One Hit Wonder: Tourists shut out, 2-0
Published on June 21, 2009 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Asheville Tourists News Release
(Bowling Green, KY) The first half of the season came to an end on Sunday with a 2-0 loss for Asheville on Father's Day. Dan Houston provided the Tourists with solid starting pitching but Asheville was held to just one hit in the loss. Asheville finishes the first half of the 2009 season with a 26-43 record. The 26 wins marks the lowest win total in the first half of the season as a Rockies affiliate, dating back to 1994. Beau Seabury provided an infield single for the only hit of the game.
Dan Houston (2-6) tossed seven innings and allowed just two runs (one earned) in the loss. The Hot Rods centerfielder Anthony Scelfo smacked a homerun to leadoff the first inning for the only earned run of the game. Houston then controlled the pace from there on out and at one point retired 14 consecutive batters, ranging from the second until the seventh inning. Houston left trialing 2-0 after seven innings, walking one and striking out three.
Bowling Green's Nick Barnese (1-1) held Asheville to jut the Seabury hit through seven innings in his first win of the season. Barnese struck out six and walked none in the win. Josh Satow pitched the final two innings of scoreless relief to earn his 8th save on the year. The loss drops Asheville to 1-5 against the Hot Rods in their inaugural season.
The Tourists were held to just four base runners on the Afternoon. Ryan Peisel reached on a Tim Beckham error in the second inning and Beau Seabury reached on an infield single in the fifth. Josh Satow walked Seabury in the eighth and Pacheco in the ninth.
The Tourists will take three days for the All-Star break, before returning to McCormick Field on Thursday to open up a four game series against the first half champion Greenville Drive.
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