RHP Ryan Fraser (6-6, 3.51) vs. RHP Robert Morey (5-7, 6.67)
Tonight: The first-half champion Gnats play game two of their four-game series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers, SAL affiliate of the Florida Marlins. The Gnats return home to host the Augusta GreenJackets Monday through Thursday, August 1-4.
Last Night: The Grasshoppers scored six times against starter Yohan Almonte and hung on to survive two home runs and four Gnats’ runs in the final four innings to beat the Gnats 7-6.
Now Pitching: RHP Ryan Fraser, who is tied for ninth in the SAL with 107.2 innings pitched, is scheduled to make his 17th Savannah start today. Fraser gave up a personal season-high 10 hits and six runs in his last start versus Lexington. He has walked nine batters in his last 10.2 innings. Last year with short-season Brooklyn, Fraser struck out 39 batters in 31.1 innings pitched, a rate of 11.2 strikeouts per nine innings. This year, he’s fanned 66 in 107.2 innings, a rate of 5.5 K/9. With the Cyclones last year, working exclusively out of the bullpen, he was 3-3 with a 1.44 ERA and 12 saves in 31.1 IP. He struck out 39, walked 20 and yielded just 16 hits. The Mets drafted Fraser in the 16th round of the 2010 draft out of Memphis. The Rays originally drafted Fraser out of Walker Valley HS in the 49th round in 2006, but he chose to attend Gulf Coast Community College and then Memphis. At Memphis, he led the Tigers with 93 strikeouts and 92 IP in 2010 on his way to three C-USA Pitcher of the Week honors and a Second Team All C-USA selection. In the classroom, he was a member of the C-USA All-Academic Team in 2010 and ran a 4.0 grade point average in high school. The Gnats are 8-8 when Fraser starts, and have supported him with 3.00 runs per game (48 runs/16 games), the lowest mark of any Savannah starter.
Cordero Cuts: After going 2-for-4 with a homerun last night, Albert Cordero has hit as many home runs (2) in 26 games in the second half as he did in 45 games in the first half. He hit .219/.248/.297 in the first half and is now up to .323/.352/.434 in the second half. His isolated slugging percentage, a measure of a batter’s raw power, which is calculated by subtracting batting average from slugging percentage was .078 in the first half, but is up to .101 in the second half.
Go Zo: Alonzo Harris leads all current Gnats with a .277 batting average. He has three triples in his last four games and has hit safely in 11 of his last 12 games raising his batting average 18 points in that span from .259 to its current .277. His five extra-base hits in July are his most in any month in 2011.
Close Calls: The Gnats have played nine straight games which have been decided by one or two runs.
from team press release
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