Sand Gnats/Tourists Split Double Header

The Savannah Sand Gnats and the Asheville Tourists played a double header Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium. Asheville won the first game shutting out Savannah 2-0 and limited the Sand Gnats to 3 hits in the first seven inning game.
The Tourists scored their runs in the second inning. 2bTaylor Featherston walked which was followed by a Home Run by lfBrian Humphries.
Sand Gnat catcher Cam Maron was 2-for-3 for the first game.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Rafael Montero, took the loss and is now (5-3)-he pitched 6 innings, allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, 1BB and 4 strike outs.

The second game of the double header saw Savannah rally scoring 2 runs in the 4th and 2 runs in the 5th to beat the Tourists 5-4 and to win two games of the three game series.
Savannah scored their first run in the 3rd inning when Charlie Thurber hit a triple and scored on a groundout.
T. J. Rivera singled in the 4th for Savannah and scored on a double by Travis Taijeron. A double by Brian Harrison scored Taijeron.
Sand Gnats scored their final 2 runs in the 5th inning. cAlbert Cordero was hit by a pitch and scored on a home run over the left field fence by 3bBrandon Brown(his second home run of the year).
Multiple hits for Savannah:Thurber was 2-for-3. Taijeron was 2-for-2 with 1 RBI.
Michael Fulmer,won the game to improve his record to(3-3), pitched 5 innings, allowed 4 runs on 5 hits, 2BB and struck out 4. Carlos Vasquez, pitched 1 inning and walked two. T. J. Chism allowed 1hit in one inning he worked and earned his 10 save of the season.

The announced attendance was 1,866.