SAL1 Greensboro Grasshoppers

Stanton Homers as Grasshoppers Topple Hickory, 6-1

Published on April 8, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Greensboro Grasshoppers News Release


Greensboro, N.C. - Greensboro's Mike Stanton had just one hit in the game, but it was a big one as the six foot, five inch right fielder hammered the Grasshoppers first home run of the season Tuesday en route to a 6-1 victory over the visiting Hickory Crawdads.

After a scoreless first inning, the Grasshoppers unleashed with the most runs they've scored in a single inning this season-four. Mike Stanton was hit by the fourth pitch of the inning by Hickory starter Matt Foust and Tom Hickman, Adam Howard and Jameson Smith followed with a double and back-to-back singles, respectively. After a sacrifice fly by Emilio Ontiveros and a walk, Danny Garcia singled for the final hit of the inning as Stanton, Hickman, Howard and Smith all crossed the plate.

Greensboro (4-2) and Hickory (4-2) then combined for four and a half scoreless innings until Stanton stepped to the plate to leadoff the bottom of the seventh inning and delivered a 385 foot blast over the left-center field wall for the Grasshoppers' first homer of the season.

The shut out was broken up in the top of the eighth when Jose De Los Santos scored on a wild pitch; however, Greensboro got the run back in the bottom half of the inning on back-to-back singles by Garcia and Hunter Mense.

Brett Durand (1-0) picked up the win after pitching 5.0 scoreless innings in which he allowed just two hits and threw 58 pitches, 42 for strikes. Durand was relieved by Shawn Phillips (2.0 ip), Don Czyz (1.0 ip) and Andrew Battisto (1.0 ip).

Greensboro will look to take the upper hand in the series as the Hoppers play Game 3 of its current four-game series Wednesday against the Hickory Crawdads at 7 p.m. For ticket information, please contact the Grasshoppers Box Office at 336.268.2255 or online at www.gsohoppers.com.

The Grasshoppers have welcomed over 1,250,000 fans to NewBridge Bank Park, becoming the only Class A team in the history of Minor League Baseball to draw over 400,000 fans and grow its attendance for three straight years in a new ballpark. They are the proud recipients of both the South Atlantic League's Club Merit Award and the General Manager of the Year Award for the past three years.

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