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Final from Sunday afternoon, at First National Bank Field in downtown Greensboro:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 12, Bowling Green Hot Rods 5
WP:Josh Loeschorn(2-0)/Duncan Davitt(3-3)
Hoppers-12-11-2 Hot Rods-5- 8-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers(61-50/25-22)
Bowling Green Hot Rods(58-50)
Robbin Thompson, up in Virginia, had an album back in the day with his music on it, and the album was titled “Two B’s Please”…
CLICK ON for the Video of “Sweet Virginia Breeze”, at one it was the state song for state of Virginia, and it hit the air back in the mid-70’S…..
Today the Greensboro Grasshoppers had something we want to call “Three B’s Please”….Those B’s are Jack Brannigan, who had a Grand Slam HR and his 4 RBI, plus he scored two of the Hoppers twelve runs(1-5/HR/2 Runs/4 RBI)…Then there was the next B, of the Sunday B’s, and that was Luke Brown…Brown sent the baseball out of town, with his Solo HR to right field…Brown also drove in two runs with a one-out, two-run single in the sixth inning, plus Luke let go with a near-nuke, with his SAC Fly RBI to centerfield back in the first inning…Luke Brown, with 4 RBI the hard way, and he had quite the day, going 2-3/HR/HBP/SAC FLY/Run/4 RBI….Finally, our third B was Jase Bowen…Bowen going 3-4/Double/HBP/2 Runs/RBI…Another very solid day for JB/Jase Bowen…
Bowen comes up with his 85th RBI of the year, on Sunday…Bowen now tied for #6 on the Grasshoppers’ all-time Single Season RBI leader list…Bowen tied with former Hopper Mark Canha for #6 on the list(85 RBI), with Brad McCann sitting at #1 on the list, with 106 RBI in a single season for the Hoppers…Giancarlo/Mike Stanton at #2 on the list, with 97 RBI in a single season for the Hoppers…Over his two seasons with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Jase Bowen now with 93 overall RBI…
Those Three B’s Please meant Big Business for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, on Sunday afternoon, at First National Bank Field…Robbin Thompson, with two B’s in Robbin, and the Hoppers with their 3 B’s swinging for the trees, and bringing home the cheese, in the Hoppers 12-5, “W”…..
Very impressive, what the Hoppers ended up doing on Sunday….And they take the Six-Game Series from the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 5-1…
Other Hopper hitters:Tres Gonzalez 1-2/BB/2 Runs…Termarr Johnson 1-4/BB/Run…Shawn Ross 0-3/2 BB’s/2 Runs…Sammy Siani 1-3/Double/2 BB’s/2 Runs…Francisco Acuna 2-4/Double/RBI…
Such a hot start on Sunday by the Greensboro Grasshoppers, with their six BIG runs in the bottom of the first inning…Nine Hoppers batted in the first, YES the home team batted around, in their first trip to the plate on Sunday…The Hoppers had a bucket of water thrown on them in the 2-5 innings, and they cooled off, but they posted 2 runs per inning, in the 6th, 7th, and 8th innings, and they put this game on ice, and out of reach….
Po-Yu Chen goes just three innings in his starter’s role, then the Hoppers got work from Josh Loeschorn, Julian Bosnic, and Dante Mendoza….Loeschorn was quiet out there in his three innings of work, and he kept the Hot Rods quiet, as they found no success vs. Loeschorn or Dante Mendoza…Bosnic gave up 2 runs, on 2 hits, with 2 BB’s, and 2 K’s, in his 1 1/3 innings of work…From his starter’s role, Chen allowed 3 runs, on 4 hits, with 0 BB’s and 2 K’s, over his three innings on the hill….Loeschorn and Mendoza pretty much gave up nothing but zero’s to the Hot Rods…
Those Steak n Shake Players of the Game again were, Jack Brannigan, Luke Brown, and Jase Bowen…Not sure if it had any effect on Sunday, but Bowen and Brannigan both had the day off on Saturday….DNP on Saturday night, vs. Bowling Green….
Game Details:
Attendance-4,336
Time of Game-2:53
Game Time Temp-86 degrees at 2:04pm
Next Up:
Greensboro Grasshoppers at Rome Braves on Tuesday….Hoppers with a well-deserve OFF Day on Monday…
Grasshoppers Take the Series Win with a 12-5 Victory Over the Hot Rods
from Callie Cline at www.gsohoppers.com/GSOHopppers.com
GREENSBORO, NC – The Greensboro Grasshoppers take the series win with a 12-5 victory over the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Sunday, August 20. The Grasshoppers improved to 25-22 in the second half of the season while the Hot Rods fell to 27-19. Greensboro outhit Bowling Green 11-8 as both teams had two errors.
Leading at the dish for the Grasshoppers was Jase Bowen as he went 3-4 with a double, one RBI, and two runs scored. Following close behind was Francisco Acuña and Luke Brown. Acuña went 2-4 with a double and one RBI while Brown went 2-3 with a home run, four RBI, and one run scored.
Starting on the mound for Greensboro was righthanded pitcher Po-Yu Chen as he tallied two strikeouts and gave up four hits and three earned runs on three innings of work. Joshua Loeschorn recorded the win for the Grasshoppers and improved to 2-0 on the season.
Duncan Davitt took the loss for the Hot Rods and fell to 3-3 on the season.
The Grasshoppers are back in action on Tuesday, August 22 on the road in Rome, GA as they face the Rome Braves. For all information on Greensboro Grasshoppers baseball visit www.gsohoppers.com or follow us on social media @gsohoppers.
Schnell Collects 13th Multi-RBI game in Hot Rods 12-5 Loss
from www.milb.com/bowlinggreen
Greensboro, North Carolina – Nick Schnell recorded his 13th multi-RBI game of the season on a two RBI double, but the Bowling Green Hot Rods (27-20, 58-50) fell to the Greensboro Grasshoppers (25-22, 61-50) 12-5 on Sunday at First National Bank Field.
Greensboro exploded for six runs off Bowling Green starter Duncan Davitt in the bottom of the first, highlighted by a grand slam from Jack Brannigan.
The Hot Rods answered back in the top of the second against Grasshoppers starter Po-Yu Chen. Schnell tripled and scored on an RBI single from Kamren James. After James moved up to second on a wild pitch, he was plated on an RBI double by Jalen Battles to make it 6-2. Bowling Green cut the deficit to 6-3 when Jeffry Parra scored Battles on an RBI single to left.
The Grasshoppers increased the lead with four combined runs in the sixth and seventh innings against Hot Rods relievers Sandy Gaston and Austin Vernon.
In the top of the eighth, Bowling Green scored again off Greensboro reliever Julian Bosnic. Parra singled, while Chandler Simpson and Dominic Keegan worked a couple of walks to load the bases. Schnell ripped a double to right center field, scoring Parra and Simpson to make it 10-5. The Grasshoppers responded with two runs in the bottom of the eighth against Hot Rods reliever Aneudy Cortorreal.
Bowling Green went scoreless in the ninth, losing by a final score of 12-5.
Joshua Loeschorn (2-0) earned the win, letting up a hit and striking out two over 3.0 shutout innings. Davitt (3-3) took the loss, allowing six runs (four earned) on five hits, three walks, and six strikeouts over 3.0 frames.
The Hot Rods enjoy a day off on Monday before traveling back to Bowling Green to begin a six-game series against the Winston-Salem Dash. First pitch is set for Tuesday at 6:05 PM CT.