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Final from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Asheville Tourists 4, Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
WP:Carlos Calderon(3-3)/LP:Thomas Harrington(1-4)/SV:Valente Bellozo(3)
Tourists-4-8-0 Hoppers- 2-8-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(53-46)
Asheville(41-56)
Tough Sunday for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, as they feel for the first time this week to the Asheville Tourists…Asheville posted two runs in the top of the third inning, on a two-run home run from Logan Cerney…The Tourists added two more runs in the the top of the seventh inning, after Doubles from Tommy Sacco II and Rolando Espinosa…The Grasshoppers were able to cut the A’ville lead to 2-1, when Luke Brown scored for the Hoppers in the bottom of the fifth inning…Tight ball game at that time, but that was as close as the Grasshoppers would come on this day, as the Tourists ran their advantage up to 4-1, and that was when Jack Brannigan decided to cut the A’ville lead in half, as Brannigan slapped long ball to left field, and as the baseball was leaving the yard, the score became 4-2 Tourists, and that is how the game turned out in the end…Asheville takes Game Six, of the Six-Game Series, but the Greensboro Grasshoppers claim the Week-Long Battle/Series, Five-Games-to-One….
Hoppers on the day…Sammy Siani 1-3/BB/RBI…Malcom Nunez 1-4…Termarr Johnson 1-4…Jack Brannigan 2-4/HR/Run/RBI…Luke Brown 2-4/Run…Maikol Escotto 1-4/Double…
Asheville top hitter:Logan Cerny 2-4/HR/2 RBI…
Not the best day of the week for the Hoppers’ pitching staff…Starter Thomas Harrington went just 3 2/3’s innings, giving up 2 Runs, on 3 Hits, with 2 BB’s/4 K’s/HR…Harrington was gone, after his pitch count reached 66…The Hoppers’ bullpen with Jack Carey had a rough Sunday, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits, over 2 Innings, with 0 BB’s/1 K…Carey had much better stuff going for him earlier in the series…
Asheville got very solid work from their starting pitcher, Nolan Devos, and from their starter, turned reliever, Valente Bellozo…Devos worked 4 1/3 innings, giving up 0 Runs, on 2 Hopper hits, with 1 BB and 5 K’s…Last Tuesday’s Asheville starting pitcher, Valente Bellozo came out of the pen today, and he was stellar…Bellozo gave up one run, on four hits, with 0 BB’s/4 K’s and he gave up the late HR to the Grasshoppers Jack Brannigan…
This game had power-packed pitching from both Devos and Bellozo, from Asheville…Greensboro’s Jack Brannigan, was our Steak n Shake Player of the Game…He had his solo HR to left field in the ninth inning….Devos and Bellozo were the top two stars for the Tourists…
Game Details:
Attendance-3,078
Time of Game-2:36
Game Time Temp-90 degrees at 2:03pm
Next Up:The Greensboro Grasshoppers are OFF on Monday, and then they will head to Greenville, S.C., to meet the Greenville Drive in a Six-Game Series that starts up on Tuesday night….
GREENSBORO, NC – The Greensboro Grasshoppers dropped the last game of its home series to the Asheville Tourists, 4-2 on Sunday, August 6. The Tourists improved to 15-21 in the second half of the season while the Grasshoppers fell to 17-18. Both teams tallied eight hits while Asheville had one mishap.
Leading at the dish for the Grasshoppers was infielder Jack Brannigan as he went 2-4 with a home run, one RBI, and one run scored. Following close behind was outfielder Luke Brown as he went 2-4 with one run scored.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was righthanded pitcher Thomas Harrington as he tallied four strikeouts and gave up three hits, two earned runs, and two free bases on 3.2 innings of work. Harrington took the loss for the Grasshoppers and fell to 1-4 on the season.
Carlos Calderon recorded the win for the Tourists and improved to 3-3 on the season.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at home on Tuesday, August 15 at 6:30 PM as they take on the Bowling Green Hot Rods. Come out to First National Bank Field for Two Dog Tuesday at the Hoppers game. For all information on Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball visit www.gsohoppers.com or follow us on social media @gsohoppers.
from www.milb.com/ashevilletourists:
DeVos and Bellozo Ensure Tourists Avoid Sweep
Cerny Belts 12th Homer of the Year
GREENSBORO– The Asheville Tourists snapped a six-game road losing streak on Sunday afternoon with an impressive 4-2 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Nolan DeVos and Valente Bellozo combined to pitch 8.1 innings and the duo held the Grasshoppers to only one run.
The Tourists starting pitcher, DeVos, capped an incredible week for Asheville starting pitchers. Devos churned out 4.1 scoreless innings with five strikeouts. Logan Cerny gave DeVos and the Tourists an early advantage with a two-run Home Run to centerfield in the top of the third inning.
Greensboro scored a run off Carlos Calderon after DeVos departed in the fifth but Bellozo picked up where he left off on Tuesday. Bellozo pitched the final four innings and his only blemish was a solo Home Run in the ninth.
Asheville scored two clutch insurance runs in the top of the seventh. Rolando Espinosa hit a two-out RBI double and John Garcia followed with an RBI single to right. The two-out rally ended up being the difference.
Next up for Asheville is a six-game series at home against the Southern division leading Hickory Crawdads.
Notes: The Tourists starting pitchers this week posted a 2.02 ERA; six runs allowed in 26.2 innings pitched. Asheville’s offense eclipsed three runs in a road game for the first time since July 22 which was also their last win away from home.