The Asheville Tourists won the first game of their playoff series against the Savannah Sand Gnats on Wednesday night at McCormick Field in western North Carolina.
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Jesus Tinoco allowed just one run while pitching into the eighth inning, and the Asheville Tourists won the first game of their South Atlantic League best-of-three playoff series 5-1 over the Savannah Sand Gnats on Wednesday night at McCormick Field in Asheville.
Tinoco was brilliant from the start, and the Sand Gnats never really figured him out, only getting a sixth inning run off the Tourists’ starter.