Final Score from Friday night at Rome, GA.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 6, Rome Emperors 1
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Jack Anker(2-1)/LP:Zach Royse(4-4)/SV:Cesar Aquino(1)
Hoppers' Line- 6-5-2 Emperors' Line-1-7-1
Hoppers improve to (65-41/24-16), while Rome falls to (49-53/16-22)….Hoppers up a Game over the Frederik Keys(22-16) in the Second Half of South Atlantic League, while the Hoppers have a Two-Game edge over the Wilmington Blue Rocks(21-17)…
The Greensboro Grasshoppers made the most of the Five Hits on Friday night….Home Runs came from Edward Florentino, who had a Three-Run Home Run, for his 16th homer of the season, and Tony Blanco Jr. hit a solo HR, for this 18th Blanco Blast of the season…
Five Hopper hits, and the two Big Ones came from Florentino and Blanco Jr., then you saw Josh Tate go 1-4, with a Run…Carlos Caro went 1-3/BB/SB…Wyatt Sanford goes 1-4/BB/SB, and it was good to see the return of Wyatt Sanford to the Greensboro Grasshoppers lineup…Dylan Palmer went 0-2/BB/Run…Jhonny Severino was 0-2/BB/RBI/SB…Camden Janik went 0-1/BB/Run…Jared Jones was 0-4/BB/Run..The Hoppers made the most of their Five Hits, for the ballgame…
In the Top of the Third we can share info, and here it is….
1 – 0, 2 Outs
Home Run
Edward Florentino homers on a fly ball to right center field. Josh Tate scores. Dylan Palmer scores.
GBO 3,ROM 0
Then this Three-Run Homer from Wyatt Sanford got things moving along, in the Top of the Eighth Inning…
GBO 6,ROM 1
1 – 1, 1 Out
Home Run
Tony Blanco Jr. homers on a fly ball to left field.
GBO 6,ROM 1
Hoppers’ Winning Pitcher, Jack Anker, worked 6 2/3s Innings, and he gave up 1 Run, on 6 Hits, with 1 BB/6 Ks…
Greensboro’s Cesar Aquino was the only other Hoppers’ Pitcher, and he worked 2 1/3s Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 1 Hit, with 0 BBs/6 Ks…
Game Details:
Attendance-885
Time of Game-2:25
Game Time Temp-76 Degrees
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(65-41/24-16) at the Rome Emperors(49-53/16-22) on Saturday night, at 6:45pm…