Big inning powers Hoppers to first road win

WINSTON-SALEM ― Maikol Escotto doubled and drove in three runs, Sammy Siani reached base five times and drove in two runs, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Winston-Salem Dash 12-5 at Truist Stadium on Wednesday night.

Escotto, Siani, Jack Herman and Endy Rodriguez all had RBI hits during a six-run rally in the top of the fifth inning for the Hoppers, who won their first road game of the young South Atlantic League season.

Hudson Head hit a solo home run and drew a bases-loaded walk for the Hoppers.

Top prospect Henry Davis went 2-for-5 with an RBI double, raising his batting average to .316. Abrahan Gutierrez , Rodriguez and Herman all had two hits for Greensboro, which scored 12 runs on 12 hits.

Siani went 1-for-1 and walked four times, raising his batting average to .308.

Right-hander Grant Ford (1-0) ― the second of seven Hoppers pitchers in the game ― picked up the win in relief, striking out two in two scoreless innings.

Dash 4, Hoppers 3

Henry Davis and Maikol Escotto both hit solo home runs, and Dariel Lopez went 1-for-4 with an RBI single to lead Greensboro in a 4-3 loss to the Dash on Tuesday night at Truist Stadium.

The Hoppers led 3-0 through four innings, but the Dash bullpen worked five scoreless innings as four relief pitchers combined to strike out 10.

Winston-Salem's Bryan Ramos hit a two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs. Zacj Cable (1-0) struck out four in two scoreless innings to pick up the win in relief.

Hoppers' pitchers struck out 10. Starter Jared Jones walked two and struck out seven in 3 1/3 innings. Right-hander Jack Carey (0-1) took the loss, allowing two earned runs on three hits in two innings of work.