Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday Night Baseball Report…
brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner…..
Final from Thursday night at Truist Stadium, in Winston-Salem, N.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 6, Winston-Salem Dash 2
WP:Alessandro Ercolani(4-1)
LP:Jose Ramirez(4-5)
Hoppers' Line-6-9-3 Dash' Line- 2-9-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers(58-40)
Winston-Salem Dash(46-53)
Grasshoppers put an end to their Five-Game losing streak tonight, with P.J. Hilson going 4-5, with a Double, a run scored, and two RBI/SB…Very solid night for Hilson…Hoppers with no home runs, but they did come up with three Doubles…Termarr Johnson went 2-4, with a Double…Shawn Ross goes 1-4/Double/BB/2 Runs/SB…Josiah Sightler 1-3/Run…Maikol Escotto 1-4/BB/RBI/SB…Luke Brown 0-3/2 BBs/Run…Kalae Harrison 0-3/Run…Mitch Jebb 0-5/RBI…
Hoppers with 9 hits, and those nine hits, helped the Hoppers overcome their three errors, with two fielding(Mitch Jebb) and one throwing(Shawn Ross)…
Greensboro fell behind early, 2-0, then cut the lead to one, 2-1 WS Dash in the fourth inning, then the Hoppers added two runs in the seventh to go ahead 3-2, the Greensboro guys added three more runs in the top of the ninth frame, to go on and win the game, 6-2, over the Dash…
The Hoppers really got hot in the Top of the Ninth Inning to close it all out….
Top 9th
P.J. Hilson doubles on a line drive to center fielder Samuel Zavala. Shawn Ross scores. P.J. Hilson to 3rd.
GBO 4,WS 2
Maikol Escotto singles on a line drive to center fielder Samuel Zavala. P.J. Hilson scores. Josiah Sightler to 3rd.
GBO 5,WS 2
Maikol Escotto steals 2nd base. Josiah Sightler scores.
GBO 6,WS 2
Top Dash hitters on the night:DJ Gladney 3-5/Double/RBI…Loidel Chapelli 2-4…Wes Kath 1-5/Double…Eddie Park 1-3/BB/Run…
Hoppers’ must impressive pitcher in the game was, WP Alessandro Ercolani, who worked for 3 2/3s innings in reliefe, giving up 0 runs, on 3 hits, with 1 BB/3 Ks…
Game Particulars:
Attendance-3,188
Time of Game-2:46
Game Time Temp-89 Degrees at 7pm
Up Next:
Greensboro Grasshoppers(58-40/19-14) at the Winston-Salem Dash(46-53/15-18) on Friday night, at Truist Stadium, in Winston-Salem, N.C. First pitch is due in at 7pm……
