It was “Ocho Oucho” at First National Field on Sunday afternoon, where the WS Dash hit eight(8) Greensboro Grasshoppers batters, but the Hoppers hit Two LONG GONE Home Runs and won the baseball game, 7-0 over the Dash…Hoppers win weekly series, 5-1, and lead Season-Series, 14-4…
Not sure I have ever seen a game before where a had Eight(8) hit batters, but it was HBP(Hit by Pitch) at FNB(First National Bank) Field on Sunday….Esmerlyn Valdez, with a Three-Run home run, and Javier Rivas, with a Two-Run home run gave the Hoppers all the runs they needed to get the win…Valdez now with 20 HRs, and Rivas, with 16 dingers….
Hoppers now at (52-22) and Dash stand at 28-46)…
“Ocho Oucho” on Sunday, with a huge day of HBP, at FNB…
REMAX Revolution Players of the Game honors go to Valdez and Rivas for their LONG GONE Home Runs, plus Carlos Jimenez from the Hoppers’ pitching staff, with Jimenez striking out the Dash side, one-two-three, in the Top of the Ninth Inning…Also POG Honors are in line, to all of the Greensboro Grasshoppers that got Hit by a Pitch on Sunday…Let’s line them up….Keiner Delgado HBP twice in the game…Omar Alfonzo HBP…Esmerlyn Valdez HBP twice…Konnor Griffin HBP…Shalin Polanco HBP…Lonnie White Jr. HBP…HBP, at FNB, on Sun-dee afternoon…
The HBP/Hit by Pitch mode was in full gear/play during our Sunday matinee….Also, you had a One-Hit Shutout turned in by the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ pitching staff…Seven Hopper pitchers going/throwing on Sunday, and they combined to hurl the One-Hitter…Connor Wietgrefe, Jake Shirk, J.P. Massey, Landon Tomkins, Julian Bosnic, Jack Carey, and Carlos Jimenez at your service on the hill for the Hoppers on Sunday….Almost like a “Bullpen Sunday”, with ‘Johnny Wholestaff’ taking the center stage, at FNB Field….
Game Details…..
Final Score:Greensboro Grasshoppers 7, WS Dash 0
WP:Jake Shirk(2-0)/LP:Dylan Cumming(1-2)
Hoppers' Line-7-8-1 Dash' Line 0-1-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers(52-22)
Winston-Salem Dash(28-46)
Game Attendance-2,678
Game Time Temp-88 degrees
Time of Game-2:27
First Pitch at 2:02pm
Hoppers are OFF on Monday, and stay at HOME to face the Aberdeen Ironbirds, in a Three-Game Series, beginning on Tuesday night at 6:30pm, at First National Bank Field…Wednesday night it will Hoppers-Birds at 6:30pm, and the two clubs will close out their series on Thursday afternoon, at high noon/12pm…..
MORE on the way….
from Callie Cline, Greensboro Grasshoppers Director of Media and from www.gsohoppers.com…..
GRASSHOPPERS BLANK THE DASH?7–0 TO SECURE SERIES VICTORY
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers shut out the Winston?Salem Dash, 7–0, on Sunday afternoon, June?28, at First National Bank Field to clinch the six?game set. Greensboro improved to 7–2 in the second half, while Winston?Salem dropped to 3–6. The Hoppers outhit the Dash, 7–1, and each side committed one error.
Infielder?Javier?Rivas powered the Greensboro attack, going 2?for?5 with a three?run home run, three?RBI, and a run scored. Konnor?Griffin, Keiner?Delgado, Esmerlyn?Valdez, Omar?Alfonzo, and Justin?Miknis added one hit apiece.
Winston?Salem’s lone knock came from infielder Jeral?Perez.
Left?hander Connor?Wietgrefe started for Greensboro and worked 3.0 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks while fanning three. Jake?Shirk (2?0) earned the win in relief. J.P.?Massey notched his third hold, with Landon?Tomkins and Julian?Bosnic collecting their seventh and fifth holds, respectively, to close out the combined one?hit shutout.
Right?hander Dylan?Cumming (1?2) took the loss for the Dash after surrendering one run on one hit over 3.0 innings, striking out three.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at First National Bank Field on Tuesday, July 1 a 6:30 for Family Funday Sunday. To purchase tickets to any Grasshoppers home game, visit gsohoppers.com or call 336-268-2255.