SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The Hub City Spartanburgers (17-15) lost their third straight game to the Greensboro Grasshoppers (22-10) Saturday, falling by a final of 9-5 at Fifth Third Park. The Spartanburgers jumped ahead thanks to a grand slam from Gleider Figuereo, but the offense fell silent, and the bullpen was knocked around.
Figuereo’s second home run of the season, a 105 mile-per-hour rocket off Greensboro starter Antwone Kelly, scored Arturo Disla, Cal Stark and Casey Cook. Disla doubled on the first pitch of the bottom of the second, Stark hustled out a bunt single on pitch two, and Cook saw six. Figuereo blasted the third pitch he saw over the right-field wall and electrified the crowd of almost 4,000.
Hub City starter D.J. McCarty tossed three scoreless frames and left the ballgame after ceding a two-run single in the top of the fourth to Grasshoppers left fielder Enmanuel Terrero. McCarty struck out five and only left with the two earned runs on his line, as Anthony Susac escaped the fourth with a strikeout and a runner caught stealing. Susac kept the 4-2 Spartanburgers lead intact with a zero in the fifth…