Sweeping in Style, Tourists Best Grasshoppers 10-5
May 11, 2018 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Asheville Tourists News Release
ASHEVILLE - The Asheville Tourists began the season 3-13 through their first 16 games. That is a distant memory. The second 16 games of the year concluded tonight and Asheville won ten of them. The Tourists defeated the Greensboro Grasshoppers 10-5 and in doing so completed a three-game sweep.
Greensboro led for the first half of the game but the Tourists were never out of it. Trailing 4-2 entering the bottom of the sixth, Asheville rallied for five runs including a two-run triple from Ramon Marcelino and a two-run double off the bat of Bret Boswell.
Asheville added two more in the seventh when Ryan Vilade doubled home Sean Bouchard and Chad Spanberger scored on a Matt McLaughlin sacrifice fly. Boswell then launched a solo Home Run in the eighth for good measure.
The Grasshoppers used a three-run Home Run in the top of the first to build an early advantage; however, Spanberger answered with a two-run double in the bottom of the first to keep Asheville within striking distance. Spanberger finished the game 4-for-4.
Antonio Santos started for the Tourists and fought through five innings. His brightest moment was when he worked out of a fifth inning jam. With the visitors already in front 4-2, Greensboro had runners at the corners with no outs. Santos induced a pop out before recording back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat.
The Tourists bullpen combination of Erick Julio, Ben Bowden, and Derrik Watson tossed the final four frames and limited the Grasshoppers to only one run.
Next up for the Tourists are the red-hot Kannapolis Intimidators. Game one of the scheduled four-game series is set for 6:05pm at McCormick Field on Saturday night.
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