Dash Takes 3-Game Lead in I-40 Series with Hoppers

June 12, 2022 – South Atlantic League (SAL) – Greensboro Grasshoppers News Release

WINSTON-SALEM ― Alsander Womack scored the tie-breaking run on a wild pitch, and Terrell Tatum followed with a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning, sparking the Winston-Salem Dash to a 7-3 victory over the Greensboro Grasshoppers at Truist Stadium on Saturday night.

Oscar Colas went 2-for-5 and hit a game-tying three-run home run in the fifth inning for the Dash, which now leads the season series 7-4 in “The Battle for I-40” rivalry.

Right-handed reliever Michell Miliano (1-1) took the loss for Greensboro, allowing three earned runs on two hits and three walks in one inning of work.

Dariel Lopez went 2-for-4 and hit a solo home run, his seventh of the season, to lead the Hoppers.

Jackson Glenn hit a solo home run for the second consecutive game, and Jacob Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a double.

NOTES

The Grasshoppers have lost 12 of their last 15 games.

First baseman Jacob Gonzalez has been one of the South Atlantic League’s best players since his promotion from Class-A Bradenton on May 10. He has hit safely in 20 of 25 games since then, with 10 multi-hit games. Gonzalez is 33-for-94 (.351) with five home runs, four doubles and 13 RBIs.

Leadoff hitter Sammy Siani went 1-for-4 with a run scored Saturday. Siani, a 21-year-old outfielder who leads the Hoppers with 11 stolen bases, was the 37th overall pick in the 2019 draft, a high school player selected between the first and second rounds.

Center fielder Hudson Head, a 21-year-old rated by MLB Pipeline as the No. 20 prospect in Pittsburgh’s farm system, went 0-for-3 with a walk Saturday. Head has reached base in 30 of his last 33 games.

In his career at the News & Record, journalist Jeff Mills won 10 national and 12 state writing awards from the Associated Press Sports Editors, the Society for Features Journalism, and the N.C. Press Association.

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