GRASSHOPPERS DROP GAME ONE TO CYCLONES IN PLAYOFF OPENER
Courtesy of Callie Cline, Director of Media for the Greensboro Grasshoppers and from www.gsohoppers.com
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers fell in the opening game of their best-of-three first-round playoff series, dropping a 4-3 decision to the Brooklyn Cyclones on Tuesday, September 9, at First National Bank Field. Brooklyn out-hit Greensboro, 7-5, to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
Infielder Callan Moss led the Grasshoppers offensively, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBIs, and one run scored. Additional hits for Greensboro came from Keiner Delgado, Sammy Stafura, and Easton Carmichael.
Brooklyn was paced at the plate by infielder Diego Mosquera, who also went 2-for-4. Other Cyclones contributing hits included Yonatan Henriquez, Matt Rudick, Colin Houck, and John Bay.
Right-handed pitcher Khristian Curtis got the start for Greensboro, striking out six over six innings. He allowed three hits, two earned runs, and issued four walks, ultimately taking the loss and falling to 0-1 in the postseason.
For Brooklyn, right-hander Channing Austin started and recorded three strikeouts while allowing two hits and one earned run over three innings. Left-hander Franklin Gomez earned the win in relief, improving to 1-0 in playoff action.
The Grasshoppers will look to even the series when they face the Cyclones in Game 2 on Thursday, September 11, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Game Details:
Attendance-3,265
Time of Game-2:35
Game Time Temp-73 degrees
WP:Franklin Gomez
LP:Khristian Curtis
SV:Josh Blum
Cyclones' Line-4-7-0 Hoppers' Line 3-5-0
REMAX Revolution Player of the Game was Callen Moss, for his late home run, that gave the Greensboro Grasshoppers a huge spark, and created Hoppers Hope in the bottom of the ninth inning, as the Moss LONG GONE Home Run blast cut the Brooklyn Cyclones lead to just one run, but the Hoppers could not find the of the magic necessary to get the full job done….Greensboro got a single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, off of the bat of Sammy Stafura, but left him at first base, and he was the tying run the Hoppers could not get home…The two-run, two-out HR by Moss got the Hoppers oh so close, but it was just not enough to get the home team all the way back home, at home….
Final Score again:Brooklyn Cyclones 4, Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
********I remember what Ron Simmons used to say, but I will just say OUCH…So close, but still too far away…Hoppers at Brooklyn on Thursday and Friday of this week, and then back home on Sunday afternoon at 5pm to face either Bowling Green or Hub City, in the South Atlantic League Championship Series….If all goes well, and You Got To Believe….**********
++++++++++Two-Run home run from the Cyclones Colin Houck, put Brooklyn in front 4-1…Hoppers led early, 1-0, and then the Cyclones had taken a 2-1 lead, until Houck got his smash to the top of the left field hill…Easton Carmichael doubled and scored on a Wild Pitch, to give the Hoppers that early 1-0 advantage…Houck’s homer for the Cyclones came in the top of the eighth inning…++++++++++