Claws Lose Lead Late, Fall 6-4 in 10 on Saturday

JERSEY SHORE, NJ - Asheville scored twice in the ninth and twice in the 10th, winning the game on a two-run 10th inning home run by Ryan Wrobleski as the Tourists topped the BlueClaws 6-4 on Saturday night at ShoreTown Ballpark.

Wrobleski's home run came off reliever Cam Wynne in the 10th inning. Asheville tied the game off Andrew Walling in in the ninth, getting an RBI double from Michael Sandle and an RBI single from John Garcia to make it a 4-4 game.

With the loss, the BlueClaws fall to one game back of first place Brooklyn with 19 games to play.

Rafael Marcano started for the BlueClaws and struck out the first five batters he faced. Asheville first base runner came in the third on a leadoff triple from John Garcia, who scored on a SAC fly from Rolando Espinosa. The Tourists added a run in the fourth on a SAC fly from Michael Sandle, though that run was unearned to Marcano.

Marcano came out after five, allowing two runs, one earned.

The BlueClaws got a run in the bottom of the fifth on a double-steal attempt and took the lead in the sixth. An RBI single by Leandro Pineda tied the game before Otto Kemp's RBI triple gave Jersey Shore the lead.

Gabriel Rincones Jr. made it 4-2 with an RBI double up the gap in the left-center in the bottom of the seventh.

The BlueClaws carried a 4-2 lead into the ninth inning. Andrew Walling came on and gave up an RBI double to Michael Sandle to cut the lead to 4-3.

Leandro Pineda had three hits for the BlueClaws while Caleb Ricketts and Otto Kemp each had two.

The teams wrap up their series on Sunday at 1:05 pm.

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