Final Score from Rome, Georgia on Thursday night:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 3, Rome Emperors 2
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Hung-Leng Chang(4-2)/LP:Jarret Whorff(0-1)/SV:Owen Kellington(1)
Hoppers' Line- 3-7-0 Emperors' Line-2-7-1
Greensboro Grasshoppers see their record jump up to (45-27/4-2), while the Rome Emperors fall back to (35-35/2-4)…
USA Soccer Team lost by the same score, that the Greensboro Grasshoppers won by…It was Turkey 3, USA 2, with the Turkish Team scoring in stoppage time, in Los Angeles…USA now at (2-1), and moving on to the “Knockout Round” of the World Cup Soccer Tournament, while Turkey will fly home, with the tournament record of (1-2)…A couple of impactful 3-2 scores, on Thursday night….
In their win, Hoppers get a Solo Home Run from Murf Gray in the Top of the Eighth Inning, and that helped push the Grasshoppers into the Victory Circle…
Top 8th
Murf Gray homers on a fly ball to left center field…It was Home Run #11 on the season for Gray…On the night, Murf Gray goes 2-4/HR/Run/RBI…Other Hoppers at the plate with Sammy Stafura 1-3/BB/Run/SB…Yordany De Los Santos went 1-4/Double/Run…Jhonny Severino was 1-3/BB/RBI/SB…Easton Carmichael goes 1-4/RBI…Josh Tate 1-4…
Hoppers’ Winning Pitcher was reliever Hung-Leng Chang, and he threw for 3 Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 3 BBs/2 Ks…Four Hopper pitchers working this game, and they Walked 8 Rome batters, and Struck Out 8 Emperor batters…
Will tell you this, the Rome Emperors made this game very tight, and very interesting, over the last Four Outs of the ballgame…Score was Hoppers up 3-2, with two outs in the Bottom of the Eighth Inning, and then:
Emps’ Isaiah Drake caught stealing 3rd base, catcher Easton Carmichael to third baseman Murf Gray. 3 outs
GBO 3,ROM 2
The Bottom of the Ninth Inning got real busy, and very interesting too…The Rome Emperors loaded the bases up, before the Hoppers, and closer Owen Kellington could put Rome away…
Colin Burgess singles on a fly ball to center fielder Dylan Palmer.
GBO 3,ROM 2
Luis Sanchez strikes out swinging. 2 outs
GBO 3,ROM 2
Tate Southisene singles on a ground ball to center fielder Dylan Palmer. Colin Burgess to 2nd.
GBO 3,ROM 2
John Gil walks. Colin Burgess to 3rd. Tate Southisene to 2nd…The Emperors have loaded the bases, in a 3-2 ballgame, with Two Outs…Gil at First, Southisene at Second, and Burgess at Third…
GBO 3,ROM 2…Then,
Eric Hartman flies out to center fielder Dylan Palmer. 3 outs
Game Over….
GBO 3,ROM 2
Game Details:
Attendance-946
Time of Game-2:48
Game Time Temp-84 Degrees/Cloudy
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(45-27/4-2) at the Rome Emperors(35-35/2-4) at 6:45pm, on Friday night…