantic League’s Northern Division, with the Hoppers, a Half-Game Back of the First Place Frederick Keys, at (25-13)…Greensboro takes the Jersey Shore series, Four-Games-to-Two, over the BlueClaws…
On Sunday, those Four Hoppers’ LOOOOOOOOONG GONE HRs came from Camden Janik, Yordany De Los Santos, Easton Carmichael, and Tony Blanco Jr. Doubles from Blanco Jr, who had Two Doubles on Sunday, and there was One Double from the bat of, De Los Santos…Blanco Jr. with 5 RBI in the contest, and you had Four Different Hoppers, with Three(3) hits each…
The Big Four, with the Big Three Hits on Sunday were, Blanco Jr., Easton Carmichael, Camden Janik, and Jared Jones, and you had to love the Jared Jones’ line from Sunday:Jones went, 3-3/3 BBs/3 Runs/3 RBI…
And the Hoppers were having the Unbelievable day at the plate, and on days like Sunday, you’ll see a wild day from a man like Wyatt Sanford…Sanford was 0-4, but he drew 4 BBs, and he scored 4 Runs, from his spot in the top of the Greensboro Grasshoppers batting order…Sanford also stole two bases on Sunday, and he now has 15 Stolen Bases for the year…
Carlson Reed got the start for the Grasshoppers, but he only went Four Innings, and he could not collect the Win…The win went to now-reliever Hung-Leng Chang, and Chang goes Three Innings, and allowed 0 Runs, on Four Hits, with 1 BB/3 Ks…It was a nightmare of a day for Hoppers’ finishing pitcher Yulian Quintana, who worked One Inning, and he gave up 6 Runs, on 5 Hits, with 1 BB/2 Ks/1 Home Run…The Nightmare in the Daytime for the BlueClaws, goes to their second pitcher of the day, Giussepe Velasquez…For Velasquez, it was him going 3 Innings, and he gave up 10 Runs, on 7 Hits, with 9 Earned Runs, plus 3 BBs/2 Ks, and Velasquez gave up ALL Four of the Hopper Homers on the afternoon…
Game Details from Sunday afternoon:
Attendance-5,441
Time of Game-3:08
Game Time Temp-86 Degrees/Sunny
Next Up:Winston-Salem Dash(23-16) at the Greensboro Grasshoppers(25-14) on Tuesday at 6:30pm…The Six-Game Hoppers-Dash Series runs next Tuesday through Memorial Day Weekend Sunday….