Monday, September 6, 2010

Savannah 5 Asheville 1


The third game of the four game series between the Asheville Tourist and the Savannah Sand Gnats was played Sunday at Grayson Stadium before 1,776 fans. With the 5-1 win, the Gnats eliminated the Asheville Tourists from playoff contention.
The Tourists scored their only run of the game in the 3rd inning.
Savannah tired the score in the 4th inning:dhRobbie Shields singled, stole second and moved to third on a sacrifice fly. He scored on a sacrifice fly by2bJet Butler. Gnats scored a run in the 6th.
In the 8th, a double, a dropped fly ball by the left fielder, followed by a base on ball and cJuan Torres single scored two runs.
The Sand Gnats had 5 hits for the game. Shields was 2-for4 with a double and two runs scored. Torres was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI's.
Starting Sand Gnat pitcher Darin Gorski, with the win, improved his record to (6-8). He pitched 6 innings, gave up only 1 run on 7 hits and struck out eight. Gabriel Zavala, Josh Edgin, and Brandon Sage combined to shut out the Tourists and striking out seven.

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