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Asheville (9-38) pitched one of its best games of the season Thursday night, but it wasn’t enough.
A wild pitch from Joan Ogando in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Natanael Yuten from third and handed the Drive (19-27) a 3-2 walk off win over the Tourists. Two of Greenville’s three runs came on an error and a wild pitch. Those mistakes unraveled an otherwise dominant pitching performance.
DRIVE WALK IT OFF!!!
YUTEN SCURRIES HOME ON THE WILD PITCH!!
Tourists 2 | Drive 3 | F10 pic.twitter.com/YFncgzFPVx
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Cole Hertzler was exceptional in his start. The right-hander went 5.2 innings, scattering two hits and one run while striking out eight. Colby Langford was just as good in relief, tossing two scoreless innings with three strikeouts before Ogando entered in the 10th.
A runner is 90 ft away👀
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Greenville matched with an equally good day on the mound. Starter Devin Futrell allowed two runs over five innings. Then Ben Hansen slammed the door with a long relief outing, tossing four scoreless innings with one hit allowed, and four strikeouts.
Brandon Neely puts up a 0 in the top of the frame!
Greenville, you're ⬆️!
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Asheville struck first. Caden Powell smashed a solo home run to center field in the top of the second to put the Tourists ahead 1-0.
EXTRA BASEBALL!! 🍿
Three scoreless innings takes us to the tenth.
Tourists 2 | Drive 2 | T10 pic.twitter.com/djHHjunF5u
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Greenville answered in the third. Luke Heyman hit a sacrifice fly deep to right, scoring Henry Godbout from third to tie the game. Then, Ethan Frey responded, crushing a solo shot to center to put the Tourists in front 2-1. His fourth RBI in three games at Greenville.
Tied at two going into the bottom of the ninth…👀🤞 pic.twitter.com/VrYZ9v4zQH
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Asheville entered the sixth with that same 2-1 lead, the furthest into a game this series that the Tourists have held a lead. Then, with two outs and two runners on, Freili Encarnacion bounced a high chopper up the middle. Kyle Walker ranged over to field it but sailed his throw wide of first, allowing Mason White to score from third and tie the game at 2-2.
WE TAKE THOSE! 😁
Freili Encarnacion reaches, and Mason White scores! We're tied again!
To the seventh we go…
Tourists 2 | Drive 2 | T7 pic.twitter.com/ienYx1lySC
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
Greenville had a good chance to walk it off in the ninth. Encarnacion led off with a single, but Colby Langford induced a groundball to second baseman Alejandro Nunez who, with Walker at short, completed the double play. Langford then struck out Yuten to send the game to extras.
Nothing in the fifth.
Futrell is done for the day as Ben Hansen enters the circle. Futrell threw five innings, allowing just those two runs and striking out six! ❌
Tourists 2 | Drive 1 | T6
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 29, 2026
In the 10th, Joan Ogando couldn’t escape. With Yuten on third and Luke Heyman at the plate, a 0-0 pitch slipped out of Ogando’s hand and sailed over both Heyman and Tourists catcher John Garcia and slammed to the backstop. Garcia and Ogando tried to combine for a play at the plate, but it was too late. Yuten raced in from third and scored to end it.
A sac fly from Luke Heyman scores the first run for Greenville and ties the game up to end the third inning!
Tourists 1 | Drive 1 | T4
— Greenville Drive (@GreenvilleDrive) May 28, 2026
The Tourists fall to 9-38. The Drive improve to 19-27. Asheville and the Drive meet again Friday night at Fluor Field. First pitch is set for 6:45 p.m.
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