GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS Vs. LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS
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SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – 2011 S.A.L. POSTSEASON – 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS vs. LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS 7-6 Second Half, 41-41 – Miami Marlins 8-5 Second Half, 49-33 – Philadelphia Phillies Thursday, July 5, 2018 – 7:00 p.m. First National Bank Field – Greensboro, N.C. Josh Feldman | [email protected] Game #83 of 138 Tel: 336-268-2891 | Fax: 336-273-7350 408 Bellemeade Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 RH Edward Cabrera (3-6, 3.53) vs. RH Spencer Howard (4-7, 5.06) www.gsohoppers.com CLASS A AFFILIATE OF Today’s Preview: The Grasshoppers (A, Marlins) continue this 3-game home stand wit Game 2 Series Information against the BlueClaws (A, Phillies) at First National Bank Field. Greensboro scored a 4-3 win on Independence Day in the series opener to pull within 1.0 game of first place in the South Atlantic Greensboro vs. Lakewood League Northern Division Second Half as Lakewood now sits tied with West Virginia atop the Last season: Lakewood, 13-8 standings. 2018: Series tied, 7-7 Miami Marlins (Majors) Hoppers Hurlers: Edward Cabrera, 20, makes his 15th start of the season and fifth against the In Greensboro: Series tied, 4-4 National League (East) BlueClaws. In four starts against Lakewood, he is 1-2 with a 1.05 ERA (3 ER/25.2 IP) and 15 In Lakewood: Series tied, 3-3 36‐52 5th 14.5 GB strikeouts compared to five walks. The BlueClaws at batting .198 (18-91) against him. He is One-Run Games: Greensboro, 3-2 Last Night: W, 3‐0 vs. Tampa Bay coming off a rain-shortened start at Hickory on June 30, working 3.0 innings and allowing two Riddle (MIA), 3‐for‐4, 2 R , 3B , HR , 2 RBI runs before play was suspended in the middle of the fourth. Cabrera is coming off a strong month Extra-Innings: Series tied, 1-1 Rucinski (MIA), W, 2.0 IP , H , 2 SO of June in which he went 2-1 with a 2.81 ERA (8 ER/25.2 IP) and 26 strikeouts, his best numbers 2017 Meetings: in any month in 2018. He last win came in his First Half finale at Kannapolis on June 15, limiting the Intimidators to a run on six hits over 7.0 innings while striking out a season-high eight. He is Date Location Result/Time Marlins System tough to beat at home, going 1-3 with a 1.98 ERA (10 ER/27.1 IP) in five home starts compared 4/16 at Lakewood W 1-0 to 2-3 with a 4.50 ERA (22 ER/44.0 IP) in nine road starts. Last season with Short-Season Batavia, 4/17 at Lakewood L 4-5(10) New Orleans Baby Cakes (Triple‐A) he went 1-3 with a 5.30 ERA (21 ER/35.2 IP) and 32 strikeouts in 13 games (six starts). 4/18 at Lakewood W 5-4(10) 5/17 GREENSBORO L 1-4 Pacific Coast League (American Southern) 5/18 GREENSBORO PPD (Rain) About Last Night: With the game tied in the bottom of the seventh, Garvis Lara's leadoff triple 5/19 GREENSBORO L 0-3 40‐45 T‐2nd 12.5 GB set the stage for the go-ahead run in the Grasshoppers' 4-3 win over the Lakewood BlueClaws in 5/20 GREENSBORO W 8-0 (7) Last night: L, 9‐2 (5) vs. Colorado Springs front of a season-high 9,063 fans at First National Bank Field. Greensboro (41-41, 7-6 Second GREENSBORO W 2-0 (7) Half) overcame a pair of Lakewood home runs to secure the Independence Day victory in the 5/29 at Lakewood L 1-5 Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Double‐A) series opener. Daniel Castano (2-0) worked around one rough inning to earn the win in a 7.0- 5/30 at Lakewood L 0-3 Southern League (South) inning outing, striking out seven and walking none. Michael Mertz tossed a perfect eighth, 5/31 at Lakewood W 2-0 (7) 6/8 GREENSBORO W 7-2 3‐10 5th 7.0 GB setting up Vincenzo Aiello's 1-2-3 ninth inning for the save (6). In the bottom of the seventh Last night: L, 3‐1 vs. Mobile 6/9 GREENSBORO L 5-6 with the game even, 3-3, Lara's triple rattled around the right field corner. Thomas Jones 6/10 GREENSBORO L 0-2 followed with a sacrifice fly to left field, and Lara slid head-first across the plate just under the 7/4 GREENSBORO W 4-3 Jupiter Hammerheads (High‐A) tag of catcher Colby Fitch for what proved to be the winning run. Greensboro took the game's 7/5 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM Florida State League (South) first lead with a 3-run fifth inning, jump-started by Micah Brown's lead-off home run (6). 