SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – 2011 S.A.L. POSTSEASON – 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS vs. HICKORY CRAWDADS 29-32 – Miami Marlins 26-34 – Texas Rangers Tuesday, June 12, 2018 – 5:30 p.m. – Doubleheader First National Bank Field – Greensboro, N.C. Josh Feldman | [email protected] Games #62-63 of 139 Tel: 336-268-2891 | Fax: 336-273-7350 RH Dustin Beggs (2-0, 3.45) vs. RH Noah Bremer 408 Bellemeade Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 LH Nestor Bautista (1-0, 3.38) vs. RH Ryan Drease www.gsohoppers.com CLASS A AFFILIATE OF Today’s Preview: The Grasshoppers (A, Marlins) continue their most strenuous stretch of the Series Information season as they play Games 2 and 3 of this 6-games-in-4-days series vs. the Crawdads (A, Rangers) at First National Bank Field. The back-to-back doubleheaders on Tuesday and Greensboro vs. Hickory Wednesday are the result of an April 7 rainout in Greensboro as well as an April 26 rainout in Last season: Greensboro, 13-3 Hickory. 2018: Greensboro, 4-1 (of 23) Miami Marlins (Majors) Hoppers Hurlers: Dustin Beggs, 24, makes his third start and 12th appearance of the season in In Greensboro: Greensboro, 3-0 National League (East) Game 1 of Tuesday’s doubleheader, facing Hickory for the first time in 2018. Last year against In Hickory: Series tied, 1-1 24-42 5th 13.5 GB the Crawdads, Beggs went 2-1 with a 3.71 ERA (7 ER/17.0 IP) and 11 strikeouts in four games One-Run Games: Greensboro, 3-0 Last night: W, 7-5 vs. San Francisco (four starts). In his two starts this year, he has thrown 8.2 scoreless innings, striking out nine and Extra-Innings: Series tied, 0-0 Anderson,B (MIA), 3-4, 3R, 2 2B, HR, 2RBI walking two. As a reliever, he is 2-0 with a 4.95 ERA (11 ER/20.0 IP) and 26 strikeouts. In his Realmuto (MIA), 3-4, 3 R , 2B , HR , 2 RBI second outing of the year, Beggs matched his career-high with eight strikeouts in a 3.0-inning 2017 Meetings: relief appearance on April 27 at Asheville. He spent all of 2017 with Greensboro in the starting Marlins System rotation, going 10-6 with a 3.86 ERA (64 ER/149.1 IP) and 107 strikeouts in 26 games (26 Date Location Result/Time starts). Miami selected Beggs in the 16th round of the June 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of 4/5 Greensboro W 6-1 4/6 Greensboro W 4-3 New Orleans Baby Cakes (Triple-A) Kentucky. Pacific Coast League 4/7 Greensboro PPD (Rain) 4/8 Greensboro W 4-3 (American Southern) Going In Game 2: Nestor Bautista, 26, makes his first start of the year and first since the 2015 4/23 at Hickory PPD (Rain) 30-34 3rd 7.5 GB season. Bautista, who has not faced Hickory this season, is 1-0 with a 0.79 ERA (1 ER/11.1 IP) 4/24 at Hickory PPD (Rain) Last night: W, 6-5 vs. Salt Lake and 12 strikeouts in six games at home compared to posting a 5.00 ERA (10 ER/18.0 IP) and 20 4/25 at Hickory-1 L 1-4 (7) Van Slyke (NO), 1-for-3, R , HR , 2 RBI strikeouts in eight road outings. Bautista is coming off a season-long-tying 3.2 innings of work, at Hickory-2 W 2-1 (7) allowing a run on three hits, on June 7 at Delmarva. His most recent start came in his finale 4/26 at Hickory W 8-5 (7) at Hickory PPD (Rain) Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Double-A) outing of 2015, a Sept. 4 with Batavia at State College when he tossed 4.1 innings, allowing five Southern League (South) 6/11 Greensboro 7:00 PM runs (four earned) on 10 hits. He worked a career-long 6.0 innings with the GCL Marlins in a 6/12 Greensboro 5:30 PM 26-36 4th 11.0 GB scoreless outing against the GCL Mets on Aug. 15, 2014. The Marlins selected Bautista in the Greensboro DH 32nd round of the June 2014 First-Year Player draft out of Ball State. 