Double Header Sweep Puts Tourists Back over .500
ASHEVILLE-- The Asheville Tourists swept a double-header from the Augusta GreenJackets on Wednesday night. Asheville pulled out game one by a score of 5-4 and built a big lead in game two before winning 8-5. The two wins brought the Tourists second half record to 30-29.Asheville won a total of
ASHEVILLE-- The Asheville Tourists swept a double-header from the Augusta GreenJackets on Wednesday night. Asheville pulled out game one by a score of 5-4 and built a big lead in game two before winning 8-5. The two wins brought the Tourists second half record to 30-29.
Asheville won a total of 29 games in the first half therefore the 30 second half victories is already an improvement. Asheville still has 11 games left on the schedule.
In game one, the Tourists scored all five of their runs over the first two innings. Augusta plated one in the first and one in the second. The score remained 5-2 until
The second game saw Asheville build a 7-0 lead thanks to a run in the first and second inning, followed by a five-run third.
Offensively the Tourists were led by
Asheville will attempt to win the series against Augusta with a victory on Thursday. It is the final time these two teams will play in 2017.