The Savannah Sand Gnats beat the Augusta GreenJackets 9-5 on Sunday afternoon in Augusta to clinch the first-half championship in the South Atlantic League Southern Division. Savannah heads to the playoffs for the first time since winning the SAL Championship as a Wild Card as the Savannah Cardinals in 1996. The half championship is the first for Savannah since the team won the second half of the 1994 season. Savannah never trailed on Sunday, beginning the scoring with a two-run second inning that chased ‘Jackets’ starter Jeremy Toole. 1B Alex Gregory brought home the first Gnats’ run with a sacrifice fly and DH Pedro Zapata made it 2-0 with an RBI single up the middle that extended his hitting streak to seven straight games. Savannah starter Jimmy Fuller earned the win for his five innings of work. He gave up five runs, only one of which was earned, to improve to 6-2. The Gnats added an insurance run in the seventh on RBI single from Kai Gronauer that brought home Lagares to make the score 7-5. Savannah added two more in the ninth on singles from LF Rafael Fernandez and 3B Jefry Marte to complete the game’s scoring. Marte was 3-4 Sunday. Savannah reliever Lance Hoge gave the team three important, scoreless innings of relief behind Fuller in his first game appearance in nine days. Savannah closer Michael Powers handled the ninth.
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