Greensboro Grasshoppers drop second straight game at Lakewood:Same story as Monday, Hoppers fall in 10 Innings, 3-2

*****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