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Pirates Prospect Watch: Greensboro Forces a Deciding Game Three

Greensboro won 3-1 on Thursday, forcing a deciding game three on Friday in the semi-finals of the South Atlantic League playoffs.

The Grasshoppers took an early 1-0 lead after a throwing error with two outs in the first let Jack Brannigan score. Brannigan would later bring in the second run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning. Mitch Jebb brought in the third run with an RBI single in the eighth inning. Javier Rivas scored both the second and third runs.

Wilber Dotel made the start, throwing three shutout innings.