Gnats Game Notes: Wednesday, May 26 - vs. Kannapolis - 7:05

From Press Release:

Savannah Sand Gnats (27-19, 2nd, Southern) vs. Kannapolis Intimidators (23-23, 4th, Northern)

Game #47 - Home Game #23 - Wednesday – 7:05

RHP Armando Rodriguez (2-4, 3.25) vs. RHP Justin Collop (2-4, 7.75)

Historic Grayson Stadium – Savannah, GA
Radio: WBMQ News/Talk 630, http://www.sandgnats.com/


Tonight: The Gnats play game three of a four-game series with the Kannapolis Intimidators at Historic Grayson Stadium. The Gnats enter play today one game behind the Augusta GreenJackets for first place in the SAL Southern Division.

Last Night: The Gnats needed nine minutes to score a run in the bottom of the 13th to win Monday’s suspended game 3-2. Jefry Marte drove home Alonzo Harris with a bloop into shallow center field with the winning run. Kannapolis won the regularly scheduled game 2-1, scoring twice against RHP Taylor Whitenton in the second inning. LHP Darin Gorski fired three perfect innings of relief with five strikeouts without a ball leaving the infield.

Now Pitching: Armando Rodriguez will make his 10th start for Savannah this evening. The Gnats are 4-5 when Rodriguez throws and have supported him with 4.8 runs per game. Rodriguez is coming off his shortest start of the year in which he lasted just two innings and gave up five runs, four earned on three hits and three walks in Charleston last Friday. With Kingsport a year ago, he was 3-1 with a 2.96 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 20 walks in 45.2 innings. Promoted to Savannah on August 27th, he finished the year with a dominant three-start performance in which he allowed just five hits in 16.2 innings and struck out 24. The Mets signed Rodriguez as a non-drafted free agent June 6, 2007.

Vs. Kannapolis: The Gnats are 1-1 against Kannapolis this year. Kannapolis will play 12 games over three series in Savannah, but the Gnats will not return the trip to Kannapolis in 2010. The Gnats and the Intimidators split their season series 2-2 last year. The last time the Gnats played 12 games in a season against Kannapolis was in 2007, when they were 5-7 against the Intimidators.