4/21/09

Charleston 5, Savannah 4




The Sand Gnats (8-4) were almost able to dig themselves out of an early deficit but came up one run short as they fell to the Charleston RiverDogs, 5-4, Tuesday afternoon at Historic Grayson Stadium. Rafael Fernandez was 1-for-4 with 3 RBI in a losing effort for Savannah.


Josh Stinson (0-1) started the game for Savannah and ran into trouble in the second but managed to wiggle free with just one run coming across for Charleston. His teammates picked him up in the bottom half of the inning when Sean Ratliff scored on a fielder's choice by Jefry Marte to tie it up.


Stinson wouldn't make it out of the fourth inning as he loaded the bases before departing.


Charleston would eventually plate all three of those runs off reliever Manny Olivares to make it 4-1, RiverDogs. The 21-year-old Stinson went 3.0+ innings, allowing four runs on four hits.
The Gnats mounted their comeback down, 5-1, in the fifth when Fernandez cleared the bases with a double off the glove of Taylor Grote in left field to pull Savannah within one. With Fernandez on second, Wilmer Flores flew out to end the inning.

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