Hoppers’ Hot Streak Halted
GRASSHOPPERS REPORT
Intimidators 19
Grasshoppers 4
Site: Fieldcrest-Cannon Stadium, Kannapolis
Why the Grasshoppers lost: Greensboro’s four pitchers gave up 22 hits. The loss ended a streak of solid performances by the Hoppers, who had won seven of their last eight before Saturday’s loss.
Performances worth noting: For Greensboro: Guillermo Martinez, 2- for-2; Blake Ochoa, 2-for-4, 2B. … For Kannapolis: Brandon Allen, 5-for-6, 2 RBIs; Chris Carter, 4-for-5, 2 home runs, 4 RBIs, 5 runs; Stefan Gartrell, 3-for-4, 4 RBIs.
Also worth noting: Kannapolis scored in every inning but the sixth, including five runs in the third, four in the fourth and four in the fifth. … Greensboro starter Hector Correa was shelled for eight runs (seven earned) on eight hits in 2 1/3 innings. His ERA is now 9.61.
The big play: Kannapolis came out slugging from the start. The Intimidators scored two runs in the first inning on a double by John Shelby and a homer by Carter. Carter added another homer in the third for his 14th and 15th of the season.
— Staff Report
GREENSBORO KANNAPOLIS
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Cousins rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Shelby cf | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| McDougall lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Grace 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Coghlan 2b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Carter 1b | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Webb 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Allen dh | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Blackwood 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Gartrell rf | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Morrison dh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gilbert rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Hernandez c | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Garcia ss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gomes lf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Martinez ss | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Madsen 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ochoa 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Vargas ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burns cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 3 | Totals | 43 | 19 | 22 | 18 |
| Greensboro | 002 | 011 | 000 | 4 | ||
| Kannapolis | 215 | 440 | 21x | 19 |
E–Garcia (24), Madden (1), McDougall (2), Vargas (13), Madsen (11). DP–Kannapolis 2. LOB–Greensboro 10, Kannapolis 7. 2B– Howard (4), Ochoa (4), Coghlan (22), Shelby (23), Hernandez (15), Allen 22). HR–Carter 2 (15), Gartrell (10). SB–Allen (4), madsen (13). SH–Grace. SF–McDougall, Madsen, Gomes.
| Greensboro | ip | h | r | er | bb | so |
| Correa L, 1-3 | 21/3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| Madden | 12/3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasowsky | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Lerous | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Kannapolis | ip | h | r | er | bb | so |
| Rasner W, 4-6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Brooks | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Santeliz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
WP–Brooks. PB–Ochoa.
Umpires–Home, Rackley. Base, Segal.
T–2:58. A–3,510.
UP NEXT
Who: Greensboro Grasshoppers at Kannapolis Intimidators
When: 5:05 p.m. today
Where: Fieldcrest-Cannon Stadium, Kannapolis
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