Pittsburgh Pirates Prospects: 2022 Draft Pick Has Strong Low-A Debut & More

Notre Dame's Jack Brannigan (9) celebrates after hitting a homer that put the Fighting Irish in the lead at the top of the seventh inning during the NCAA Knoxville Super Regionals between Tennessee and Notre Dame at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee on Sunday, June 12, 2022.Utvsndbaseball 1434
Notre Dame's Jack Brannigan (9) celebrates after hitting a homer that put the Fighting Irish in the lead at the top of the seventh inning during the NCAA Knoxville Super Regionals between Tennessee and Notre Dame at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee on Sunday, June 12, 2022.Utvsndbaseball 1434 /
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High-A Greensboro gets shutout on Saturday night

Saturday night the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers were defeated by the Bowling Green Hot Rods 6-0. With the loss, the Grasshoppers fell to a porous 43-56 on the season.

As you would imagine when a team gets shutout, it was a poor night for the Grasshopper offense. Leadoff man Luke Brown went 1-for-4 and right fielder Yoyner Fajardo was 1-for-2 with a walk. Outside of an Abranhan Gutierrez walk, the Grasshoppers did not have another base runner. Greensboro batters not named Brown or Fajardo combined to go 0-for-21 with a walk.

Nick Garcia started for the Grasshoppers, but the 2020 draft pick would pitch just the 1st inning. The righty allowed 2 runs on four hits, a home run and a strikeout while throwing 28 pitches. Garcia owns a 4.18 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 84 innings pitched this season.

After Domingo Gonzalez allowed just one hit while walking a pair in 3 scoreless innings of relief, Matt Eckelman let the game get out of hand. Eckelman pitched 2 innings, allowing 3 runs on two hits, a walk, a home run, and he hit a batter. Logan Hofman and Wandi Montout each pitched a scoreless inning to finish things off for the Grasshopper pitching staff.