Francisco Acuña's home run lifts Hoppers to 2-1 win
BROOKLYN ― Raise your hand if you would’ve picked Francisco Acuna as the player most likely to hit a clutch home run. Now put your hand down. Because, no, you would not. And yet it was, indeed, Acuña ― all 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds of him ― who launched a
Hoppers singing the 'Extra-Inning Blues'
GREENSBORO ― For the third time in a week, the Greensboro Grasshoppers ended nine innings locked in a tie score. And for the third time in a week, the Hoppers lost in extra innings. Kennedy Corona hit a two-run single in the 10th inning, and A.J. Lee added a two-run
Michell Miliano nails down 10th-inning win
WiNSTON-SALEM ― Right-hander Michell Miliano retired all three batters he faced in the 10th inning, nailing down the Greensboro Grasshoppers 5-4 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash at Truist Stadium on Thursday night. With pinch-runner Shawn Goosenberg placed at second to start the 10th, Miliano coaxed a fly out, then struck
Bad bounces, home run robbery sink Hoppers
GREENSBORO ― The ball left Jacob Gonzalez's bat with a loud crack and sailed deep into straightaway center field, bound for the wall 400 feet away. It was high. It was far. It was ... caught. Wilmington center fielder Jeremy Ydens sprinted back to the warning track, leaped at the
Jacob Gonzalez has 4 RBIs in Hoppers debut
HICKORY ― Jacob Gonzalez made his debut with the Grasshoppers a game to remember. Gonzalez went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double, four RBIs and a walk, leading Greensboro to a 6-4 victory over the Hickory Crawdads at L.P. Frans Stadium on Tuesday night. Gonzalez, a 23-year-old corner infielder,
Hoppers' balanced lineup clobbers Asheville
GREENSBORO ― Center fielder Matt Gorski went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, and the Grasshoppers' offense rapped out 15 hits as Greensboro clobbered the Asheville Tourists 14-3 at First National Bank Field on Wednesday night. Gorski's home run was a missile, a game-tying two-run shot in the