Greenville Drive 9 Savannah Sand Gnats 3

The Savannah Sand Gnats played the Greenville Drive(Boston Red Sox) Friday evening in front of 2,603 fans at Grayson Stadium. The Drive won the first game of the four game series, 9-3. Going into the game, Greenville was a half-game ahead of the Gnats for first place in the South Atlantic League Southern Division

Greenville got off to a fast start in their first inning scoring 4 runs on a walk, hit batter, and 4 hits. The Drive added another run in the 2nd. They added another run in the 7th on a home run by rfBryce Brentz. Greenville scored a run in the 8th and 2 runs in the 9th.

Savannah scored 2 runs in the 1st: ssRobbie Shields doubled and 3bAderline Rodriguezreached base on a filders choice. lfRaferal Fernandez singled driving in two runs. Sand Gnats scored a run in the 5th.

For the game, Savannah had 7 hits. ssRobbie Shields,who has hit in 10 straight games, was 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored. lfRaferal Fernandez was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI's.

Starting Savannah Sand Gnat pitcher, Greg Peavey, (L,3-2) went 5 innings, allowed 5 runs on 7 hits, walked 1 and struck out 2. Hamilton Bennett pitched 2 innings, gave up 1 run on 3 hits, struck out 2. Michael Weldon, who joined the Gnats on May 12, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits, walked 1, and struck out 1.