*****You don’t see this very often, the Greensboro Grasshoppers fall for the second straight night up at Lakewood, New Jersey, by a score of 3-2, but to take it a step further, the game was 3-2 LWD, just like Monday night, 3-2 LWD, in 10 Innings…3-2 in 10 Innings on back-to-back nights, that is sort of crazy….You might go extra innings both nights, but the same exact score?????….Maybe the same score on consecutive nights, but the same score and in 10 innings too?????….Sort of surreal, really….Hoppers vs. LWD, at 11:05am on Wednesday morning….*****
Tonight/Tuesday night:
Lakewood New Jersey BlueClaws 3, Greensboro Grasshoppers 2
GSO(25-19)/LWD(26-19)
Game Box Score courtesy of the South Atlantic League
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E Greensboro 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 2 Lakewood 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1
W: Hallead (1-0, 0.00) ; L: Mertz (2-1, 1.77)
HR: LWD: Barbier (1) .
Game Story: Lakewood
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG* Aaron Knapp RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .256 Corey Bird CF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .278 James Nelson 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .345 Boo Vazquez LF 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .307 Eric Gutierrez 1B 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .281 Justin Twine 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .157 Walker Olis DH 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .203 Alex Jones C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Luis Pintor SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .165 Totals 34 2 10 1 0 0 2 6 8 .239
BATTING
2B: Vazquez, B (10, Romero).
TB: Pintor; Nelson 2; Olis 2; Vazquez, B 4; Gutierrez 2.
RBI: Gutierrez (7); Pintor (16).
2-out RBI: Pintor.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Knapp; Gutierrez 2; Pintor.
SAC: Bird.
GIDP: Twine 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-11.
Team LOB: 9.
BASERUNNING
CS: Olis (2, 2nd base by Romero/Cabral); Bird (6, 2nd base by Llovera/Cabral).
FIELDING
E: Twine (4, fielding); Nelson (7, throw).
DP: (Pintor-Gutierrez).
Pickoffs: Beggs (Hall at 1st base).
Lakewood BlueClaws
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG Daniel Brito 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Raul Rivas SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Mickey Moniak CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Darick Hall DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260 Brett Barbier 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 .239 Cord Sandberg RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Edgar Cabral C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 1- D Martinelli PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Luke Williams 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .158 Carlos Duran LF 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Totals 33 3 8 3 0 1 1 0 10 .237
1-Ran for Cabral in the 10th.
BATTING
2B: Duran, C (5, Beggs); Sandberg (11, Beggs); Cabral (5, Mertz).
HR: Barbier (1, 2nd inning off Beggs, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Williams; Cabral 2; Barbier 5; Rivas; Moniak; Sandberg 2; Duran, C 2.
RBI: Barbier (10).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hall; Cabral; Rivas.
SAC: Duran, C; Williams.
GIDP: Moniak.
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING
SB: Moniak (5, 2nd base off Beggs/Jones).
PO: Hall (1st base by Beggs).
FIELDING
E: Duran, C (5, fielding).
Outfield assists: Sandberg (Nelson at home).
DP: 2 (Romero-Rivas-Barbier 2).
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA* Dustin Beggs 7.0 5 2 2 0 6 1 2.44 Ben Meyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.15 Michael Mertz 1.0 2 1 0 0 3 0 1.77 (L, 2-1) Totals 9.0 8 3 2 0 10 1 3.64
Lakewood BlueClaws
Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA JoJo Romero 6.2 8 2 2 2 5 0 2.20 Mauro Llovera 2.1 2 0 0 2 3 0 1.74 (BS, 1) Tyler Hallead 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00 (W, 1-0) Totals 10.0 10 2 2 6 8 0 2.98
Mertz pitched to 2 batters in the 10th.
Game Scores: Beggs 66; Romero 59.
WP: Beggs; Llovera.
IBB: Vazquez, B (by Hallead).
Pitches-strikes: Beggs 83-61; Meyer 16-13; Mertz 30-21; Romero 97-61; Llovera 43-27; Hallead 18-9.
Groundouts-flyouts: Beggs 10-3; Meyer 1-0; Mertz 1-0; Romero 8-2; Llovera 0-3; Hallead 2-0.
Batters faced: Beggs 25; Meyer 4; Mertz 6; Romero 26; Llovera 10; Hallead 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Llovera 2-1.
Ejections: Lakewood BlueClaws First Base Coach Andy Abad ejected by 1B umpire Dillon Wilson (4th)
Umpires: HP: John Budka. 1B: Dillon Wilson.
Weather: 64 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, In from RF.
First pitch: 6:38 PM.
T: 2:43.
Att: 3,470.
Venue: FirstEnergy Park.
May 23, 2017