Four-Run Sixth Inning Leads Drive Past RiverDogs, 5-2
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Greenville Drive needed just two hits to get the victory on Sunday against the Charleston RiverDogs, as a bases-clearing double by Tyler Esplin in the sixth inning keyed the home team to a 5-2 win at Fluor Field in the series finale of the Battle of
GREENVILLE, S.C. - The Greenville Drive needed just two hits to get the victory on Sunday against the Charleston RiverDogs, as a bases-clearing double by
Both starting pitchers control the action through the first four innings. Drive starter
Charleston broke open the scoring with a run in the fifth.
The Drive answered in a big way in the sixth. Three straight walks to
Charleston answered in its next turn at the plate. Three straight singles to open the inning loaded the bases with no outs. After a strikeout, a walk to
Greenville tacked on an insurance run in the eighth. Esplin drew a one-out walk and two batters later
Drive reliever
Biondic (4-0) earned the win, allowing one run on five hits in 6.0 innings pitched with three strikeouts against a lone walk. Gil (4-4) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on one hit with four strikeouts against four walks. Browning picked up his seventh save of the season, allowing one run on three hits in 3.0 innings pitched with four strikeouts against a lone walk.
Esplin led the Drive offense, going 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, two runs and three RBI. Granberg managed the only other Drive hit with the eighth inning single and Jonathan Ortega reached base in each of his three plate appearances with a walk in each.
The Drive will have Monday off before opening a three-game series at Asheville beginning on Tuesday.