Final Score from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grashoppers 3, Greenville Drive 1
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Draven Zeigler(3-3)/LP:Dylan Brown(2-5)/SV:Carlson Reed(1)
Hoppers' Line-3-5-0 Drive Line'- 1-5-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers now at (54-33/13-8) for the season, and the Greenville Drive check in at (35-49/9-12) for 2026…..The Drive take this week’s Six-Game Series, 4-2…Everybody Off now, and they will take a break, this Monday through Thursday…
Hoppers led early, 1-0 on a Solo Home Run by Jhonny Severino in the Bottom of the Second Inning, and it was Home Run #22 on the season, for Severino and his team-leading RBI total went to 69…
Bottom 2nd
Jhonny Severino homers on a fly ball to left center field.
GVL 0,GBO 1
The rest of the Greensboro Grasshoppers scoring, came in the Bottom of the Fourth Inning…And it put the Hoppers up 3-1, and that is where the score would stay for the rest of the day, and the Hoppers, “They Came To Play”, said our broadcast associate, Bryant Roche…
Bottom 4th
Jared Jones doubles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Isaiah Jackson. Axiel Plaz scores. Jhonny Severino scores.
GVL 1,GBO 3
The other Grasshoppers’ hit of the day, came from Easton Carmichael, who doubled to right field, in the First Inning…The Hoppers and Drive both, with just Five Hits, on the day…The only Greenville Drive run on the day, came all the way back in the Top of the Third Inning, when Greenville’s Enddy Azocar sent a Home Run Out of the Park, and the ball landed out there, on the Left Field hill…No Greenville Drive runners on base, when Azocar connected…
Top 3rd
Home Run
Enddy Azocar homers on a fly ball to left center field.
GVL 1,GBO 1
The Losing Pitcher for the Drive was Dylan Brown, and he gave 3 Runs, on 4 Hits, with 2 BBs and 5 Ks, and Brown gave up One Home Team Home Run, when Jhonny Severino homered for the Hoppers, in the Bottom of the Second Inning…Six Total Innings of work by Brown, and he was backed up by Adam Bates, who threw for Two Innings, and he gave up 0 Run, on 1 Hit, with 2 BBs/1 K…Really solid work turned in overall, on Sunday, by the Greenville Drive’s pitching duo, of Bates and Brown…
Hoppers get just those Five Hits, for the Day…But, they were enough, with Jhonny Severino going 2-3/HR/2 Runs…Jared Jones was 1-3/Double/BB/2 RBI…Easton Carmichael went 1-3/Double/BB…Josh Tate was 1-3/Bunt…Dylan Palmer 0-1/2 BBs/SB…
The Greensboro Grasshoppers starting pitcher, Jack Anker, was tough ALL game long…Anker lasted Four Innings, and he gave up 0 Runs, on One Hit, with 1 BB/3 Ks, and the Grasshoppers are hoping to see MORE efforts like this one, from Anker and his bullpen mates…On Sunday, Anker worked 4 Four Innings for the Greensboro Grasshoppers…For the Hoppers as a Whole, they got excellent finish work from Draven Zeigler, Jacob Bimbi, and Carlson Reed…..Zeigler with the Win, Bimbi the Hold, and Reed the Save…
Draven Zeigler photo below:
From Bryant Roche, from the News and Record, who was our broadcast partner on Sunday, on the LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network, he had Jack Anker as our REMAX Revolution Player of the Game…Honorable Mention nods were going to Jhonny Severino and Jared Jones….
Super bounce-back for the Hoppers, after dropping the super-tough 11-Inning loss, from Saturday night…Low scoring game on Sunday, but the Hoppers and their fans, will take those 1-Run games coming from the opposition, any day of the week…..
Game Details:
Attendance-2,127
Time of Game-1:58
Game Time Temp-83 Degrees and Overcast
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers have OFF Days, on Monday-Thursday of this week…This in accordance with the MLB All-Star Game…Hoppers back in action, at the Hub City Spartanburgers on Friday July 17…..
from Callie Cline, at www.gsohoppers.com:
Grasshoppers Close Out Series with 3-1 Victory Over Drive
The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Greenville Drive, 3-1, on Sunday, July 12. With the win, Greensboro improved to 13-8 in the second half, while Greenville fell to 9-12. Both teams recorded five hits, while the Drive committed the game’s lone error.
Outfielder Jhonny Severino paced the Grasshoppers’ offense, going 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Easton Carmichael, Jared Jones, and Josh Tate each added a hit for Greensboro.
Infielder Mason White led the Drive at the plate, finishing 2-for-3. Enddy Azocar, Justin Gonzales, and Luke Heyman also recorded hits for Greenville.
Right-handed pitcher Jack Anker made the start for Greensboro, allowing one earned run on two hits while striking out three and walking one over four innings. Draven Zeigler earned the win in relief to improve to 3-3 on the season. Jacob Bimbi recorded his fourth hold of the year, and Carlson Reed notched his first save of the season.
Left-handed pitcher Dylan Brown started for Greenville, striking out five over six innings. He allowed four hits, three runs (two earned), and two walks while taking the loss to fall to 2-5 on the season.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at First National Bank Field on July 28 at 6:30 PM against the Bowling Green Hot Rods. To purchase tickets to any home Grasshoppers game please call 336-268-2255 or visit gsohoppers.com.