Final Score from Thursday night, at First National Bank Field, in Beautiful Downtown Greensboro:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 23, Bowling Green Hot Rods 10
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Yulian Quintana(3-0)/LP:Dominic Niman(5-2)
Hoppers' Line- 23-24-0 Hot Rods' Line-10-13-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers watch, as their record climbs to (51-27) overall, and the Hoppers are now at (10-2) in the Second Half of the South Atlantic League Season…The Bowling Green Hot Rods fall to (53-24), and the Rods are now at (6-6) in the Second Half of the SALLY…
The biggest point of exclamation tonight should be that the Greensboro Grasshoppers have now Won Eight(8) Games in a-Row…Eight Straight Wins, by the hometown team….That is impressive….
Looking at some of those Greensboro Grasshopers’ wild offensive numbers from Thursday, we see, Axiel Plaz went 4-5/BB/2 Runs/6 RBI…Sammy Stafura was 4-6/HR/Double/4 Runs/4 RBI…The Hoppers hit Five LONG GONE Home Runs in this game, with Stafura, Edward Florentino, Jhonny Severino, Easton Carmichael, and Josh Tate…..
We are going to go with Axiel Plaz and Sammy Stafura as our REMAX Revolution Players of the Game…Stafura has pulled his batting average up around 45 points, in the past 2 1/2 Weeks…Good job, all the way around the bases…
Overall the Hoppers’ Josh Tate went 3-6/Double/3 Runs/3 RBI…Easton Carmichael goes 3-5/Home Run/2 Runs/5 RBI…Edward Florentino was 3-5/HR/BB/3 Runs/2 RBI…Murf Gray went 2-5/BB/2 Runs/RBI…Dylan Palmer was 1-1/BB/3 Runs/SB…Yordany De Los Santos 1-2/Run/SB…Carlos Caro 1-4/2 BBs/Run…That should be the bulk of your Greensboro Grasshoppers Offense, right there…
Greensboro Grasshoppers’ starting pitcher, Seth Hernandez, goes 3 2/3s Innings, allowing 5 Runs, on 8 Hits, with 1BB/7 Ks, and he gave up a Three-Run Home Run, to the Hot Rods’ Bryan Broecker…It was a ND/No Decision for Hernandez, but he did strike out 7 more batters, and he has recored 107 Ks/Strikeouts, on the season…Hernandez picked off two Bowling Green Hot Rod runners, at first base…
Hoppers’ Winning Pitcher Yulian Quintana was again, The Right Man, at The Right Place, at the Right Time, and he is a Right-handed Thrower….Quintana worked 1 1/3s Innings, giving up 1 Run, on 2 Hits, with 0 BBs/0 Ks, and he served up a Solo Home Run, to the Hot Rods’ Nathan Flewelling…
The Hot Rods’ losing pitcher, Dominic Niman, allowed 8 Runs, on 11 Hits, with 2 BBs/2 Ks, and he gave up Four Hopper Homers…The Grasshoppers saw their scheduled Starting Pitcher for Saturday’s game, enter the game on Thursday, and he closed it all out, going 2 Innings, and he gave up 0 Hot Rod Hits, on 0 Hot Rod Hits, with 1 BB/5 Ks…That man for the Hoppers was Carlson Reed, and Reed was Ready, and went at it, on Thursday night, at FNB Field…Gonna have to wait and see, which way Carlson Reed is rolling next….
Bowling Green used a position player, Juanfel Peguero, to work the Bottom of the Eighth Inning for the Rods…It was 0 Runs, on 0 Hits, with 0 BBs/0 Ks…Peguero allowed the Hot Rods to save their Pitching Staff for a latter game, and the next game, is unintenionlly almost here…For BG, Tony Santa Maria was 3-5/HR/3 Runs/4 RBI…Connor Hujsak went 3-4/BB/Run…
The Grasshoppers grabbed the early lead in this game, pulling ahead 3-0, after One Inning…Hoppers were up 4-1, at the end of the second, and Greensboro began to pull away, as the Hoppers took themselves a 6-1 at the end of Three Innings…BG battles back, and the Hot Rods make this a 6-5 ballgame, Hoppers advantage, at the end of Three and a-Half innings…The Grasshoppers posted 2 More Runs in the Fourth Inning, and added on big time, with 10 BIG Runs, in the Bottom of the Fifth Inning, and the lead had swelled to 18-5 Grasshoppers, as we headed toward the Sixth Inning, and by the time the Seventh Inning was history, the Greensboro Grasshoppers lead over Bowling Green, 23-10…Sort of funny, but then again, maybe not, but did notice that neither Greensboro nor Bowling Green, were able to score any runs, in the Eighth and Ninth Innings of this contest…
**********Busiest Inning of the night for the Grasshoppers was their 10-Run Fifth Inning….**********
Bottom 5th
Sammy Stafura doubles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Marshall Toole. Jhonny Severino scores. Josh Tate scores. Carlos Caro to 3rd.
