Final from Friday night at Winston-Salem:
WS Dash 10, Greensboro Grasshoppers 3
Game called (rain) after the top of the 6th…..
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Tommy Vail(1-1)/LP:Treyson Peters(5-1)
WS Dash' Line-10-8-0 Hoppers' Line- 3-3-0
Hoppers now (58-36/17-11) and the Dash improve to (52-42/14-14)…..Greensboro Grasshoppers at (17-10) now tied with the Frederick Keys(16-10) for First Place in the South Atlantic League Second Half of the season standings…
Hopper Hitters:Tony Blanco Jr., in his first game back with the Hoppers after injury, hit his 13th Home Run of the season, and it was a Three-Run HR shot, that accounted for all of the Hoppers scoring…
Top 2nd
Tony Blanco Jr. homers on a fly ball to left field. Axiel Plaz scores. Brian Sanchez scores.
GBO 3,WS 0
Axiel Plaz and Brian Sanchez both had walked right before the Blanco Blast, and scored right in front of Blanco…And crazy is it, that the Blanco HR put the Hoppers up 3-0 in this ballgame, but they proceeded to be out-scored 10-0 by the WS Dash, the rest of the way….
Four runs in the Fourth Inning, and then Six More Runs by the Dash, to win it in what amounts to 5 1/2 Innings of baseball…
Good to see Big Tony Blanco Jr. back, but tough to see the team lead early, and then lose in the end..Up 3-0, and then to fall, 10-3….Along with Tony Blanco Jr.’s hitting, Edward Florentino went 1-3, and Carlos Caro goes 1-2…
Greensboro starting pitcher, Seth Hernandez, goes 3 Innings, and he gives up 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 0 BBs/5 Ks…Good, but limited pitch/inning outing for Hernandez…Hoppers’ Losing Pitcher, Treyson Peters allowed 6 Runs, on 8 Hits, in 1 1/3 Innings…
Game Details:
Attendance-3,271
Time of Game-2:24
Game Time Temp-72 Degrees and Overcast
Up Next:Greensboro (58-36) at the WS Dash(52-42) on Saturday night at 6:30pm…..
**********And upon MORE review, All of the Hoppers’ 3 Runs came off of MLB pitcher Drew Thorpe, who gave up the Three Hoppers runs on 2 Hits, with 2 BBs/2 Ks and he gave up the Three-Run Home Run to the Hoppers’ Tony Blanco Jr.**********
(The walks were to the Hoppers’ Florentino and Sanchez.)
from the WS Dash MILB website:
Chicago White Sox right-handed pitcher Drew Thorpe is scheduled to continue his Major League rehab assignment with the Winston-Salem Dash and start Friday night against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Truist Stadium.
First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Thorpe, 25, is working his way back from Tommy John surgery performed in April 2025. He officially began a rehab assignment with the Arizona Complex League White Sox on July 18 before advancing to Winston-Salem.
The right-hander made his Major League debut with Chicago during the 2024 season, posting a 3-3 record and 5.48 ERA across nine starts. During one stretch from June 22 through July 21, Thorpe worked at least six innings in five consecutive starts while allowing two earned runs or fewer in each outing.
Thorpe was acquired by the White Sox from the San Diego Padres in March 2024 as part of the trade that sent right-hander Dylan Cease to San Diego. Before reaching the Major Leagues, Thorpe was regarded as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball and was named MLB Pipeline’s Pitching Prospect of the Year following a dominant 2023 season.
Originally selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Cal Poly, Thorpe was traded to San Diego as part of the blockbuster deal involving Juan Soto before joining the White Sox organization three months later.
Friday’s appearance will mark Thorpe’s first game with the Dash as he continues his progression back toward the Major Leagues.