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Lee's 10th-inning HR gives Legends 6-5 win

Olloque drives in four as Legends win fourth straight
Khalil Lee hit the first pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning for a game-winning home run. (Mary Lay)
August 19, 2017

Khalil Lee led off the 10th inning with a 420-foot home run to right center field, giving the Lexington Legends a 6-5 win over the Asheville Tourists Saturday night in front of 5,843 fans at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.Manny Olloque had two two-run doubles for the Legends, who held leads of

Khalil Lee led off the 10th inning with a 420-foot home run to right center field, giving the Lexington Legends a 6-5 win over the Asheville Tourists Saturday night in front of 5,843 fans at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
Manny Olloque had two two-run doubles for the Legends, who held leads of 3-0 and 5-2 before the Tourists came back to tie the game at 5-5 with a run in the ninth inning.
Lexington opened the scoring with a run in the first. With one out, Vance Vizcaino singled, moved to second when Lee grounded out, and scored on Gabriel Cancel's single.
 Olloque's two-run double in the fourth inning put Lexington in front 3-0.
 The Tourists did not have a hit in the first five innings against Legends' starter Anthony Bender, but Jacob Bosiokovic led off the sixth with a single.   After Ben Johnson grounded into a force play, Max George lined a double to left field, scoring Johnson with Asheville's first run.   A two-out single by Vince Fernandez brought George home and left the score at 3-2.
The Legends extended the lead again in the bottom of the sixth.   Cancel and Joe Dudek singled, and both moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Meibrys Viloria.   Olloque followed with another double, scoring Cancel and Dudek.
Taylor Snyder's two-run homer in the top of the seventh brought the Tourists to within a run at 5-4.
Manny Melendez started the Asheville ninth with a single. He moved to second on Snyder's sacrifice bunt and scored the tying run on a single by Bosiokovic.
The score remained 5-5 until Lee's homer ended the game.
Arnaldo Hernandez (2-1) who pitched the top of the 10th for Lexington, got the win. Reid Humphreys, who threw one pitch to Lee in the bottom of the 10th, took the loss.
The Legends have won the first two games of the series, which continues Sunday. Game time is 2:05 p.m.