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Spartanburgers hit four homers in win at Greensboro
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Hub City flipped the script Thursday against the team with the most home runs in the South Atlantic League, taking down Greensboro 7-4. Four separate Spartanburgers home runs powered the offense, while Josh Trentadue and Kolton Curtis (W, 2-1) combined for all nine innings on the mound with 10 strikeouts. Both starters allowed a runner into scoring position in the first but eventually put zeroes on the scoreboard. Facing Greensboro right-hander Khristian Curtis (L, 1-4), Yeison Morrobel mashed the first pitch of the top of the second inning off the right-field scoreboard. Trentadue protected the lead, working around a walk and an error in the bottom half. After a calmer third frame, Khristian Curtis lost his command in the fourth. The Spartanburgers led the inning off with a walk and a single. A Greensboro fielding error contributed to the Spartanburgers scoring a run. After a couple more walks and a pitching change, new reliever Jack Carey stranded three on the bags. Hub City got to Carey in the fifth. With one out, Keith Jones tagged a line-drive home run to right. Anthony Gutierrez followed Jones up with his first homer of the season, sending one well over the left-center field wall. Kolton Curtis took over for Trentadue in the bottom of the fifth. Duce Gourson responded with two outs for a two-run home run to cut the Hub City lead in half. In the top of the sixth, Arturo Disla traded another blow. Disla scorched a two-run blast of his own to dead-center. The 'Burgers tacked on one more run in the seventh. Gutierrez was hit by the first pitch of the inning. He stole second, and Morrobel doubled home the seventh run of the game for Hub City. It was the last of three hits on the evening for Morrobel, collecting a second RBI. The Grasshoppers fought back in the eighth against Kolton Curtis. Keiner Delgado started the inning with a leadoff homer. The next two batters reached on a single and a walk. Kolton Curtis promptly rolled a double play. A two-out single from Omar Alfonzo scored a second run in the inning. The Spartanburgers went into the ninth with a three-run lead. Morrobel popped out to finish a clean top of the inning and end any chance of a cycle. After a leadoff single in the bottom half, Kolton Curtis turned his own double play on a comebacker. One pitch later, the Spartanburgers turned a ground ball into the final out of the contest. With a 7-4 win, the Spartanburgers take a 2-1 series lead into Friday. RHP David Davalillo (4-0, 1.02 ERA) toes the rubber for Hub City trying to follow up his SAL May Pitcher of the Month selection. Greensboro sends LHP Connor Wietgrefe (0-2, 6.75 ERA) out there to challenge. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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08-05-2025
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Spartanburgers down Rome Wednesday, alone in first place
SPARTANBURG, S.C — After taking game one of the series on Tuesday night, the Spartanburgers awoke to early alarms and were greeted by seats full of schoolchildren for an 11:05 a.m. ET Education Day game presented by Fifth Third Bank. The Hub City (17-12) offense was ready for action, leading the team to a 7-5 win over Greensboro (19-10), despite a late comeback effort from the visitors. Yeison Morrobel made a splash in his first-ever game as a Spartanburger, smacking two hits and racking up 4 RBIs. Gleider Figuereo also knocked two hits and plated Morrobel for the Spartanburgers' first run of the game. Coming into the series, the Grasshopper offense led the South Atlantic League in runs scored and batting average. Aidan Curry, Anthony Susac (W, 1-1) and Josh Mollerus kept the bats in check for the first eight innings. Although Greensboro second baseman Keiner Delgado struck first with a big fly off Curry in the top of the second, the righty starter settled in, holding the Grasshoppers to two runs through 4 1/3 innings. Run support started as a steady drip for Hub City against Greensboro left-hander Connor Wietgrefe (L, 0-1), as Figuereo singled in Arturo Disla with two outs in the second. With two outs in the third, Morrobel drove in Dylan Dreiling to put the Spartanburgers ahead, 2-1. After the Grasshoppers tied the game at two in the top of the fourth, the Spartanburgers' offense exploded for a five-run bottom of the fourth. Theo Hardy doubled in Cal Stark, Esteban Mejia plated Figuereo with a single, and Morrobel bashed a three-run two-bagger which scored Stark, Mejia and Dreiling, who reached on a walk. Hub City led 7-2 after the four-hit, five-run inning. Susac closed out the top of the fifth with a double play in relief of Curry and tossed a one-two-three sixth. Mollerus handled the seventh and eighth without trouble. However, as a drizzle began to fall, the ninth became testy for the Spartanburgers. Victor Simeon came in for Mollerus; after giving up two runs on two hits and three walks, Simeon was lifted for Wilian Bormie (S, 3). Bormie entered with the bases loaded, and after walking the first batter he faced, struck out back-to-back Grasshoppers to end the game. The Spartanburgers have a chance to clinch a share of the series Thursday, with game three set to begin at 6:35 p.m. ET. Hub City gives the ball to southpaw Josh Trentadue (1-1, 0.60 ERA) while Greensboro counters with right-hander Hung-Leng Chang (1-1, 5.49 ERA). Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WSPA 7NEWS.
