Toussaint Stays Unbeaten With 5-2 Stripers Win
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Gwinnett Stripers' right-hander Touki Toussaint moved to 5-0 on the season Tuesday with a 5-2 win over the Norfolk Tides at Coolray Field.
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. - Gwinnett Stripers' right-hander
Toussaint pitched 6.0 innings with one unearned run on three hits, two walks and seven strikeouts. He lowered his earned run average to 1.43 in eight starts with the Stripers, notching his sixth quality start in the process. He also dropped his Braves' organization-best ERA to 2.38 between Gwinnett and Double-A Mississippi. He extended his streak without allowing an earned run to 18.2 innings to boot.
The lone run against Toussaint came across in the second inning after
The Stripers' offense took care of business early against Tides' lefty
"That's disgusting." – @nickgreen20's description of @ToukiToussaint's curveball for his 6th punch-out.
— Gwinnett Stripers (@GoStripers) August 29, 2018
We lead 5-1 in the 5th. pic.twitter.com/Uon6zzFBBR
Marte started the first with a single and came around to score on a
Ysla (L, 0-3) gave up five runs on nine hits and two walks over 4.0 innings, striking out five.
Peterson reached base in all four of his plate appearances, going 3-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Flaherty was 2-for-4 with a double and a run in his first home game with the Stripers.
Gwinnett (66-67) looks to get back to .500 on Wednesday against the Tides (68-65) at 7:05 p.m. Southpaw