MacIver Blasts Tourists to Exciting Win
LEXINGTON- Willie MacIver hit a pair of Home Runs and Colten Schmidt laid down six scoreless innings as the Asheville Tourists defeated the Lexington Legends 2-1 on Monday night. MacIver's two solo bombs were all the Tourists needed; even though the Legends made things interesting in the ninth.Schmidt was spectacular
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Schmidt was spectacular this evening. The left-hander went step-for-step with Lexington's
MacIver opened the scoring with a 517-foot Home Run to left centerfield to lead off the second inning. The blast drew oohhs and aahhs from the Lexington crowd as the ball disappeared while traveling over the flagpoles.
Lexington tied the game thanks to a two-out RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh.
With two outs the Tourists catcher stepped to the plate and hammered a
The win for Asheville earned them a series split with Lexington. The Tourists return home to open a four-game set with the Charleston RiverDogs on Tuesday night with the first pitch set for 7:05pm.