6/13 Greensboro 12:00 PM Jupiter Hammerheads (High-A) Greensboro DH Florida State League (South) Last Time Out: Catcher Will Allen drove in a career-high four runs and finished a triple shy of 6/14 Greensboro 7:00 PM 37-26 2nd 2.0 GB 6/30 at Hickory 7:00 PM the cycle, but the Grasshoppers fell short in an 8-7 loss to the Hickory Crawdads on Monday 7/1 at Hickory 5:00 PM Last night: L, 3-2 vs. Jupiter night at First National Bank Field. Greensboro (29-32) and Hickory traded the lead in the middle Guzman, J (JUP), 5.2 IP , 3 H , 10 SO 7/2 at Hickory 7:00 PM innings until the Crawdads broke a tie game in the top of the eighth. Allen finished 3-for-4 with 7/3 at Hickory 7:00 PM a double, a home run, four RBI, and two runs scored. Greensboro scored three runs in the second 7/27 Greensboro 7:00 PM Greensboro Grasshoppers (Class A) inning when Allen smacked a 2-run double, scoring J.C. Millan and Baranek before coming 7/28 Greensboro 7:00 PM South Atlantic League (Northern) home on a Garvis Lara base hit. Hickory responded with a 5-run fourth inning highlighted 7/29 Greensboro 4:00 PM 29-32 5th 8.5 GB 8/31 at Hickory 7:00 PM by Yonny Hernandez's bases-clearing triple. With the Crawdads ahead 5-3 going into the Last night: L, 8-7 vs. Hickory 9/1 at Hickory 7:00 PM bottom of the fourth, the Grasshoppers tied the game on Allen's 2-run home run (2). Greensboro Allen (GBO), 3-for-4, 2 R , 2B , HR , 4 RBI 9/2 at Hickory 5:00 PM pulled ahead, 6-5, in the fifth when Thomas Jones stole home on a perfectly-executed double- Dorow (HIC), 4-for-5, 2B , 3 RBI , SB 9/3 at Hickory 1:00 PM steal, with Devers swiping secod base. Hickory tied the game in the top of the sixth when Ryan Casanova (HIC), W, 2.2 IP , H , 6 SO Dorow doubled, driving in Hernandez and Pedro Gonzalez for a 7-6 lead. The Hoppers tied the game, 7-7, in home half of the sixth when Micah Brown scored on a Lara groundout.Greensboro Batavia Muckdogs (Short-Season A) S.A.L. 1st Half Standings reliever Michael Mertz plunked Sam Huff to open the eighth inning, and the Crawdads catcher New York Penn League (North) eventually came around to score on a Gonzalez base hit for a late lead, 8-7. Jean Casanova (2-3) Season starts June 15 at Auburn SAL Northern Division earned the win, tossing 2 and 2/3 scoreless relief innings while striking out six and walking one. W-L GB Mertz (0-3) took the loss, allowing a run on two hits over 2 and 1/3 innings. Hickory's Alex Gulf Coast League Marlins (Rookie) Kannapolis 37-23 - Speas tossed a scoreless ninth for the save (6). Hoppers starter Ryan Lillie started off strong with Gulf Coast League (West) Lakewood 36-26 2.0 three scoreless innings before giving up the big frame in the fourth. He finished with seven runs Season starts in June Delmarva 32-28 5.0 allowed (five earned) on eight hits in 5 and 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking two. West Virginia 31-28 5.5 Dominican Summer League Marlins (Rk.) GREENSBORO 29-31 8.0 Dominican Summer League (Northwest) Hoppin’ Thieves: Greensboro stole a season-high five bases on Monday against Hickory, with a season-high two players recording multiple swiped bags in a game. Both Cameron Baranek and Hickory 25-34 11.5 1-7 T-7th 6.0 GB Hagerstown 24-37 13.5 Last night: L, 10-1 vs. DSL Rays1 Thomas Jones stole two bases while Jose Devers added one. The highlight of the game came on a well-executed double-steal as Devers broke for second base, inducing a throw from Crawdads catcher Sam Huff, allowing Jones to break from third and slide head first across the plate. The SAL Southern Division Grasshoppers’ previous season-high was three stolen bases, accomplished three times in 2018. W-L GB Rome 37-25 - Do It Like Devers: After hitting two triples in a game on Friday, Hoppers shortstop Jose Devers Augusta 35-26 1.5 continued his strong weekend at the plate by going 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI on Lexington 33-29 4.0 Saturday. Through Monday, the 18-year-old infielder has hit safely in seven straight games since Columbia 31-29 5.0 June 5, batting .433 (13-30) with a double, two triples, four RBI, and three runs scored in that Charleston 30-31 6.5 span. He has also upped his season average from .250 to .276 during this stretch. In 21 games at Asheville 24-38 13.0 First National Bank Field, Devers is batting .308 (28-91) compared to .253 (22-87) in 22 road Greenville 21-40 15.5 games. *First Half Division Champion Upcoming Probable Pitchers: Greensboro/Opponents. Wednesday, June 13 vs. Hickory RH Taylor Braley (3-5, 4.24) vs.