Probable Starters
Day Time Savannah Sand Gnats (19-26/61-54) Kannapolis Intimidators (21-23/52-61)
Thu 7:05 RHP Armando Rodriguez (6-7, 3.62) RHP Ryan Buch (3-0, 3.05)
Fri 7:05 LHP Darin Gorski (5-6, 3.46) RHP Cameron Bayne (9-9, 3.97)
Sat 6:05 RHP Taylor Whitenton (6-6, 4.24) LHP Matt Wickswat (6-4, 3.97)
Sun 6:05 RHP John Church (6-1, 2.26) RHP Justin Collop (8-8, 4.59)
Mon 7:05 RHP Collin McHugh (3-8, 3.45) RHP Andre Rienzo (5-4, 4.32)
Players to Watch - Savannah
OF Nick Santomauro - on a career-best 10-game hitting streak ... hitting .333 (13 H/39 AB) with 3 2B, 3 RBI in his last 10 games...
OF Cesar Puello - 2nd in the SAL with 45 stolen bases & 80 runs scored... hitting .355/.437/.440 (AVG/OBP/SLG) since All-Star Break
OF Matt den Dekker - Mets’ 5th round pick in 2010, joined Savannah Sunday - hit safely in his first three games as a Gnat (5 H/13 AB)
Kannapolis
1B Ian Gac - #3 in the SAL in HR (18), #3 in RBI (76), #4 in SLG (.484), #4 in total bases (201) ...
SS Tyler Saladino - White Sox 7th round pick in 2010. Hitting .344/.429/.522 with 13 2B, 1 HR and 12 walks in 25 games
Series Preview - The Savannah Sand Gnats begin a five-game series against the Kannapolis Intimidators, the SAL affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, and a nine-game home stand that concludes with a visit from the Gnats’ division rival Augusta GreenJackets. The first half champion Gnats enter the homestand on a four-game winning streak over which time the team has hit .342 (50 H/146 AB) with nine doubles and a home run. Savannah had two winning streaks of five games in the first half, one in May and one in June. The Intimidators head to Savannah fresh off a 6-2 homestand against the Greensboro Grasshoppers and the Hagerstown Suns.
Savannah is 5-3 against Kannapolis this year. Four of the eight games the two teams have played have gone to extra innings, with the Gnats winning all four. This year at home, the Gnats are a perfect 6-0 at home in extra-inning games and 3-8 on the road.
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