A pair of prospects homered to propel the Asheville Tourists to an 8-7 win over the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Friday nighth.
Shortstop Ryan Vilade hit his fifth of the season in the second inning and first baseman Chad Spanberger hit a game-winning three-run homer in the eighth, his 22nd of 2018.
Spanberger has backed up a strong performance in Grand Junction in 2017 with a breakout season with the Tourists. He is hitting .323/.361/.602 this season with 22 home runs and 73 RBIs in 84 games in 2018. Vilade, three years younger than his Asheville teammate, has put together a reasonable performance for a 19-year-old in full season ball, hitting .