Final from Saturday night, at Asheville, N.C.:
Greensboro Grasshoppers 11, Asheville Tourists 4
(This is our Fred Anderson Toyota of Raleigh Game Report.)
WP:Victor Cabreja(9-4)/Parker Smith(5-8)
Hoppers' Line-11-11-1 Tourists' Line-4- 9-2
Greensboro Grasshoppers now at (81-50) on the season, while the Asheville Tourists go at (43-86)…Hoppers in South Atlantic League Northern Division Championship Series, at home this Tuesday night, at 6:30pm, at First National Bank Field…Hoppers hosting the Frederick Keys…The Grasshoppers finished Second in the SALLY North, for the First Half, and the Second Half…Frederick(82-46) won both Halves in the North, for the 2026 Season…
Saturday night, there were some heavy Hopper Hitters…Three Hoppers Homers, and they were coming from Axiel Plaz with #18, Wyatt Sanford with his 16th HR, and Edward Florentino connected for his 24th Home Run, of 2026…
Overall the Hopper Hitting goes, Axiel Plaz was 3-5/HR/BB/2 Runs/2 RBI…Wyatt Sandford went 3-5/HR/BB/2 Runs/RBI/SB…Edward Florentino goes 1-3/HR/2 BBs/Run/3 RBI…Tony Blanco Jr. went 2-4/Double/BB/Run/2 RBI…Eddie King Jr. 1-4/BB/2 Runs/RBI…Jhostynxon Garcia went 1-5/BB…Dylan Palmer 0-2/2 BBs/RBI…Carlos Caro 0-5/Run..Jhonny Severino 0-1/BB…Shalin Polanco 0-3/BB/Run…Wyatt Sanford, with Stolen Base #32 of the season…
Four Hopper pitchers combined to Strike Out 12 Tourist Batters, and only Walked 2…Conversely, the Tourists Walked 11 Hopper batters, and Struck Out 11 Hopper batters…The Greensboro Grasshoppers led the Asheville Tourists 5-0, before the Tourists blinked…Hoppers’ WP Victor Cabreja worked 2 Innings, coming out of the Hoppers’ bullpen, and Cabreja gave up 1 Run, on 2 Hits, with 1 BB/3 Ks…
Game Details:
Attendance-3,071
Time of Game-3:09
Game Time Temp-86 Degrees and Cloudy
Up Next:Greensboro Grasshoppers(81-50) at the Asheville Tourists(43-86), on Sunday afternoon, at 6:05pm…