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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Harris Leads Gnats Past Power 3-1


The final game of the three game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the West Virginia Power was played in front of 2,810 fans Friday evening at Grayson Stadium. lfAlonso Harris drove in all three runs for Savannah to help the Gnats defeat the Power 3-1 and win 2 out of 3 games in the series.

West Virgina scored their only run in the first. Lead off batter, Andrew Maggi, singled, stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher, and scored on a ground out.

Savannah scored two runs in the 5th to take a 2-1 lead. 3bAderline Rodriquez walked. 1bJoe Bonfe singled and both runners advanced a base on a ground out. Harris singled to drive in both runs.

In the 8th inning, Harris electrified the fans by leading off the inning with a line drive to left and circled the bases on an inside-the-park home run.

Savannah out hit West Virginia 7-5. Bonfe was 2-for-3 with a stolen base and a run scored. Harris was 2-for-3 with a run scored and 3 RBI's.

Starting Sand Gnat pitcher, Yohan Almonte pitched 7 innings, allowed 1 unearned run, 5 hits, 1BB and struck out 4. Gabriel Zavala pitched 2 shutout innings, did not allow a hit, walked 2, and struck out 1. Zavala earned his first save of the year.

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