Greensboro Grasshoppers Thursday Night Baseball Report brought to us by Mike Causey for North Carolina Insurance Commissioner: Hoppers stop Five-Game Losing Streak with 6-2 win over Winston-Salem Dash(Four-Hit night for P.J. Hilson)

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……