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PITTSBURGH, PA – AUGUST 22: Roansy Contreras #59 of the Pittsburgh Pirates delivers a pitch in the first inning during the game against the Atlanta Braves at PNC Park on August 22, 2022 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images) /

Greensboro gets blown out, Bradenton gets rained out

Thursday saw the Low-A Bradenton Marauders get rained out. The 65-62 Marauders will now play a double header against the Clearwater Threshers on Friday.

As for High-A Greensboro, they suffered an 11-2 blow out loss at the hands of the Bowling Green Hot Rods. After falling 11-2 against Bowling Green, the Grasshoppers are now 10 games under .500 on the season at 58-68.

Ricky DeVito started for the Grasshoppers and turned in a poor start. DeVito allowed 7 runs on four hits, three walks, two home runs and three strikeouts in 3 innings pitched. On the season, DeVito now owns a 5.40 ERA in 70 innings pitched.

Sergio Umana followed DeVito and walked two batters while recording a strikeout in 1 inning pitched. Denny Roman allowed 3 runs on three hits and three walks in 1.2 innings pitched. Logan Hofmann allowed a run in 1.1 innings pitched. Cristian Charle then cleaned the mess up with two strikeouts in 1.1 scoreless innings pitched.

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Greensboro’s only runs came in the 8th inning. Jacob Gonzalez singled to start the inning and went to third on a one-out double by Yoyner Fajardo. Both Gonzalez and Fajardo would score on a Jackson Glenn double, scoring the only runs of the night for the Grasshoppers.