oridddddd SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE CHAMPIONS – 2011 S.A.L. POSTSEASON – 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 Greensboro Grasshoppers at Greenville Drive 21-28 Second Half, 55-63 – Miami Marlins 30-23 Second Half, 55-67 – Colorado Rockies Friday, August 17, 2018 – 7:05 p.m. Fluor Field – Greenville, S.C. Josh Feldman | [email protected] Tel: 336-268-2891 | Fax: 336-273-7350 Game #119 of 136 408 Bellemeade Street, Greensboro, NC 27401 www.gsohoppers.com RH Taylor Braley (5-6, 4.41) vs. LH Jhonathan Diaz (8-8, 3.60) Today’s Preview: The Grasshoppers (A, Marlins) look to snap the team’s longest losing skid of the year as they face the CLASS A AFFILIATE OF Drive (A, Red Sox) in Friday’s series finale at Fluor Field. Greensboro has dropped eight in a row after last winning on Series Information Aug. 7 at home against West Virginia and now has an elimination number of five (combination of first place wins and Greensboro losses) before being mathematically out of the 2018 postseason. Greenville is currently tied with Lexington Greensboro vs. Greenville atop the SAL Southern Division standings with a little more than two weeks to go in the season as both teams fight for Last season: Greenville, 5-1 the Second Half title and the right to face the Rome Braves in the Southern Division series. 2018: Greenville, 3-1 (of 7) Hoppers Hurler: Taylor Braley, 22, makes his 15th start of the season and first against a Red Sox affiliate in his career. Miami Marlins (Majors) In Greensboro: Greenville, 3-1 He is coming off a home loss to Asheville on August 10, giving up four runs on five hits in 6.0 innings, striking out five National League (East) and walking none. Prior to that, he had earned wins in four of his last five starts with the Grasshoppers dating back to In Greenville: Series tied, 0-0 48-75 5th 21.5 GB May 28 at Hagerstown. Braley missed roughly a month of action due to injury this season, pitching for the Hoppers on One-Run Games: Greenville, 2-1 Last night: Off June 13 vs. Hickory before returning to action again July 24 with a pair of rehab appearances with the GCL Marlins. He rejoined Greensboro on August 5 with 5.0 scoreless innings at Kannapolis to earn a win. Braley is now 1-1 with a 3.27 Extra-Innings: Series tied, 0-0 ERA (4 ER/11.0 IP) and nine strikeouts in two games (two starts) since returning to the South Atlantic League after he Marlins System began the season 4-5 with a 4.59 ERA (35 ER/68.2 IP) and 58 strikeouts in 12 games (12 starts) in the first half. The 2018 Meetings: right-hander split last season between the GCL Marlins and Batavia, going 1-2 with a 2.66 ERA (6 ER/20.1 IP) and 22 strikeouts in eight games (three starts). The Marlins selected Braley in the sixth round of the June 2017 First-Year Date Location Result/Time New Orleans Baby Cakes (Triple-A) Player Draft out of Southern Mississippi. 5/4 GREENSBORO W 9-8 Pacific Coast League (American Southern) About Last Night: Ethan Clark struck out a season-high eight batters, but the Hoppers fell, 4-2, to the Drive on 5/5 GREENSBORO L 1-2 Thursday. The Drive scored two in the first and two more in the sixth while Greensboro came away with two runs in the 5/6 GREENSBORO L 2-10 60-62 3rd 14.5 GB third thanks to a Connor Scott sacrifice fly and ensuring Thomas Jones RBI-single to score Isael Soto and Garvis Lara, Last night: L, 3-2 vs. Memphis respectively. Clark (0-1) took the loss, working 5.0 innings in relief of starting pitcher Edward Cabrera, who worked 2.0 5/7 GREENSBORO L 2-3 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks while striking out three. Clark also gave up two 8/15 at Greenville 7:05 PM runs (one earned) during his outing, striking out eight and walking one. It was Clark's highest single-game strikeout Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp total since his last start against Greenville - July 20, 2017 - when he fanned a career-high 10 batters over 5 and 1/3 8/16 at Greenville 7:05 PM (Double-A) innings for Greensboro. Enmanuel De Jesus (7-4) earned the win. Marcos Latingua tossed the final 2.0 innings for the 8/17 at Greenville 7:05 PM Southern League (South) save (4). Zach Sterry belted a 2-run home run (4) in