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Minor Leagues: Greensboro beats Lakewood's bullpen

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Greensboro Grasshoppers broke a 1-1 tie in the top of ninth Wednesday, scoring three runs off Lakewood relievers Jay Johnson and Chase Johnson on the way to a 4-1 South Atlantic League win.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Greensboro Grasshoppers broke a 1-1 tie in the top of ninth Wednesday, scoring three runs off Lakewood relievers Jay Johnson and Chase Johnson on the way to a 4-1 South Atlantic League win.

Jay Johnson started the ninth and was charged with all three runs after he left with one out and the bases loaded.

Greensboro's Michael Brady was perfect in the bottom of the ninth for his seventh save.

Wilmington 6, Frederick 5

WILMINGTON - The Blue Rocks earned their first walk-off win of the season, over the Keys in Carolina League action, on a wild pitch.

Yem Prades scored from third base on an attempted pitchout by Frederick reliever Sean Gleason that got past catcher Brian Ward to hand Wilmington a come-from-behind victory.

The Blue Rocks had trailed, 5-2, before tying the game with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to set the table for the dramatic ninth.

Trenton 4, Reading 3

READING - The Thunder overcame their Eastern League rivals on a Jose Gil single in the top of the 10th that drove in Jose Pirela.

Clearwater 5, Jupiter 1

JUPITER, Fla. - The Threshers never trailed as a trio of pitchers limited the Jupiter Hammerheads to three hits and a single run in Florida State League action.

 Greensboro 000 000 103 – 4 6 2

Lakewood 001 000 000 – 1 9 0

WP:Dayton (4-0, 4.58) . LP:Johnson (0-1, 6.48) . SV: Brady (7) . A: 5,722.

Frederick 101 021 000 – 5 10 1

Wilmington 001 010 031 – 6 8 1

WP:Lafferty (1-1, 2.35) . LP:Gleason (1-2, 7.64) . A: 5,574.

Trenton 000 200 001 1 – 4 11 0

Reading 020 000 010 0 – 3 7 0

WP: Arias. LP: Aumont. SV: Hernancez. HR: T-Sublett (1), R-Mitchell (2) . A: 4,673.

Clearwater 001 200 101 – 5 8 1

Jupiter 001 000 000 – 1 4 3

WP:Cosart (5-3, 2.87) . LP: James (0-8, 3.65) . HR: CLR: Castro (6), A: 1,445.

Camden 010 000 000 – 1 3 2

Long Island 013 036 20x – 15 14 0

WP: Diaz. LP: Rohrbaugh. HR: C-Burgumy (4), LI- Colina (3), Esquivel (2), House (1). A: 5,017.

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