E-TWINS COME BACK LATE, BUT D-BRAVES WALK OFF 4-3
DANVILLE, VA - The Elizabethton Twins trailed the Danville Braves for seven innings, tying the game in the eighth, but falling in the ninth on a walk-off infield single 4-3.Elizabethton starter Sawyer Gipson-Long was strong through his first four, allowing an unearned run on three hits and an error. He
DANVILLE, VA - The Elizabethton Twins trailed the Danville Braves for seven innings, tying the game in the eighth, but falling in the ninth on a walk-off infield single 4-3.
Elizabethton starter Sawyer Gipson-Long was strong through his first four, allowing an unearned run on three hits and an error. He could not pitch past the fourth inning though, surrendering two runs in the fifth and being forced out of the game.
While the Twins could not score a run while Gipson-Long was in the game, they were able to tie the game while Shreve was on the mound.
The E-Twins scrapped together two runs to tie the game in the eighth, as
Struggles with leaving runners on base, along with hitting with runners in scoring position both came back to bite the Twins Thursday night. Elizabethton went 2-14 with runners in scoring position, while stranding 16 runners on in the nine-inning game.
Two of those 16 runners were stranded in the ninth, when the E-Twins could not take a lead.
Despite the loss and untimely hitting, there were still bright spots. Second baseman
The E-Twins look to split the series with Danville Friday at 6:30 p.m.
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