Final Score from Sunday afternoon, at First National Bank Field, in beautiful Downtown Greensboro:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 8, Hub City Spartanburgers 3
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Treyson Peters(4-0)/LP:DJ McCarty(1-3)
Hoppers' Line-8-7-2 Burgers' Line-3-6-0
Greensboro Grasshoppers improve to (33-18) on the season, and the Hub City Spartanburger fall to (25-25) for the year…Hoppers take the Six-Game weekly series from the Burgers, 5-1…Hoppers now at (12-6) vs. the Burgers, over the past two South Atlantic League seasons…All kinds of games this week, with 19-13 games, No-Hit Games, Multi-Homer Games, and then Sunday’s game with Five LOOOOOOOONG GONE Hopper Home Runs, icluding an Inside-the-Park HR from the Hoppers’ Brian Sanchez…
Hoppers, with Hot Bats overall, and nearly all of the Grasshoppers batters, were ready to Tee Off, on Sunday afternoon…Sanchez went 3-4/2 HRs/3 Runs/4 RBI/SB…Brian Sanchez, was our REMAX Revolution Player of the Game…Jared Jones also got rolling at the plate for the Grasshoppers, with Jones going 2-3/BB/3 Runs scored…Very productive day, for young Mr. Jones…Carlos Caro went 1-2/HR/2 BBs/Run/RBI, and this was the first home run of the season today, for Caro…Yordany De Los Santos goes 1-4/HR/HBP/Run/RBI…Camden Janik went 0-1/2 BBs/RBI on his SAC Fly in the Second Inning…Shalin Polanco was 0-3/BB…
Here is how the Hoppers’ Home Run Hit Parade went on Sunday:
HRs:De Los Santos (7th); Jones (7th); Caro (1st HR of the 2026 season); Sanchez 2 HRs in the game (4th)…
The Greensboro Grasshoppers’ starting pitcher, Kyle Robinson, worked 3 1/3 Innings on Sunday, and he allowed 3 Runs, on 3 Hits, with 1 BB/3 Ks, and he gave up HRs to the Burgers’ Ben Hartl, and to Gleider Figuereo…Reliever Treyson Peters went 3 2/3s Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 2 Hits, with 1 BB/1 K…Closer Jacob Bimbi was able to work 2 Innings, giving up 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 1 BB/0 K…
Top Burger Batter on Sunday was Gleider Figuereo, who went 4-4/HR/Run/2 RBI…Ben Hartl goes 1-2/HR/BB/1 Run/1 RBI…Luke Hanson was 1-3/Run…Hub City’s starting pitcher, DJ McCarty went for 3 Innings, with 6 Runs, on 6 Hits, with 2 BBs/5 Ks…McCarty gave up Four(4) Hopper Homers on Sunday afternoon…
The Grasshoppers jumped on Hub City, with Two Solo Hopper Homers in the First Inning…Hoppers up 2-0, End of First…Two More Hopper Runs in the Second Inning, with another Hopper Homer, and a SAC Fly producing the runs…End of Second frame, Hoppers 4, Burgers 0…Burgers on the scoreboard in the Third Inning, and they get moving with a Solo Home Run…But, the Hoppers go up, 6-1, after a Two-Run, Two-Out, Home Run from Brian Sanchez…End of Third, Hoppers up, 6-1, over the Burgers…The Burgers cut the lead to 6-3, when they get a Two-Run HR, in the Top of the Fourth Inning, and that is as close as the Burgers would get on Sunday…In the Bottom of the Fifth Inning, the Grasshoppers got their Inside-the-Park Home Run from Brian Sanchez, and at the End of the Fifth, the score would read, Hoppers 8, Burgers 3…
And for all intents and purposes, that was the game…And on the play, when Sanchez got his Inside-the-Parker, Sanchez hit the ball to deep dead center field, and the Burgers’ CF Quincy Scott II went up into, and banged into the left centerfield fence, and Scott, lay there on the ground in pain, out by the warning track, there in LF…Scott II had been working hard, but the Truth of the Matter is this, Scott was down, and he laid there on the Warning Track, with Hub City medical personel tending to his leg injury…Scott was hurtin’ for certain…He did finally get up, and was able to walk slowly off of the field…
The Hoppers did put a hurting on the Burgers for certain, over the past week, at First National Bank Field…And we had a very prosperous week of baseball, and if you look back, it was a very prosperous Two Weeks of Greensboro Grasshoppers Baseball, at FNB Field…The Hoppers went (8-4) during the Two-Week Homestand…..
Happy Birthday on Sunday, coming in for David Fardwell…It was David Fardwell’s 30th Birthday, and we wish him well, for the fun of Sundays always comes up during Greensboro Grasshoppers’ Baseball Games…Again, Happy Birthday, to David Fardwell…
Great to have Bryant Roche joining us for the Sunday broadcast, and this young writer/reporter from the News and Record knows this game well, and he is doing an excellent job of sharing his baseball knowledge with us, on our broadcasts…Good Work turned in again on Sunday, by Bryant Roche…
Game Details:
Attendance-2,887
Time of Game-2:40
Game Time Temp-72 Degrees and Sunny
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(33-18) at the Asheville Tourists(11-39) on Tuesday night, at 6:35pm…Hoppers at Asheville for the Six-Game Weekly Series, which will conclude on Sunday June 7…
**********Game Report on Hoppers-Burgers, from Callie Cline @ www.gsohoppers.com***********
Grasshoppers Take Series with 8-3 Win Over Hub City
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Hub City Spartanburgers, 8-3, on Sunday, May 31, to secure the series victory. With the win, Greensboro improved to 33-18 on the season, while Hub City fell to 25-25. The Grasshoppers outhit the Spartanburgers, 7-6, and committed one error in the contest.
Outfielder Brian Sanchez paced Greensboro’s offense, going 3-for-4 with two home runs, a double, four RBI, and three runs scored. Infielder Jared Jones also turned in a strong performance, finishing 2-for-3 with a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Additional hits for the Grasshoppers were recorded by Yordany De Los Santos and Carlos Caro.
Hub City was led offensively by infielder Gleider Figuereo, who went a perfect 4-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and one run scored. Luke Hanson and Ben Hartl each added a hit for the Spartanburgers.
Right-handed pitcher Kyle Robinson made the start for Greensboro, striking out three while allowing three hits, three earned runs, and one walk over 3.1 innings. Right-hander Treyson Peters earned the victory in relief, improving to 4-0 on the season.
Right-handed pitcher D.J. McCarty started for Hub City, recording five strikeouts while surrendering six hits, six earned runs, and two walks across three innings. McCarty was charged with the loss and fell to 1-3 on the year.
The Grasshoppers are back in action at First National Bank Field on Tuesday, June 9 at 6:30PM, against the Wilmington Blue Rocks. To purchase tickets to any home Grasshoppers game please call 336-268-2255 or visit gsohoppers.com.