8/29/10

Savannah 3 Charleston 2


The final game of the four game series between the Charleston RiverDogs and the Savannah Sand Gnats was played Saturday evening at Grayson Stadium. Fans saw great defensive plays from both teams. It was an exciting game right down to the final play of the game.
Savannah got five strong innings from starter,Armando Rodriquez, he gave up 1 hit, no runs, struck out 9 to win his 7th game of the year.
The Gnats scored their three runs in the 3rd inning. The hot-hitting Jordan Abruzzo singled to drive in two runs. Cody Holliday,making his debut, singled in the inning in his first at bat for Savannah.
Charleston scored a run in the 7th inning when Luke Murton hit a 400 ft plus dive over the center field fence(last night he homered in the 7th). In the 8th Charleston scored their final run.
Brandon Sage pitched the final two innings for Savannah. In the eight inning with one out and the bases loaded, Sage manage to pitch out of trouble.
In the ninth inning with one out for Charleston, a fly ball was hit to right field, Holliday made a running catch just above the ground. The runner went to second thinking the ball had been trapped. Holliday threw to first to record the final out of the game.

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