Savannah 4 Lexington 2

The second game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Lexington legends was played in front of 754 fans Sunday afternoon at Grayson Stadium. Strong Gnat pitching limited Lexington to 3 hits along with their hot bats helped Savannah win 4-2.

Savannah got on the scoreboard quickly as lead off hitter in the first, cfDarrell Cecilianidoubled, advanced to third on a ground out, and scored on a ground out. In the 3rd, Savannah scored two runs:lfAlonso Harris doubled and stole second. A bunt single by Ceciliani moved Harris to third and he scored on a groundout. A single by lfRaferal Fernandez scores Ceciliani. In the 4th, Gnats score 1bJoe Bonfe reaches first on a force out and scores when Harris hits a triple.

Gnats out hit the Legends 11-3. dhAlbert Cordero continued his hot hitting going 3-for-4(last night he was 4-5). Ceciliani was 3-for-4 with a double and 2 runs scored. Harris was 2-for-4 with a triple, a RBI and a run scored.

Making his first start since returning to the club on 7-20-11 from the disabled list, Michale Hebert had great control pitching 6 innings of shutout baseball, allowed only 2 hits and struck out 9. Herbert won his first game(1-0). Guillaume Leduc pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowed 2 runs(1 earned run), 1 hit and 2BB. Hamilton Bennett pitched 1 1/3 inning, struck out 2 to earn his 9th save of the year and lowered his ERA to 2.06.