Danville Swept in Twin Bill vs. Greeneville

DANVILLE, Va. - The Danville Braves were swept in its doubleheader to open its series against the Greeneville Reds, falling to 2-4 this season when playing in twin bills and 29-26 overall.

With the two losses and a Bluefield win, Danville drops to four games back out of a playoff spot. u1:p
Game 1 (Greeneville 7, Danville 2)u1:p
Matt Rowland threw 4.1 innings of no-hit baseball to open his 11th start of the season, but was taxed by a four-run inning in the top of the fifth in Danville's 7-2 loss at Legion Field.u1:p
The draft pick out of Marietta, Georgia gave up his third homerun of the year in the top of the fifth inning that ultimately doomed Danville, a three-run homerun to Greeneville's Miguel Hernandez. The game stood at a 4-1 mark through five innings. u1:p
The Reds extended their lead with three runs in the top of the seventh inning, 7-1. Four consecutive Greeneville players reached base safely and two scored on a wild pitch from D-Braves pitcher Mitch Stallings.  u1:p
Danville's opened the scoring in the top of the first, 1-0. The D-Braves drew two walks to open the game to set up a second and third base situation. With one out, Justin Smith stretched out an infield single to deep short, bringing in Luis Mejia. u1:p
Nick Vizcaino singled in Justin Smith to narrow the deficit to 7-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Vizcaino went 1-for-3 in the game. u1:p
Game 2 (Greeneville 2, Danville 1)u1:p
Danville's Mason McReaken was tagged with two unearned runs and the loss in the D-Braves 2-1 loss in game two of the doubleheader. u1:p
The Reds tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the sixth with a sac fly to left off the bat of the Reds' Rylan Thomas. Greeneville took the lead off a McReaken wild pitch in the top of the seventh, sealing the Reds 2-1 victory.u1:p
Brett Langhorne got the D-Braves on the board with an RBI single up the middle, scoring Luis Mejia. The D-Braves scored first for the 30th time in 55 tries through the 2018 season. Danville has won 21 of its 30 contests in that scenario. u1:p
Trey Riley struck out four in his fourth appearance of his professional career. In two scoreless innings, Riley gave up one hit without surrendering a walk. u1:p
Tanner Allison and Bradey Welsh combined for two scoreless innings and a strikeout to hold the lead at 1-0. u1:p
Danville will continue its four-game set against Greeneville tomorrow at 7 p.m. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.u1:p