Final from Tuesday night in Asheville, N.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 15, Asheville Tourists 0
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Matt Anker(3-1)/LP:Nick Potter(0-2)
Hoppers' Line-15-18-2 Tourists' Line-0- 3-1
Hoppers now at (78-49) and Asheville falls to (42-83)…The Frederick Keys won 2 games on Tuesday night, and they are still a Game-and-a-Half ahead of the Hoppers in the SALLY North Division with 5 games left to play…The Hudson Valley Renegades lost on Tuesday, and they are 4 1/2 games out of First Place in the North, and that is with just those Five Games left in the Second Half…One loss by Hudson Valley, and they are pretty much gone…If Frederick keeps winning, and the Hoppers keep winning, the Greensboro Grasshoppers will be in the playoffs, because that would give both the First Half and Second Half titles to Frederick, and the Frederick Keys would need someone to meet in Round One of the playoffs, and that someone would be the Home Run Hitting Hoppers…
Three Home Runs by the Hoppers in the First Inning, on Tuesday night, at Asheville…Wyatt Sanford homered, Jhonny Severino homered, and it was his 31st of the season, and Severino leads the SALLY League in HRs…Tony Blanco Jr. also hit a Hopper Homer in the first inning, and for Tony, it was his 25th of the season…
Hoppers up 5-0, after the First Inning, and the game was pretty much OVER…Here’s how the homering happened….
Top 1st
Wyatt Sanford homers (14) on a fly ball to left center field.
GBO 1,ASH 0
Jhonny Severino homers (31) on a fly ball to center field. Eddie King Jr. scores.
GBO 4,ASH 0
Tony Blanco Jr. homers (25) on a fly ball to center field.
GBO 5,ASH 0
Other top Hopper Hitters for the game were, Axiel Plaz 3-4/Double, and Dylan Palmer 3-5/Triple, and there was Josh Tate, 3-6….
Hoppers Winning Pitcher Jack Anker, got the Win, in 4 Innings of relief work…He gave up 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 0 BBs/4 Ks…The Hoppers pitchers, with Anker, starter Gallo, and finisher Treyson Peters, walked 0 and struck out 9 Tourist batters….
Game Details:
Attendance-2,943
Time of Game-3:06
Game Time Temp-86 Degrees
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers at Asheville Tourists on Wednesday night, at 6:35pm…..