Lackey's Strong Outing Not Enough to Cure Road Woes

July 16, 2019 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Asheville Tourists News Release

GREENVILLE - The Asheville Tourists dropped their second straight game to the Greenville Drive at Fluor Field on Tuesday night. The final score was 4-1. It is evident the Tourists have played much better baseball since the All-Star break and they remain competitive night in and night out; however, one thing that has not changed, yet, is this team's ability to consistently win on the road.

Asheville is 4-9 away from home since the break. The Tourists finished the first half ten games under .500 on the road. Despite those numbers, the T's competed tonight and were in the ballgame until the end.

Shelby Lackey went six innings and allowed only one earned run. Lackey's quality start was exactly what the Tourists needed because they had to face a tough pitcher in the Drive's Hunter Haworth. Asheville struck first off Haworth when Danny Edgeworth hit a solo Home Run in the top of the second inning.

Greenville responded with an unearned run in the third and then took the lead on a solo Home Run in the sixth. The game remained 2-1 all the way until the bottom of the eighth. That is when Greenville used a two-run Home Run to create some extra insurance.

The Tourists only had two base-runners over the final six innings; a single by Coco Montes and a walk drawn by Edgeworth. Montes finished with two of the Tourists five total hits.

The series wraps up on Wednesday morning with a special 11:05am start time. Asheville will attempt to avoid being swept while Greenville will look to surpass the Tourists in the standings.

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