BG 6,GBO 10
Murf Gray walks. Carlos Caro scores. Sammy Stafura to 3rd. Dylan Palmer to 2nd.
BG 6,GBO 11
Axiel Plaz walks. Sammy Stafura scores. Dylan Palmer to 3rd. Murf Gray to 2nd.
BG 6,GBO 12
Edward Florentino singles on a soft fly ball to left fielder Marshall Toole. Dylan Palmer scores. Murf Gray to 3rd.
BG 6,GBO 13
Easton Carmichael singles on a pop up to right fielder Connor Hujsak. Murf Gray scores. Axiel Plaz to 3rd. Edward Florentino to 2nd.
BG 6,GBO 14
Jhonny Severino grounds out softly to first baseman Ryan McCoy. Axiel Plaz scores. Edward Florentino to 3rd. Easton Carmichael to 2nd. 1 out
BG 6,GBO 15
Josh Tate doubles on a line drive to right fielder Connor Hujsak. Edward Florentino scores. Easton Carmichael scores.
BG 6,GBO 17
Sammy Stafura out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Connor Hujsak. Josh Tate scores. 2 outs
BG 6,GBO 18
Ready Next for the Thursday Night Game Details:
Attendance-3,464
Time of Game-3:12
Game Time Temp-97 Degrees and Sunny
Up Next:Bowling Green(53-24) at the Greensboro Grasshoppers(53-24) on Friday night at First National Bank Field, with the First Pitch coming in at, 6:30pm…Fireworks coming up again, after the game on Friday evening…Should be a Super-Great Show…**********Be sure to Listen Live to our broadcast of the game, coming to you on The LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network, and you can join us, when YOU CLICK HERE. Click On that link, and later on, tell us what you think…Hoppers Baseball every home game, available on the LONG GONE Baseball Radio Network…
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from Callie Cline, at GSOHoppers.com/www.gsohoppers.com
23 Runs Lift Grasshoppers Over Hot Rods
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Bowling Green Hot Rods, 23-10, on Thursday, July 2. With the victory, the Grasshoppers improved to 10-2 in the second half, while the Hot Rods fell to 6-6. Greensboro collected a season-high 24 hits, outhitting Bowling Green 24-13. The Hot Rods committed three errors in the contest.
Designated hitter Sammy Stafura paced the Grasshoppers’ offense, going 2-for-6 with a home run, a double, four RBI, and four runs scored. Infielder Axiel Plaz followed with a 4-for-5 performance, driving in six runs and scoring twice. Additional hits for Greensboro came from Edward Florentino (3), Easton Carmichael (3), Josh Tate (3), Murf Gray (2), Jhonny Severino (2), Yordany De Los Santos, Dylan Palmer, and Carlos Caro.
Bowling Green was led offensively by infielder Tony Santa Maria, who finished 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, four RBI, and three runs scored. Connor Hujsak went 3-for-4 with one run scored. Additional hits for the Hot Rods were recorded by Nathan Flewelling (2), Ryan McCoy (2), Bryan Broecker (2), and Narciso Polanco.
Right-handed pitcher Seth Hernandez made the start for Greensboro, striking out seven while allowing eight hits, five earned runs, and one walk over 3.2 innings. Yulian Quintana earned the victory in relief, improving to 3-0 on the season.
Left-handed pitcher Dominic Niman started for Bowling Green, recording two strikeouts while surrendering 11 hits, eight earned runs, and two walks across four innings. Niman was charged with the loss and fell to 5-2 on the season.
The Grasshoppers continue their homestand against the Bowling Green Hot Rods tomorrow, Friday, July 3, at 7:00PM for First Responders Night and our 250th Fireworks Celebration. To purchase tickets to any home Grasshoppers game please call 336-268-2255 or visit gsohoppers.com.