Grasshoppers top Tourists behind Chang’s strong start
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (Interstat) — Hung-Leng Chang struck out eight over five innings and earned the win as the Greensboro Grasshoppers defeated the Asheville Tourists 6-4 on Sunday at McCormick Field.
Chang yielded five hits and one earned run, improving to 7-6. Anthony Cruz took the loss for Asheville, falling to 2-8. Brandon Cain earned his seventh save with a scoreless inning.
Yordany De Los Santos went 2-for-5 with two home runs and two RBIs. Wyatt Sanford added a solo homer, and Josh Tate had two hits and an RBI. Greensboro collected nine hits and scored runs in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings.
Asheville finished with 11 hits. Jack Moss went 3-for-5 with an RBI. The Tourists scored one run each in the fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth innings, but couldn’t overcome Greensboro’s final push.
Greensboro improved to 83-50. Asheville fell to 43-89. Attendance was 3,799, and the game lasted 3 hours, 4 minutes.