5/15/14

Savannah Sand Gnats win double header


A double header was played  between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greenville Drive Wednesday at Grayson Stadium.
The first game was the resumption of the game suspended in the bottom of the 6th inning on April 19th due to rain with the score 3-3. Savannah won both games 5-4 and 6-1.
The first game resumed in the bottom of the 6th, no outs, and catcher, Jeff Glenn, on second base with a double when the game was suspended. Patric Biondi,cf singled to move Glenn to third base. Jeff McNeil,3b drove in Glenn with a single to give Savannah a 4-3 lead.
In the 7th inning, Greenville tied the score when Carlos Asuaje singled to drive in Tzu-Wei Lin who walked and went to second on a single by Jantzen Witte,1b .
Savannah scored the winning run in the 8th inning on a RBI single by L. J. Mazzilli.
Leading hitter for the Sand Gnats, McNeil went 3-for-5 and drove in 3 runs.
Savannah pitching line: IP.   Runs.   Hits.   K.   BB
John Michael Gant.        5.       3.        8.      2.     2
Tim Peterson(W2-0).     3.       1.        3.      4.     1
John Mincone(S,1).        1.       0.        0.      1.     0

The second game was highlited by the excellant pitching performance by Sand Gnat starter, Dario Alvarez, who pitched 5 shutout innings, striking out 12, allowed 3 hits and walked 1.With the win Alvarez is now 2-0 and he lowered his ERA to 0.36.

Savannah got off to a fast start in the 1st inning sending 9 players to the plate and scoring 4 runs on 2walks, 3 hits, and 3 Greenville Drive errors. Jeff McNeil,3b drove in two runs and Dominic Smith,1b singled to drive in a run.
Savannah scored 2 more runs in the 3rd inning and Greenville scored their lone run in the 7th inning.
Sand Gnats were led in hitting by Cecchini who was 2-for-5 with 2RBI's and a run scored.
Savannah relievers were also strong. Dawrin Frias pitched 1.2 innings, allowed 1run, on 4 hits, struck out 5 and walked 1. Tyler Vanderheiden earned his first save, pitched 2.1 shutout innings, and struck out 2.
The announced attendance was 2,382.
Both teams play a double header starting at 5:30pm Thursday at Grayson Stadium.



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