Schmidt Showcases Electric Stuff but Receives No Help
ROME- The Asheville Tourists are in a funk offensively. For the second straight game, baserunners were nearly impossible to come by. The Rome Braves handed the Tourists a 5-1 loss in a near mirror image of last night's contest.The Braves held Asheville to two hits and no runs over the
ROME- The Asheville Tourists are in a funk offensively. For the second straight game, baserunners were nearly impossible to come by. The Rome Braves handed the Tourists a 5-1 loss in a near mirror image of last night's contest.
The Braves held Asheville to two hits and no runs over the first eight innings on Wednesday morning; however, the Tourists did manage a pair of hits in the ninth and plated their lone run on a
Asheville's starting pitcher,
The story is Asheville's lack of offense. The Tourists have scored two runs on seven hits in 18 innings this series. The lead-off man has reached base one time to begin an inning. They have had multiple runners on base in only two innings. All against a pair of Rome starters that have struggled against the rest of the South Atlantic league.
The Tourists have one more opportunity this series to find a win. Asheville is back in action at Rome on Thursday night at 7:00pm. The road trip continues with a four-game series in Lexington following Thursday's contest.