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Hoppers win Game 3 as four pitchers combine for 19 strikeouts

Blake Sabol's RBI single drives in go-ahead run as Greensboro takes 2-1 lead in High-A East Championship series
September 27, 2021

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ― Blake Sabol's sharp single up the middle drove home Lolo Sanchez with the tie-breaking run in the seventh inning, and four Greensboro pitchers combined for 19 strikeouts, lifting the Grasshoppers to a 6-5 victory over the top-seeded Hot Rods in Game 3 of the High-A East

Hoppers lose next-to-last game of season in 12 innings

Greensboro heads into finale needing victory to salvage split of six-game series
September 19, 2021

WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. ― Everson Pereira hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning to drive home the winning run and lift the Hudson Valley Renegades to a 5-4 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Dutchess Stadium on Saturday night. Pereira finished 2-for-4 with a home run

Blake Sabol's 2 home runs lead Hoppers to 8th straight win

Andres Alvarez and Eli Wilson also hit home runs as Greensboro pads pennant race lead to 5 1/2 games
September 5, 2021

GREENSBORO ― Blake Sabol hit a pair of two-run home runs and the Greensboro Grasshoppers won their eighth consecutive game, beating the Hudson Valley Renegades 8-4 in a key High-A East matchup Saturday night at First National Bank Field. Shortstop Andres Alvarez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, and

Hoppers offense collects 17 hits in 12-5 win at Asheville

Liover Peguero, Jared Triolo and Matt Gorski all have three hits in victory as Greensboro gains ground in playoff hunt
August 29, 2021

ASHEVILLE ― Lead-off hitter Liover Peguero went 3-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers pounded out 17 hits on the way to a 12-5 victory over the Asheville Tourists at McCormick Field on Saturday night. Jared Triolo hit three doubles and drove in two runs

Restocked Crawdads beat Hoppers to take 3-2 series lead

With 5 new players in lineup, Hickory wins to threaten Hoppers' streak of successful series
August 8, 2021

GREENSBORO ― All of a sudden, Sunday's series finale takes on added importance. There's a streak in jeopardy. Winning pitcher Kevin Gowdy struck out five in six dominant innings, and Dustin Harris went 5-for-6 with a double and two RBIs to lead the Hickory Crawdads to a 16-2 victory over

Flowers, Manasa combine to shut out Drive 6-0

Hoppers' Blake Sabol homers for third game in row, Jared Triolo hits solo shot and Nick Gonzales has 2 RBIs
July 25, 2021

GREENVILLE, S.C. ― Right-handers J.C. Flowers and Alex Manasa combined on a five-hit shutout, and Blake Sabol homered for the third consecutive game, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 6-0 victory over the Greenville Drive at Fluor Field on Saturday night. Flowers (4-1, 3.08 ERA) threw 80 pitches in six

Fraizer extends hitting streak in Hoppers loss

Greensboro lead-off hitter homers to run streak to 10 games, and Hoppers win series despite lopsided loss in finale
July 11, 2021

GREENSBORO ― Matthew Fraizer hit his team-leading 15th home run and extended his hitting streak to 10 games, but the Greensboro Grasshoppers lost their series finale to the Asheville Tourists 10-3 on Sunday afternoon at First National Bank Field. The Hoppers (35-25) won four out of six games in the

Hoppers hit 7 doubles, split series with Hot Rods

Will Matthiessen goes 8-for-17 with 4 doubles and HR on road trip
July 5, 2021

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. ― Red-hot Will Matthiessen hit two more doubles, and Greensboro finished with seven doubles in all as the Grasshoppers clobbered host Bowling Green 13-5 Sunday evening to split their six-game series with the Hot Rods. Greensboro scored its 13 runs on 13 hits ― seven doubles and

Gonzales, Macias hit HRs as Hoppers win in series finale

Red-hot Greensboro takes five of six in series with Greenville
June 27, 2021

GREENSBORO ― Top prospect Nick Gonzales homered in his second consecutive game since returning from the injured list, and Fabricio Macias hit a home run to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, leading the Greensboro Grasshoppers to a 9-5 victory over the Greenville Drive on a sunny Sunday afternoon

Hoppers shut out Dash 7-0 to split rivalry series

Battle of I-40 knotted 6-6 after first series in Winston-Salem since 1968
June 20, 2021

WINSTON-SALEM ― Right-hander J.C. Flowers won in his second start, combining with two relievers on a three-hit shutout as the Greensboro Grasshoppers beat the Winston-Salem Dash 7-0 at Truist Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Fabricio Macias and Jared Triolo both went 3-for-5 for the Hoppers, who split the series and evened