ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Interstat) — Victor Cabreja pitched two innings of relief to earn the win as the Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Asheville Tourists 11-4 on Saturday at McCormick Field. Cabreja, now 8-4, allowed one earned run and struck out three. Parker Smith took the loss and fell to 5-8. Draven Zeigler started and allowed one earned run in four innings with four strikeouts, and Isaias Uribe pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.

Wyatt Sanford homered in the first inning. Axiel Plaz homered and drove in two, Edward Florentino homered and drove in three, and Tony Blanco Jr. drove in two. Florentino and Dylan Palmer each had sacrifice flies.

Greensboro improved to 82-50, while Asheville fell to 43-88. Greensboro had 11 hits and Asheville had nine. Asheville scored twice in the fourth, once in the sixth and once in the ninth. Greensboro scored once in the first, three times in the third, once in the fourth, twice in the fifth, once in the sixth, once in the seventh and twice in the eighth. Attendance was 3,071 and the game lasted 3:09.