Greensboro Grasshoppers Grab Sunday Afternoon Win, and claim Series over Hub City, Four Games-to-Two: De Los Santos big day for Hoppers(Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Report)

Final from Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 10, Hub City Spartanburgers 7
(This our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)

WP:Hung-Leng Chang(6-6)/LP:Anthony Astudillo(0-1)/SV:Adolfo Oveido(2)

Hoppers' Line-10-10-1
Burgers' Line- 7-11-0

Hoppers now at (77-49) and Hub City falls to (57-68)…SALLY North Standings go Firts Place going to Frederick(36-22), and the Frederick Keys with One-Game lead over the Greensboro Grasshoppers(36-24), and in Third Place, you have the Hudson Valley Renegades(34-26), and Three Games back of Frederick, and Two Games behind the Hoppers…Sunday, Hoppers win, Frederick goes (1-1) vs. Asheville, and Hudson Valley fell to Brooklyn, 5-2…

Hoppers led on Sunday by Yordany De Los Santos who was 2-3/HR/Double/HBP/Run/4 RBI, and he was our REMAX Revolution Player of the Game…Eddie King Jr. also homered and he went 1-2/HR/3 BBs/2 Runs/2 RBI….Over his first Two Games/Days as a Hopper, King has reached base 9 times, in 10 at-Bats…He has gone 3-4/HR/6 BBs/2 Runs/2 RBI…Very productive so far, Eddie King Jr. On Sunday, Dylan Palmer was 2-5/Double/1 Run/1 RBI…Edward Florentino goes 2-3/2 BBs/2 Runs/1 RBI…Wyant Sanford 2-5/Run/2 RBI…Carlos Caro was 1-2/2 BBs/2 Runs…This will cover your Hoppers runs at 10, and also the 10 Hoppers hits..

The Hoppers’ winning pitcher was Hung-Leng Chang, who did not start the game…The start went to Garrett McMillan, who is with Greensboro, on a rehab assignment, and worked Two Innings, allowing 0 Runs, on 2 Hits, with 0 BB/2 Ks…Chang goes 3 2/3’s Innings, giving up 1 Run, on 3 Hits, with 6 BBs/4 Ks…Six walks, and still got the Win??? He sure did, as the Hoppers raced to a 10-1 lead…When Chang(6-6) left the game, the Hoppers were up, 9-1…Plenty of run support for the Grasshoppers’ winning pitcher…Adolfo Oveido came on for the Hoppers to work the Top of Ninth Inning, and he eared the Save…Oveido allowed 1 hit, and the rest were 0’s…O Runs, O BBs/0 Ks/0 HRs, versus Adolfo Oveido…

Game Details from Sunday:
Attendance-2,531
Time of Game-3:02
Game Time Temp-85 Degrees
**********Sunday Thanks going out to Bryant Roche, who helped us on the broadcast, and to Don Tilley, who helped provide us with Game Information, and also Thanks to Gavin Grace, for info input, it has been helpful, and apprecitated, all season long…**********

Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(77-49) with an OFF Day on Monday, and then on to Asheville(42-82/25-34), to meet the Tourists for Six Games, beginning on Tuesday…And those Six Road Games, at Asheville, will close out the regular season…

Grasshoppers Close Out Regular-Season Home Games With 10-7 Victory Over Spartanburgers
from Callie Cline, at GSOHoppers.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Hub City Spartanburgers 10-7 in their final regular-season game on Sunday, August 30. With the win, the Grasshoppers improved to 36-24 in the second half, while the Spartanburgers fell to 23-37. Hub City outhit Greensboro 11-10, while the Grasshoppers committed one error.

Leading the Grasshoppers at the plate was outfielder Dylan Palmer, who went 2-for-5 with two doubles, one RBI, and one run scored. Infielder Yordany De Los Santos followed with a 2-for-3 performance, including a home run, a double, four RBI, and one run scored. Additional hits for Greensboro came from Wyatt Sanford (2), Edward Florentino (2), Eddie King Jr., and Carlos Caro.

Catcher Arturo De Freitas led the Spartanburgers offensively, going 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored. Designated hitter Quincy Scott went 2-for-5 with a double and one run scored. Additional hits for Hub City came from Paxton Kling (2), Casey Cook (2), Gleider Figuereo, Maxton Martin, and Evan Morrison.

Rehab pitcher Garrett McMillan made the start on the mound for Greensboro, recording two strikeouts while allowing two hits over two innings of work. Right-handed pitcher Hung-Leng Chang earned the win for the Grasshoppers, improving to 6-6 on the season.

Right-handed pitcher Anthony Astudillo started on the mound for Hub City, recording four strikeouts while allowing two hits, two earned runs, and four walks over three innings. Astudillo was charged with the loss, falling to 0-1 on the season.

The Grasshoppers will begin their final series of the 2026 season on the road against the Asheville Tourists on Tuesday, September 1, with the potential to clinch a postseason playoff berth. For tickets to any remaining Grasshoppers home games, call 336-268-2255 or visit gsohoppers.com.

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