Greensboro Grasshoppers take home opener 14-4 with Dalton Wheat going HR, 3B, 2B and 5 RBI/Tim Tebow with HR in first At-Bat for Fireflies

Greensboro Grasshoppers 14, Hickory Crawdads 4
WP:L.J. Brewster(1-0)…LP:Jonathan Hernandez(0-1)

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9    R	H  E
Hickory 
(0-1)
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0    4	9  1
Greensboro 
(1-0)
2	5	0	1	3	0	3	0	X   14	13 0

W: Brewster (1-0, 0.00) ; L: Hernandez, J (0-1, 31.50)
HR: HIC: Tejeda, A (1) , Forbes (1) . GBO: Wheat (1) .

Hickory Crawdads

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG*
Blaine Prescott	DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200
Anderson Tejeda	SS	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	.333
Leody Taveras	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Yanio Perez	1B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.500
Jose Almonte	RF	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333
Ti'Quan Forbes	3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	.250
Travis Bolin	LF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Ricky Valencia	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Yeyson Yrizarri	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250
Totals	               35	4	9	2	0	2	4	2	15	.257

BATTING
2B: Perez (1, Holloway); Bolin (1, Mertz).
HR: Tejeda, A (1, 3rd inning off Holloway, 0 on, 1 out); Forbes (1, 4th inning off Holloway, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Prescott; Perez 3; Taveras; Tejeda, A 4; Forbes 4; Bolin 2; Almonte; Yrizarri.
RBI: Perez (1); Tejeda, A (1); Forbes 2 (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Forbes 2; Valencia, R; Prescott.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: Prescott (1, 2nd base by Holloway/Jones).

FIELDING
E: Tejeda, A (1, throw).
PB: Valencia, R (1).
Outfield assists: Bolin (Jones at 3rd base).
DP: (Bolin-Forbes-Yrizarri).

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        Pos	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	 AVG
Aaron Knapp	CF	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	.250
Justin Twine	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000
Dalton Wheat	RF	4	4	3	1	1	1	5	2	0	.750
Colby Lusignan	1B	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	.333
Branden Berry	3B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.200
Boo Vazquez	DH	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	.000
Alex Jones	C	4	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.750
Corey Bird	LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	1	.750
Garvis Lara	SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250
Totals	                34	14	13	4	1	1	12	12	8	.382

BATTING
2B: Jones (1, Hernandez, J); Lusignan (1, Hernandez, J); Wheat (1, Lanphere); Bird (1, Fontenot).
3B: Wheat (1, Hernandez, J).
HR: Wheat (1, 1st inning off Hernandez, J, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Bird 4; Berry; Knapp; Jones 4; Wheat 9; Lusignan 2; Lara, G.
RBI: Wheat 5 (5); Bird 2 (2); Knapp (1); Lusignan 2 (2); Berry (1); Vazquez, B (1).
2-out RBI: Wheat 2; Lusignan; Berry; Bird.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Berry; Knapp 2; Vazquez, B 2; Lara, G 2.
SAC: Bird.
SF: Knapp.
Team RISP: 7-for-17.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bird 2 (2, 2nd base off Hernandez, J/Valencia, R, 2nd base off Lanphere/Valencia, R); Lara, G (1, 2nd base off Lanphere/Valencia, R).

Hickory Crawdads

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA*
Jon Hernandez 	2.0	7	7	7	3	3	1	31.50  (L, 0-1)
Luke Lanphere	2.1	5	4	4	3	1	0	15.43
Jacob Lemoine	1.2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.00
C.D. Pelham	0.2	0	3	3	4	0	0	40.50
Kaleb Fontenot	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Totals	        8.0	13	14	14	12	8	1	15.75

Greensboro Grasshoppers

Player	        IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jordan Holloway	3.1	5	4	4	2	5	2	10.80
LJ Brewster 	2.2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0.00   (W, 1-0)
Michael King	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
M. Crescentini	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Michael Mertz	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Totals	        9.0	9	4	4	2	15	2	4.00

Hernandez, J pitched to 2 batters in the 3rd.

Game Scores: Hernandez, J 8; Holloway 27.
Pitches-strikes: Hernandez, J 65-33; Lanphere 58-32; Lemoine 28-16; Pelham 31-12; Fontenot 19-13; Holloway 67-41; Brewster 36-24; King 18-10; Crescentini 21-13; Mertz 13-10.
Groundouts-flyouts: Hernandez, J 2-1; Lanphere 3-0; Lemoine 1-1; Pelham 2-0; Fontenot 2-0; Holloway 1-3; Brewster 3-0; King 1-0; Crescentini 0-1; Mertz 0-1.
Batters faced: Hernandez, J 16; Lanphere 14; Lemoine 7; Pelham 6; Fontenot 5; Holloway 16; Brewster 10; King 3; Crescentini 4; Mertz 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Lanphere 2-0; Lemoine 3-1; Fontenot 2-1.
Umpires: HP: Matthew Brown. 1B: Mark Stewart.
Weather: 55 degrees, clear.
Wind: 15 mph, L to R.
First pitch: 6:58 PM.
T: 3:25.
Att: 4,998.
Venue: First National Bank Field.
April 6, 2017