Hub City returned to the win column Thursday night at Fluor Field, taking Game 3 of a six-game road series from Greenville by a final of 6-2. The victory moved the Spartanburgers to 10-13 on the season and ended a four-consecutive-loss skid that had dropped them below .500 heading into the week.
The formula was straightforward: patience at the plate and stingy pitching. Hub City drew 10 walks — a season high — while Enrique Segura opened on the mound and worked into the fourth, allowing two runs. Brock Porter then entered in piggyback fashion and tossed 3 1/3 scoreless innings, navigating six baserunners, to earn his third win of the year. Cole Stasio finished with 1 2/3 scoreless frames.
Hub City’s offense manufactured runs early and often through free passes rather than hard contact. The breakthrough came in the first inning when Arturo Disla worked a leadoff walk, Rafe Perich followed with a single, and a balk by Greenville starter Kyson Witherspoon pushed Disla home for the 1-0 advantage. Greenville tied it in the bottom half on a Gerardo Rodriguez sacrifice fly, but the Spartanburgers quickly retook control. In the second, walks to Quincy Scott and Carter Garate loaded the bases, setting the stage for Luke Hanson to deposit a three-run shot over the center-field wall — his second home run in as many games and the first of his professional career coming the night before. That put Hub City ahead 4-1.
Perich added a solo homer in the fifth off Steven Brooks, his first of the season, to make it 5-2. Ben Hartl drove home the final run with an RBI single in the seventh. Hub City finished with just five hits but scored six runs thanks to 10 walks.
Greenville stranded 11 runners and went 0-for-12 with runners in scoring position — a futile night despite the traffic. Justin Gonzales reached base in all five plate appearances for the Drive, including two hit-by-pitches, but the lineup could not convert.
Hub City sends J’Briell Easley (0-0, 3.52 ERA) to the mound Friday, looking for back-to-back wins to close out the road trip before a May 5 home stand against the Wilmington Blue Rocks.
