Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Saturday Greensboro Grasshoppers Baseball Report
Final from Saturday afternoon at Brooklyn, New York:
Brooklyn Cyclones 8, Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
WP:Irving Cota(1-0)/Carlson Reed(0-1)
Cyclones' Line-8-13-0 Hoppers' Line- 3- 7-1
Hoppers fall to (10-4) and the Brooklyn Cyclones improve to (4-9)…
Very rough start for the Greensboro Grasshoppers’ starting pictcher, Carlson Reed, with Reed only lasting 1/3 of an Inning, and he gave up 4 Runs, on 2 Hits, with 4 BBs, and 0 Ks…It didn’t get much better for Kyle Larsen from the bullpen, with Larsen lasting 2 2/3s Innings, allowing 3 Runs, on 6 Hits, with 0 BBs, and 3 Ks…Matt Ager and Jose Garces, from the back of the Hoppers bullpen, gave just 1 Run on a combined 5 hits, with 2 BBs and a combo effort where they struck out six Cyclone batters…
Two Hopper hitters had 2 hits on the day, with catcher Easton Carmichael going 2-4, with an RBI…First baseman Jared Jones went 2-5, with 1 Run scored…The Hoppers came up with a Total of 7 hits as a team, but had NO Extra Base Hits on the day…The Greensboro Grasshoppers actually led this game, 3-0, at the end of the Top of the First Inning…Then it was all Brooklyn, with the Cyclones’ winning 8-0, from the Bottom of the First on….
The Brooklyn Cyclones produced a total of 13 team hits, with Colin Houck as their top man, with Houck going 3-4, with a BB, and 2 RBI…Also a big day for Brooklyn’s Ron Hernandez, who posted a 2-3 day at the plate, with Hernandez’ two hits both being Doubles, and he drew 2 BBs and drove in 3 Runs…Hernandez was 2-3/2 Doubles/2 BBs/3 RBI…Very productive line for the Cyclones right there for you, and Hernandez, a first baseman, was playing like Keith Hernandez on Saturday….
Key Game Numbers:
Attendance-2,663
Time of Game-2:55
Game Time Temp-61 Degrees
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(10-4) @ the Brooklyn Cyclones(4-9) on Sunday afternoon, at 2pm…..