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Recapping Wednesday's Pirate minor league action
By Marty Leap
9th inning rally falls short in wild game for Greensboro
In one of the crazier baseball games anyone will see this season, the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers had a 9th inning rally fall short in a 16-14 loss against the Aberdeen IronBirds. With the loss, the Grasshoppers are now 38-37 on the season.
Greensboro scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning. This came after they scored 2 runs in the 6th, 4 runs in the 7th, and a run in the 8th. Despite a valiant late effort from the offense, the Grasshopper rally came up short.
Lead off man Mike Jarvis was 0-for-3 but did draw three walks. Tres Gonzalez was 2-for-5 with a double, walk, and a run scored. Jase Bowen was 2-for-4 with his 16th home run of the season, a walk, two runs scored, and five RBI.
Will Matthiessen also hit a home run, giving him 8 on the season. Matthiessen finished the game 4-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBI. Catcher Eli Wilson went 1-for-4 with a triple, run scored, and two RBI. Brenden Dixon was 1-for-3 with two RBI.
The Greensboro pitching staff? Well. It was a lot of bad. Grasshopper pitchers allowed 16 runs, all earned, on 20 hits, five home runs, four walks, three wild pitches, and a hit batter. Not good!