Augusta 3, Savannah 2

Augusta, GA - Kelby Tomlinson's tenth inning sacrifice fly scored Jesus Galindo from third base to give the Augusta GreenJackets their second extra-inning victory of the season and their second walkoff win. The 3-2 Augusta win over the Savannah Sand Gnats on Thursday night snaps a five-game losing streak which was tied for the season's longest.

With one out in the tenth, Galindo tripled down the right field line past first baseman Aderlin Rodriguez. Tomlinson's sacrifice fly to deep center scored Galindo easily and made a hard-luck loser out of Jeff Walters (3-2), who retired the first six hitters he faced in relief of Tyler Pill before surrendering the Galindo triple.

Before Augusta scored the final three runs of the game, the Sand Gnats grabbed a fourth-inning, 2-0 lead on Aderlin Rodriguez's two-run homer over the left field wall. It was Rodriguez's sixth home run this season and fourth against the GreenJackets. Augusta got a run back in the bottom half of the inning when a two-out grounder went through the legs of Savannah shortstop Luis Nieves to score Jose Cuevas from second on one of four Savannah errors in the contest.

Savannah starter Pill was masterful in his longest outing of the year - 7.1 innings - until running into trouble in the eighth. Galindo led off the inning with an infield single and was bunted to second base. Ben Thomas singled to right and after Galindo was initially held at third after getting a horrible break from second, right fielder Gilbert Gomez bobbled the ball and Galindo scored to tie the game at two.
The unearned run took a win away from Pill, who left after the GreenJackets tied the game. He allowed two unearned runs in 7.1 innings on five hits and no walks while striking out five.

Keith Bilodeau (1-1) - the fifth of five Augusta pitchers in the game - worked a scoreless tenth to get the win. Augusta starter Chris Marlowe delivered four innings, holding the Sand Gnats to two runs on four hits and a walk.

The GreenJackets send Kyle Crick (1-3, 3.16) to the mound on Friday night in search of their second straight win against Savannah righty Michael Fulmer (2-2, 3.94).

from team press release