Final Score from Sunday afternoon at Bowling Green, Kentucky:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 11, Bowling Green Hot Rods 5…11 Innings
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Victor Cabreja(7-4)/Jacob Hartlaub(1-2)
Hoppers' Line-11-13-1 Hot Rods' Line-5- 5-0
Hoppers now sit at (73-47) and Hot Rods(76-42)….SALLY North Race:Greensboro(32-22) and Frederick(31-21) are tied for First Place…Hudson Valley(31-23) and 1 Game out of First Place…
Hoppers take 5 out of 6 Games this week, at Bowling Green…Hoppers now with 223 Home Runs for the season, as a team, and they had FIVE Big Ones on Sunday…Two HRs for both Blanco Jr., and Jared Jones, plus a Solo HR, from Florentino, and his was a Grand Slam….
Game was all tied up at 5-5 going into the top of the 11th Inning, and that’s where the Hoppers erupted for 6 Runs, and they went on to win the game, 11-5…..
This breaks down the Top of the 11th Inning, with Hoppers at the plate, this was powerful…Edward Florentino with a Grand Slam HR…Runs come off of Two Big HR Shots…
Top 11th
Tony Blanco Jr. homers on a fly ball to center field. Jhonny Severino scores.
GBO 7,BG 5
Edward Florentino hits a grand slam to right center field. Shalin Polanco scores. Josh Tate scores. Wyatt Sanford scores.
GBO 11,BG 5
The Heavy Hopper Hitters:Tony Blanco Jr. 2-4/2 HRs/2 Runs/4 RBI…Edward Florentino 1-5/HR/BB/Run/RBI…Jared Jones
2-6/2 HRs/2 Runs/3 RBI…Wyatt Sanford 2-5/Double/BB/Run/SB…Stolen Base #28 on the season for Sanford…
Hoppers’ starting pitcher Draven Zeigler with a very solid start…He went 5 Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 0 Hits, with 1 BB/5 Ks…No-hit Baseball over Five for the starter, Zeigler…WP:Victor Cabreja, goes 2 1/3 Innings, giving up 0 Runs, 0 Hits, with 1 BB/3 Ks…No-Hit Baseball from the starter and the finisher…
Game Details:
Attendance-1,276
Time of Game-2:48
Game Time Temp-83 Degrees
Up Next:Hoppers off on Monday, and back home Tuesday, at FNB Field facing the Hub City Spartanburgers, at 6:30pm…..