Asheville Tourists 2 Savannah Sand Gnats 1

Game one of the three game series between the first place Savannah Sand Gnats and the second-place Ashville Tourists was played in front of 2,736 fans Monday evening at Grayson Stadium.
Fans saw excellant pitching by both starters. Sand Gnat starter, Chris Flexen, pitched 7 strong innings, allowed only 1 run on 3 hits, walked 1 and struck out 10. He had a no hitter through 5 innings.
Ashville scored a run in the 6th inning. Max White,lf singled, advanced to second on a sac bunt. White stole third base and scored when David Dahl,cf singled.
Savannah scored their lone run in the 7th inning. Victor Cruzado,rf doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch. Stefan Sabol,dh singled to score Cruzado.
In the 10th inning, the Tourists scored a run when White singled and scored on a triple by shortstop Emerson Jimenez.
Savannah threatened in the 10th with one out and back to back singles by Jeff McNeil,3b and L.J. Mazzilli2b, but could not score.
Savannah pitching:  IP.    Runs.    Hits.   K.  BB
Chris Flexen.            7.       1.          3.      10.   1
Dario Alvarez.          2.       0.          1.       4.    0
Robert Coles(L,0-2). 1.      1.          3.       1.    0
Game two of the series starts at 7:05pm Tuesday at Grayson Stadium. Savannah leads Ashville by 5 games in the SAL league standings, Southern Division.