Finishing Issues Creep Up for Second Straight Night
ASHEVILLE- For the second straight night the Asheville Tourists played eight great innings of baseball. After blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning yesterday, the Tourists watched a 4-0 lead slip away in the ninth inning today. The Lakewood BlueClaws eventually won 7-5 in 11 innings.Shelby Lackey paced the
ASHEVILLE- For the second straight night the Asheville Tourists played eight great innings of baseball. After blowing a two-run lead in the ninth inning yesterday, the Tourists watched a 4-0 lead slip away in the ninth inning today. The Lakewood BlueClaws eventually won 7-5 in 11 innings.
Lakewood only managed one hit over the seventh and eighth innings against Asheville's bullpen for a total of three knocks through eight frames; however, in the ninth the BlueClaws woke up again. A lead-off Home Run made it 4-1. The next three hitters all reached thanks to an infield single and a pair of walks.
The Tourists kept it tied and had a chance to walk off in the bottom of the ninth. Asheville put runners at second and third with two outs but could not plate the winning run. Lakewood scored once in the top of the tenth and
The BlueClaws scored two in the top of the 11th and that was the final blow. The Tourists went down without a run in their last at-bats. This is the third time this season the Tourists have led by four runs down the stretch and failed to secure a victory.