Preview: Rogers to make pro debut
Today's Preview: The Grasshoppers (A, Marlins) play for their longest winning streak of the season as they host the Intimidators (A, White Sox) in Game 2 of this 4-game series. Greensboro is coming off three straight wins at First National Bank Field, including a doubleheader sweep of Lakewood on Sunday,
Today's Preview: The Grasshoppers (A, Marlins) play for their longest winning streak of the season as they host the Intimidators (A, White Sox) in Game 2 of this 4-game series. Greensboro is coming off three straight wins at First National Bank Field, including a doubleheader sweep of Lakewood on Sunday, the squad's third 3-game winning streak of the season. Today, 2017 first round selection Trevor Rogers makes his professional debut as he duels Blake Battenfield.
Hoppers Hurlers: Trevor Rogers, 20, makes his professional debut against Kannapolis after being selected by the Marlins in the first round (13th overall) in the June 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Carlsbad (N.M.) High School. The 6'6" left-hander signed for $3.4M following a High-School All-American First Team season in 2017. He is Miami's No. 5 Prospect according to MLB.com. In his final season at Carlsbad High, he went 11-0 with a 0.33 ERA, 134 strikeouts and 13 walks while throwing three no-hitters.
About Last Night:
Sluggin' Santos: Jhonny Santos became the second Hopper to hit two home runs in a game this season when he launched a pair of bombs against Kannapolis on Monday. It was the first multi-home run game of his career. Santos joined Thomas Jones, who had two home runs on May 3 against Hagerstown, as the only Hoppers with multi-HR games in 2018. Since 2011, Greensboro has seen 26 players hit two home runs in a game, however no Hoppers player has hit three home runs in a game in franchise history, since 2005.
BlueClaws Blanked Back-to-Back: The Grasshoppers tossed back-to-back shutouts Sunday to run the pitching staff's scoreless innings streak to 17.0 innings, including the final three innings of Saturday's game against Lakewood. These are the first back-to-back shutouts by Greensboro since 2014 when the Hoppers also shutout the BlueClaws in both games of a doubleheader on August 12. That day, Greensboro won Game 1, 7-0, followed by a 1-0 win in Game 2. Since the franchise became the Grasshoppers in 2005, they have thrown consecutive shutouts seven times, including thrice in the both games of a doubleheader.