Gnats Rally in the 9th Falls Short

The first game of a four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greensboro Grasshoppers was played in front of 1,940 fans Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium. Down 5-0 going into the bottom of the 9th inning, Savannah scored 4 runs, but came up 1 run short to tie and lost to Greensboro 5-4.

rfRaferal Fernandez led off the bottom of the 9th with a double and scored on a home run to left-center field by cBlake Forsythe. dhAlbert Cordero was hit by a pitch followed by a walk to 3bAderline Rodriquez. A single by lfAlonso Harris scored Cordero, moving Rodriquez to third. A ground out scored Rodriquez.

Savannah had 7 hits for the game. Harris was 2-for-3 with a RBI. cfDarrell Ceciliani was 2-for-5.

Losing pitcher for the Sand Gnats was Gonzales Germen(6-4) who pitched 5 innings, allowed 1 run on 3 hits, struck out 1. Chase Huchingson pitched 3 innings, allowed 3 runs on 2 hits, 1BB and struck out 3. Gabriel Zavala allowed 1 run on 1 hit, 1BB, striking out 2 pitching the 9th inning.

Photo courtesy of Ed DeVita, Editor of The Savannah Sports Monthly.