Drive Pound Tourists on Saturday
Greenville, SC - The Greenville Drive offense took care of business early and often on Saturday night at Fluor Field, pounding out 16 hits in a 13-5 blowout of the Asheville Tourists. The Drive have now clinched a victory of the three-game series.Trailing 3-0 entering the bottom of the second,
Greenville, SC - The Greenville Drive offense took care of business early and often on Saturday night at Fluor Field, pounding out 16 hits in a 13-5 blowout of the Asheville Tourists. The Drive have now clinched a victory of the three-game series.
Trailing 3-0 entering the bottom of the second, the Drive (15-38) combined several timely hits with shaky defense by the Tourists (20-33) to take a 5-3 lead. After a two-out error extended the inning,
Asheville scored all five of their runs via the home run. They took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first thanks to back-to-back homers, a two-run shot by
The game remained tied at five until the fifth, and the Drive scored eight unanswered runs over the next three innings to run away for good. With two on and two outs in the fifth,
Rios continued his strong series by leading off the sixth with a single, and he followed by stealing second before scoring on a pair of wild pitches. He added a two-run double in the seventh before coming home on an RBI hit from Campana.
Nishioka led the Drive offense by going 4-4 with three RBI. Rios and Suarez added three hits apiece, while Campana reached base five times with two hits and three walks.
The Drive will go for a sweep of the series on Sunday afternoon at Fluor Field at 4:05. Right-hander
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