Savannah Sand Gnats vs. Asheville Tourists
Game #87 - Road Game #43 - Saturday – 7:05
RHP Armando Rodriguez (5-5, 3.00) vs. RHP Juan Gonzalez (3-4, 3.94)
McCormick Field, Asheville, NC
Radio: WBMQ News/Talk 630, http://www.sandgnats.com/
Tonight: The first-half champion Gnats, who have won three in a row for the first time in the second half, look to make it four in a row, in game three of a five-game set in Asheville.
Last Night: Travis Ozga’s bat and John Church’s arm carried the Gnats past Asheville 6-2. In his third professional start, Church took a shutout into the sixth inning, before allowing an unearned run, his first run of any kind as a starter in 16 innings. It also halted his overall scoreless innings streak at 21.2. Ozga’s two-run home run in the seventh inning off Rockies top prospect LHP Tyler Matzek broke a 1-1 tie. The Gnats tacked on three runs in the ninth in a rally that Ozga began with a single.
Now Pitching: Armando Rodriguez is scheduled to make his team-leading 18th start for Savannah. Since May 1, Rodriguez is 4-2 with a 2.54 ERA (18 ER/63.2 IP) and has allowed opponents to hit just .199 (46 H/231 AB). For the year, Rodriguez’s opponents’ batting average of .210 is the third-best in the SAL. Rodriguez gave up four runs in six innings his last start versus Rome in a game the Gnats lost 6-5. It was the first time in nine starts that Rodriguez had given up three runs or more. The Gnats are 9-8 when Rodriguez throws and have supported him with 4.76 runs per game, fourth-most among the eight pitchers who have started for Savannah in 2010. 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.
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