Kannapolis Drops Series with Greensboro to End First Half
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - The Kannapolis Intimidators (28-40) finished off their series with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (44-25) on Sunday afternoon with Devon Perez (L, 0-1) making his first start of the season. Kannapolis dropped their third-straight game, though, 5-2.Just as Greensboro managed to do twice already in the series, they jumped
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. - The Kannapolis Intimidators (28-40) finished off their series with the Greensboro Grasshoppers (44-25) on Sunday afternoon with
Just as Greensboro managed to do twice already in the series, they jumped on Kannapolis early in the first inning. After a double from
Back-to-back extra-base hits in the bottom of the second cut the deficit in half for Kannapolis. First,
In the following frame in the top of the third, Greensboro got that run right back.
In the following top-half inning in the fourth, a
After a clean eighth inning of work,
Despite threatening with two on and the tying run at the plate, Kannapolis wasn't able to take advantage and failed to get any runs across and fell 5-2 on a Father's Day afternoon.
Kannapolis will head into the All-Star Break over the next three days, and will begin a homestand against Augusta on Thursday, June 20.