Pitching, Long Ball Power Drive Past Tourists
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Three pitchers combined for eight shutout innings and the Greenville Drive scored four unanswered runs to down the Asheville Tourists, 4-1, on Tuesday evening, clinching a series win.Asheville got on the board first, as Danny Edgeworth bounced one off the top of the wall in deep left
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Three pitchers combined for eight shutout innings and the Greenville Drive scored four unanswered runs to down the Asheville Tourists, 4-1, on Tuesday evening, clinching a series win.
Asheville got on the board first, as
After Haworth kept the Tourists off the board in the top of the fourth, Greenville plated its first run of the night.
Lozada gave the Drive the lead in the bottom of the sixth, leading off the inning with his third homer of the year. Casas and
After Esplin led off the bottom of the eighth with a single, Casas deposited his 17th homer of the year on top of the Green Monster to extend Greenville's lead to 4-1. Drive reliever
Greenville pitching held Asheville to just five hits on the night, with relievers
Asheville starter Shane Lackey (3-10) was tagged with the loss, allowing two runs (one earned) on seven hits with a walk and five strikeouts.
Casas went 3-for-4 with a home run and three of Greenville's four RBI to lead the Drive at the plate, while Lozada was 2-for-4 with a home run and the Drive's fourth RBI. Esplin also went 2-for-4 on the night, while Granberg, Dearden, and
The Drive close out the series against the Tourists on Wednesday morning at 11:05 a.m.