Lugo Cooks Crawdads Saturday
Savannah, GA – Behind seven shutout innings from Seth Lugo in his second South Atlantic League start, the Savannah Sand Gnats shut out the Hickory Crawdads 2-0 at Historic Grayson Stadium Saturday night. In his first two starts for Savannah, Lugo has struck out 21 batters without issuing a walk in 13 innings.
Saturday, the 23-year-old Lugo struck out 11 batters. He set down 10 in a row from the end of the first inning through the end of the fourth inning before running into his only trouble in the fifth. In the fifth, a pair of singles and a sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third with one out. However, Lugo struck out the #8 and #9 batters, Taylor Wrenn and Luis Marte, to keep the game scoreless. Lugo then finished strongly, fanning five batters combined in the sixth and seventh innings.
The Gnats (25-20/68-46) scored the game’s first run in the bottom of the seventh inning. 3B Jeff Reynolds doubled to left and, after SS Dimas Ponce walked, 2B Jorge Rivero lined a single into centerfield to score Reynolds.
Savannah added a run in the eighth for a 2-0 lead. With two outs and the bases empty, RF Eudy Pina doubled and scored on DH Gregory Pron’s single into leftfield.
The Crawdads (27-22/66-53) struck out 15 times and did not draw a walk against the combination of Lugo and reliever Paul Sewald. Sewald worked the eighth and ninth innings for his fifth save of the year, while Lugo won his first game as a Gnat.
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