Savannah Sand Gnats 4 Rome Braves 3

The final game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played in front of 1,525 fans Sunday afternoon at Grayson Stadium.
With the game tied at 3-3, Savannah scored a run in the 8th inning and stopped Rome's rally in the 9th inning, to win 4-3 and win thee out of four games for the series.
Rome scored their first run in the 2nd inning. Carlos Franco,3b singled and was out at second when Connor Lien,rf hit into a fielders choice. A double by Blake Brown,lf scored Lien.
Savannah tied the game in their 2nd inning when L.J. Mazzilli,2b hit a home run over the left field fence, his 6th of the year.
In the third inning, Savannah scored 2 runs to take a 3-1 lead. With the bases loaded, Jeff McNeil3b drove in  2 runs on a single.
Rome scored a run in the 6th inning when shortstop, Johan Camargo tripled and scored when the next batter, Ross Wilson,2b singled.
 Franco led off the 7th with a triple and scored on a ground out, to tie the game at 3-3
Savannah took the lead in the 8th inning. Catcher Colton Plaia doubled(Victor Cruzado pinch ran for Plaia). A sac bunt by Patrick Bondi,lf  advanced the runner to third. An RBI single by McNeil turned out to be the deciding run.
Rome rallied with two hits in the 9th inning, but could not score.
Sand Gnats had 7 hits for the game. McNeil was 3-for-4 with 3RBI's and Mazzilli went 3-for-4 with 1RBI.
Savannah pitchers:         IP.     Runs.      Hits.    K.   BB
John Gant.                      7.         3.             6.      4.     2
Dawrin Frias(W,3-0).     1.        0.             1.      1.      1
Robert Coles(S,10).        1.        0.             2.      0.      0
The Sand Gnats start a 3 game series with the second-place Ashville Tourist, first game starts at 7:05pm Monday at Grayson Stadium.