7/6 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM 5‐8 5th 2.5 GB Harrison Dinicola followed with a double to center field, and Michael Hernandez walked behind 7/23 at Lakewood 7:05 PM Last night: L, 6‐0 Lakeland 7/24 at Lakewood 7:05 PM him. Lara laid down a sacrifice-bunt to move both men into scoring position. Dinicola sprinted 7/25 at Lakewood 11:05 PM home on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead, and Jose Devers added an RBI-single to cap the frame. All Greensboro Grasshoppers (Class A) 7/26 at Lakewood 7:05 PM three runs Castano allowed came in the sixth when he surrendered back-to-back home runs to 8/27 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM South Atlantic League (Northern) Lakewood's Jake Scheiner, a 2-run shot, and Jhailyn Ortiz for the BlueClaws' only runs of the 8/28 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM 7‐6 4th 1.0 GB night. BlueClaws reliever Ismael Cabrera (0-1) took the loss, allowing a run on one run while 8/29 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM Last night: W, 4‐3 vs. Lakewood walking three and striking out two over 2.0 innings. 8/30 GREENSBORO 7:00 PM Castano (GBO), W, 7 IP , 7 H , 3 ER , 7 SO Independence Day: The Grasshoppers earned another win on the Fourth of July on Wednesday, Batavia Muckdogs (Short‐Season A) South Atlantic League the 12th time in 14 seasons the team has played at home on Independence Day since moving New York Penn League (North) downtown in 2005. Greensboro is now 6-8 record in games played on Independence Day, 2nd Half Standings 9‐9 3rd 4.0 GB including a 6-6 mark at home. The Hoppers will spend July 4 on the road next season following Last night: W, 4‐3 vs. Mahoning Valley the SAL’s adoption of a new rule where teams will alternate being home and away on the Fourth SAL Northern Division Guaimaro (BAT), 3‐for‐4, R , 2B , RBI of July every other year. W-L GB Peace (BAT), W, 5.0 IP , 5 H , ER , 4 SO *Lakewood 8-5 - Alcala (BAT) Sv, 2.0 IP , 4 SO Date Opponent Ballpark Result Attendance West Virginia 8-5 - 7/4/2018 Lakewood First National Bank Field W, 4-3 9,063 Delmarva 8-6 .5 Gulf Coast League Marlins (Rookie) 7/4/2017 at Hagerstown Municipal Stadium L, 1-5 1,101 GREENSBORO 7-6 1.0 Gulf Coast League (East) Hickory 7-7 1.5 5‐9 4th 4.5 GB 7/4/2016 West Virginia First National Bank Field W, 5-2 9,559 Last night: L, 14‐9 vs. GCL Mets 7/4/2015 Hickory NewBridge Bank Park L, 2-11 10,312 Kannapolis 7-7 1.5 7/4/2014 West Virginia NewBridge Bank Park W, 5-2 9,855 Hagerstown 3-10 5.0 Dominican Summer Lg. Marlins (Rk) 7/4/2013 Lakewood NewBridge Bank Park W, 4-2 9,680 Dominican Summer League (Northwest) 7/4/2012 at Kannapolis CMC-NorthEast Stadium L, 1-6 5,245 SAL Southern Division 12‐15 6th 7.0 GB 7/4/11 Kannapolis NewBridge Bank Park L, 1-13 9,443 W-L GB 7/4/10 Lakewood NewBridge Bank Park L, 2-5 9,573 Asheville 8-4 - 7/4/09 Lake County NewBridge Bank Park L, 3-5 10,031 Charleston 8-4 - 7/4/08 Delmarva NewBridge Bank Park W, 5-3 10,034 Columbia 7-6 1.5 7/4/07 Greenville First Horizon Park W, 6-5 9,309 7/4/06 Greenville First Horizon Park L, 0-5 10,260 Greenville 6-8 3.0 7/4/05 Charleston First Horizon Park L, 2-5 8,925 *Rome 6-8 3.0 Lexington 5-8 3.5 Hock On Top: Greensboro reliever Colton Hock (8-3, 2.90 ERA) is tied atop the SAL with eight Augusta 5-9 4.0 wins, equaling Joe Cavallaro from Columbia. The right-handed reliever last suffered a loss on *First Half Division Champion May 11 in a road appearance at Asheville and has allowed more than one earned run in only three of his 20 games this season. In 13 of this outings, he has given up no earned runs. He is holding right-handed hitters to a .185 (17-92) average compared to a .246 (45-183) against all hitters. Upcoming Probable Pitchers: Greensboro/Opponents. Friday, July 6 vs. Lakewood LH Trevor Rogers (0-3, 8.42) vs. LH Damon Jones (6-3, 1.92) 7:00 p.m.