Asheville slips in rainy loss

ASHEVILLE, NC - After concluding yesterday’s game in the top of the seventh inning, Saturday night at McCormick Field ended three outs later due to more rain and unplayable field conditions. The Asheville Tourists lost to the Winston-Salem Dash 8-3.

It was all Tourists (25-31) through the first two innings. They scored all their runs on the Dash’s (20-36) starter, highlighted by Lucas Spence’s solo homer and RBI double.

Tides shifted from that point on. Winston-Salem scored eight unanswered runs, beginning with two in the third frame and one in the fourth to knot the score before its big break.

Yeriel Santos (L, 0-6) came out of the pen as the third arm of the night for Asheville in the sixth inning, and surrendered four baserunners in a row, leading to as many runs touching home. The dagger was a three-run blast that snuck over the 373 feet sign to dead center by a baseball’s length.

After winning the first three games of the series, the Tourists enter tomorrow’s contest with a potential draw on the line thanks to back-to-back victories from the Dash. The Sunday matinee marks the last game between these two teams in Asheville this season, with a first pitch set for 1:05 p.m. ET.