Final from Thursday night at Frederick, Maryland:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 5, Frederick Keys 3
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Levi Sterling/LP:Stephen Still/SV:Carlson Reed
Hoppers' Line-5-12-0 Keys' Line- 3- 3-3
Three Hopper Homers, coming from Tony Blanco Jr., Eddie King Jr., and from Edward Florentino…It was a 3-5 night, at the plate, from new Hopper, Brent Ireland…Eddie King Jr. also went 3-5…Blanco Jr. was 2-5/3 RBI…Florentino went 1-4, and he also had the Home Run, just like Tony Jr. and Eddie Jr…..
The Hoppers went up 5-0, on Frederick, and then held on to win 5-3, when Frederick scored 3 Runs in the Bottom of the Ninth Inning…
Here is how the Hoppers got there Homers….
Top 3rd
Tony Blanco Jr. homers on a fly ball to center field. Yordany De Los Santos scores. Axiel Plaz scores.
GBO 3,FRE 0
Top 5th
Eddie King Jr. homers on a fly ball to right field.
GBO 4,FRE 0
Top 6th
Edward Florentino homers on a fly ball to right center field.
GBO 5,FRE 0
Hoppers’ starting pitcher, Levi Sterling, going 5 Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 2 BBs/5 Ks…And Sterling saw Hoppers go ahead, 4-0, and this gave him a boost…Then Reinold Navarro took over on the hill for the Hoppers, and worked 3 13 Innings, giving up 3 Keys’ runs, with Reinold Navarro walking 2, while Striking Out nine(9) Key Batters…For Navarro he was strong with his Ks of the Keys, while Carlson Reed finished off the last 2/3’s of the game, and it was a HOLD for Navarro and the SAVE for Reed…Reed allowed 0 Runs, on 0 Hits, with 0 BBs/0 Ks…
Believe It or Not File:
**********The Hoppers pitching staff was throwing a One-Hitter, until the Keys came up with 3 hits, and then they scored their only 3 runs, in the Bottom of the Ninth Inning…**********
Here is the Keys’ line score, running the First through the Eighth Innings:
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hoppers and Keys tied at 1 game a-piece, that’s 1-1, with the SALLY League Northern Division Championship on the line tomorrow night, at Frederick, Maryland….
Game Details:
Attendance-3,719
Time of Game-2:40
Game Time Temp-80 Degrees
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers at Frederick Keys on Friday night, at 7pm…Winner takes ALL in the SALLY North, and the Winner moves on to face the WS Dash, in the SALLY League Championship Series….