the sixth to break a 2-2 tie and give the Drive the lead for good. 21-30 5th 10.5 GB Ugly Streakers: Greensboro extended its season-long streak to eight losses, the fourth-longest streak in franchise Last night: W, 9-1 vs. Pensacola history. In the Grasshoppers era (since 2005), Greensboro has had just three losing streaks longer than the team's South Atlantic League Dugger (JAX), W, 7.0 IP , 5 H , 9 SO current slide. The Hoppers lost nine straight games May 28-June 5, 2005, during the team's inaugural season and again June 18-30, 2015. Two years ago, Greensboro lost a franchise-worst 14 straight games from August 23-September 5, 2nd Half Standings Dunand (JAX), 3-5, R , 2 2B , 2 RBI 2016 to wrap up the regular season. SAL Northern Division Jupiter Hammerheads (High-A) Staring Down a Sweep: Greensboro has been swept three times this season, all by Southern Division foes. The W-L GB Hoppers lost a 3-game series to Augusta (April 9-11), a 3-game series on the road at Asheville (May 9-11), and a 4-game *Lakewood 36-16 - Florida State League (South) set in Greensboro also to the Tourists (Aug. 10-13). As the Hoppers play Friday’s series finale against Greenville, the 24-26 4th 6.5 GB team is once again on the brink of suffering a sweep at the hands of a Southern Division foe. Hickory 32-21 4.5 Last night: W, 8-2 vs. Dunedin Kannapolis 25-26 10.5 Serving Up Ks: Drive starting Enmanual De Jesus fanned 10 batters Thursday, the most recent opposing pitcher with Delmarva 24-27 11.5 Mahan (JUP), 3-for-5, R , 2B , 3 RBI double-digit strikeouts against the Hoppers since July 25 when BlueClaws starter Spencer Howard fanned 10 in 5.1 Aiello (JUP), W, 2.0 IP , SO innings. There have been five individual pitchers to fan double-digit batters against Greensboro in 2018. West Virginia 24-27 11.5 Aug.15 at Greenville Enmanual De Jesus 10 K 7.0 IP GREENSBORO 21-28 13.5 July 25 at Lakewood Spencer Howard 10 K 5.1 IP Hagerstown 21-28 13.5 Greensboro Grasshoppers (Class A) July 9 at Lexington Carlos Hernandez 12 K 7.0 IP South Atlantic League (Northern) July 7 at Lexington Andres Sotillet 10 K 9.0 IP SAL Southern Division 21-28 T-6th 13.5 GB May 30 at Lakewood Will Stewart 10 K 9.0 IP W-L GB Last night: L, 4-2 vs. Greenville Eight-Game Slide: The Hoppers dropped their eighth straight game on Friday, extending the team’s longest losing skid Lexington 29-22 - De Jesus (GVL), W, 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 10 K of the season. Here is a look at the longest losing streaks in team history. Greenville 30-23 - Sterry (GVL), 1-for-4, R , HR , 2 RBI Losses Season Dates Notes Asheville 27-24 2.0 14 2016 8/23 – 9/5 Swept in final four series of year: at LWD, at HAG, vs. DEL, at LWD Charleston 23-28 6.0 Batavia Muckdogs (Short-Season A) 9 2015 6/18 – 6/30 Included 5-game series loss at West Virginia to open 2nd Half *Rome 23-28 6.0 New York Penn League (North) 9 2005 5/28 – 6/5 Longest losing streak of inaugural season, mark stood for 10 years Augusta 21-29 7.5 8 2018 8/9(1) – 8/16 Included 4-game sweep by Asheville with 9 HR allowed 25-31 4th 7.5 GB 7 2015 8/26 – 9/1 Late-season slide began with loss to Yoan Moncada and GVL Columbia 21-30 8.0 Last game: W, 8-4 vs. West Virginia 7 2015 8/10 – 8/17 Losing streak started and ended with extra-inning losses Reynolds (BAT), 2-3, R , HR , 2 RBI 7 2013 4/24 – 5/1 Austin Brice, Blake Logan each take two losses during streak *First Half Division Champion 7 2008 6/26 – 7/3 Swept 4 vs. KAN, 2 at WVA before series-opening win vs. DEL 7 2008 4/22 – 4/29 Fell in 14-inning game, 8-7, to Hagerstown on 4/24 Gulf Coast League Marlins (Rookie) 7 2007 8/27 – 9/3 Dropped 4 to KAN and 3 at WVA to wrap regular season Gulf Coast League (East) 7 2006 6/6 – 6/11 Lost 4 in a row to HIC and 3 at LEX 6 2018 5/5 – 5/11 Allowed nine or more runs in four of six games in slide 19-29 5th 13.5 GB 6 2016 7/9 – 7/17(1) Had won 9 straight to be season-high 16 games above .500 Last game: Off 6 2016 4/8 – 4/13 After opening season with a win, dropped next six to fall to 1-6 6 2012 7/1 – 7/6 Lost 17-2 by pitchers walking 11 batters at Kannapolis on July 5 6 2010 5/21 – 5/26 Longest losing streak of 2010 and longest since 6/26-7/3/2008 Dominican Summer Lg.