SAL1 Greenville Drive

Drive Steam Roll Past Tourists, 16-0

Published on August 29, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Greenville Drive News Release


Asheville, NC - One night after the Tourists racked up 16 hits, the Greenville Drive (69-67, 29-37) turned the trick. With 18 hits of their own tonight, the Drive romped to a 16-0 stomping of the Asheville Tourists (82-54, 36-30) on Friday night.

The hits and runs came early and often for the Drive. Greenville scored in every inning but the third and ninth. After an unearned run in the first, The Drive sent 11 hitters to the plate in the second and picked up six runs off Shane Lindsay. Lindsay (1-2) in two innings of work allowed seven runs, though only six were earned, on nine hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

With a commanding 7-0 lead after two innings, Terumasa Matsuo settled in and pitched a gem against a Tourists team that had clobbered him in two previous outings. Matsuo (7-5) tossed seven scoreless innings on two hits with just a walk and eight strikeouts. The Tourists did not get a runner to second base until the eighth inning, when Jeffrey Cunningham made it there on back-to-back singles.

After single runs in the fourth and fifth, Greenville exploded for three in both the sixth and the eighth and put together one more in the ninth. Michael Almanzar led the way for the Drive with a double as part of a 4-for-6 night. David Mailman had three hits - a home run and a pair of doubles - while Carlos Fernandez, David Marks, Manny Arambarris, Will Vazquez and Thomas DiBenedetto also had multi-hit games for the Drive. Both of Marks' hits were home runs against Cory Riordan.

The Drive will now head to Hickory, North Carolina to closeout the 2008 season with a three-game series with the Crawdads (affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates). Right-hander Chad Povich will toe the rubber for Greenville as Hickory counters with right-hander Emilis Guerrero.

For more information regarding 2009 Greenville Drive ticket plans, group outings and luxury accommodations, visit www.GreenvilleDrive.com or call (864) 240-4500.

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