Suns-Grasshoppers Suspended on Sunday

Hagerstown, MD - The Hagerstown Suns and Greensboro Grasshoppers contest on Sunday afternoon was suspended in the fourth with Hagerstown staked to a 5-2 lead. Play will resume on Monday at 1:00 PM with the completion of today's game followed by an abbreviated seven-inning game to close out the series against Greensboro at Historic Municipal Stadium.

The Grasshoppers were first to score on Sunday, with A.J. Bogucki on the mound for Hagerstown. With one out, Cameron Baranek hit a double high off-the-wall in center field and scored when Lazaro Alonso doubled to the right-center field gap to give the Grasshoppers a 1-0 lead.
Hagerstown immediately answered back in the bottom of the frame, scoring five runs against Grasshoppers starter Taylor Rogers. Cole Freeman led off with a double to left center and Yasel Antuna was hit by a pitch. Aldrem Corredor walked to load the bases and with two outs, Luis Garcia singled to left to score Freeman and keep the bases loaded with a tie game. Jake Scudder hammered his second home run of the season in the next at-bat, improving the Suns lead to 5-1. Scudder's grand slam traveled 369 feet over the right field wall and was his first homer at Historic Municipal Stadium this season.
The Grasshoppers loaded the bases in the fourth against Bogucki, but the Greensboro rally was cut short by rain. Alonso led off with a single to right and Marcos Rivera walked behind him. Sam Castro reached on an infield single to load the bases, and Zach Sullivan walked to push Alonso to the plate, making it a 5-2 lead. The rain, which had begun falling in the top of the third, intensified to the point where play could not be continued. The game entered into a delay and eventually the game was suspended due to the inclement weather.
The Suns and Grasshoppers will resume play with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the fourth inning on Monday, with a 1:00 PM first pitch while gates to Historic Municipal Stadium will open at 12:30 PM. Greensboro and Hagerstown will finish the final six innings in the continuance of Sunday's game, while Monday's game will become a seven-inning contest scheduled to begin approximately 30 minutes following the final out of game one.
Fans who purchased tickets to Sunday's game can exchange their ticket for entry to any remaining Suns home game for the 2018 regular season.