GREENVILLE (Greenville Drive) – Greenville (20-29) slammed the door on Asheville’s (11-39) two-game winning streak Sunday afternoon, taking the series finale 5-3 and the overall series four games to two. It was a complete performance from the Drive. Sharp pitching, lockdown defense, and just enough offense to hold off a late Tourists rally.
Kyson Witherspoon was the story on the mound. The Boston Red Sox’s first-round pick in the 2025 draft was dominant through five innings, allowing no runs on three hits while walking three and striking out four. Asheville had chances. The Tourists loaded the bases with two outs in the third, but Witherspoon got Chase Call to ground out to third to end the threat and never looked back.
The Tourists also ran themselves into three early outs on the basepaths. Catcher Gerardo Rodriguez gunned down two would-be base stealers, and Witherspoon picked off Ethan Frey between first and second to erase another. For a Greenville defense that committed seven errors in the previous two games, Sunday was a complete reversal…