Walks Costly in Close Loss to Fireflies
ASHEVILLE- The Asheville Tourists dropped their home opener to the Columbia Fireflies 7-5 in extra innings. It is Asheville fifth loss by two runs or less already this year. Asheville did overcome a 5-0 deficit to force extras but struggled in the tenth.The Tourists did not help their cause by
ASHEVILLE- The Asheville Tourists dropped their home opener to the Columbia Fireflies 7-5 in extra innings. It is Asheville fifth loss by two runs or less already this year. Asheville did overcome a 5-0 deficit to force extras but struggled in the tenth.
The Tourists did not help their cause by issuing a season-high 11 walks to the Fireflies. That is the most walks Columbia has drawn in an individual game in franchise history.
All five of Columbia's runs were scored off Julio in the first two innings. Asheville's bullpen, led by
The Tourists used a sacrifice fly by
Asheville's
The Fireflies finished with 12 hits, 11 walks, and a hit batter reaching base. They left a total of 15 runners aboard. The sellout crowd at McCormick Field had plenty to cheer about as the Tourists never quit. Asheville will look to even the series on Friday night with game two scheduled for 7:05pm.