The final game of the three game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Augusta GreenJackets was played in front of 910 fans at Grayson Stadium Saturday evening. Savannah won the Southern Division by beating Augusta 3-1 and advance next week to play the Northern Division winner, Greensboro Grasshoppers.
Savannah used strong pitching to win the game. Sand Gnats scored in the first inning when cf Darrell Ceciliani hit a triple and scored on a sac fly by ss Wilfredo Tovar. In the 2nd inning, 3bAderline Rodriquez hit a double, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a ground out. Savannah scored in the 4th inning, 1bJoe Bonfe singled and would score on a fielding error by the first baseman.
Sand Gnats out hit the GreenJackets 6-5. Ceciliani was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Winning Savannah pitcher, Erik Goeddel, pitched 5 shutout innings, allowed 3 hits, 3BB, 4K. Ryan Fraser pitched 2 shutout innings and struck out 1. Brandon Sage pitched 2/3 inning, allowed 1 run on 1 hit, 1K. Earning the save, Ronny Morla, pitched 1 1/3 inning, allowed 1 hit and struck out 2.
Savannah will play Monday and Tuesday in Greensboro against the Northern Champions, Greensboro Grasshoppers in the best of 5 game for the SAL championship. Sand Gnats will return to Grayson Stadium in Savannah to finish the series on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday if needed.
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