Harris Hits a Pair of Homers in First Half Finale
ASHEVILLE- The big inning just continues to bite the Asheville Tourists. Hopefully that will change in the season's second half. Asheville finished the first half of the season with a 29-41 record after dropping the series finale to the Lakewood BlueClaws this afternoon 6-5. In 36 of their 41 losses
ASHEVILLE- The big inning just continues to bite the Asheville Tourists. Hopefully that will change in the season's second half. Asheville finished the first half of the season with a 29-41 record after dropping the series finale to the Lakewood BlueClaws this afternoon 6-5. In 36 of their 41 losses they surrendered at least one inning of three or more runs; today was no different.
The BlueClaws took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning but the Tourists did a good job limiting the damage in the frame. Lakewood had the bases loaded with no outs and settled for one.
Asheville fell behind 4-1 when Lakewood received a bases-clearing double in the top of the fifth. The offense bounced back in the bottom half with a pair of runs that were scored by
In the top of the ninth Lakewood used a two-run Home Run to extend their lead out to 6-3. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Harris launched another Home Run. This longball was a two-run shot and pulled Asheville back within a run.