RiverDogs Walk Off Wildly 4-3, Crush Attendance Record - WMBF
The Charleston RiverDogs walked off with a 4-3 victory over the Asheville Tourists after a wild bottom of the ninth inning in front of 4,485 fans Tuesday night at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park. Trailing 3-2, Bo Thompson began the inning with a single against the new pitcher Jerry Vasto (2-5). Austin Aune hit a one-out double to put runners on second and third for Donny Sands, who made his RiverDogs debut Tuesday. Nunez threw down to second base and the Tourists got Sands caught in a run-down. Meanwhile, Aune broke from third base and slid in safely to score the game-winning run. Asheville (36-27 second half, 68-65 overall) jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the top of the second. With runners on first and third with one, Wes Rogers drove in Dom Nunez with an RBI single to center. Charleston (29-35, 63-71) got on the board in the bottom half of the frame when Aune led off with a double and scored three batters later on Radley Haddad’s RBI single. Dillon McNamara (5-0) kept his perfect win-loss record in tact by pitching a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win for Charleston. The RiverDogs welcomed 4,485 fans to Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park Tuesday night and established a new single-season. Source: www.wmbfnews.com
