Tourists fall to Spartanburgers

SPARTANBURG, SC - In Game 2 of the series, the Asheville Tourists fell to the Hub City Spartanburgers 9-1 on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Park.

Since returning from the All-Star break, the Tourists (41-56) are 2-8, and trail the Spartanburgers (50-47) by six and a half games in the second half.

Starter Yeriel Santos (L, 0-9) allowed seven runs on as many hits through three and one-third innings. From the bullpen, Ramsey David had the strongest outing. The right-hander went three shutout innings with three whiffs — the only base runner he allowed was one walk.

Asheville’s only run of the night scored in the fourth inning. Alejandro Nunez tripled to right field, then scored on a sacrifice fly.

Both clubs will see each other again tomorrow at 6:35 p.m. ET.