Rice's grand slam leads Pulaski over Doughboys

The Pulaski River Turtles took down the Johnson City Doughboys, 8-5, on Tuesday night. The highlight of the game was a grand slam by Garrett Rice in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Both teams were held scoreless until a two-run double from Irvin Escobar put Pulaski up 2-0 in the fourth inning.

A run from Johnson City (12-22-1) in the top of the fifth would cut the lead in half, but that would be short-lived as Pulaski would put up another five-run inning in the bottom of the fifth. The first run would come off a wild pitch and brought in Ross Lovich. Garrett Rice would follow that up with a 408-foot grand slam to left-center field to make the game 7-1.

Pulaski (24-14) would add an insurance run in the seventh after a throwing error by Johnson City allowed Mark Trotta to score.

An RBI single in the eighth by Johnson City would eliminate that run and make it 8-2. A throwing error by Pulaski would add on two runs and make it 8-4. A sac fly later would bring in one more run and make it 8-5 going into the bottom of the eighth.

Despite the resurgence from Johnson City, Blake Burzell would pitch a scoreless ninth and record the save.

The win went to Ty Ruhl as he went five innings, allowed three hits, one earned run, walked one, and struck out four. The loss went to Seth Willis who allowed two runs in four innings while walking four and striking out three.

The Turtle of the Game honors went to Garrett Rice, as he went 1-for-2 with the hit being the grand slam in the fifth.

Pulaski now looks to complete the sweep Wednesday with a rematch against Johnson City.