Charleston 3 Savannah 2

The Savannah Sand Gnats hosted the Charleston RiverDogs Wednesday July 4th in the first game of a five game series in front of a large crowd 4,180 fans at Grayson Stadium. The Sand Gnats hit two solo home runs and had good pitching,  but lost the game 3-2.
In the 3rd inning, Charleston collected 3 hits and capitalized  on an error to score 2 runs. They added a run in the 4th inning.
Savannah scored their first run in the 2nd inning on a solo home run over the left field fence by Aderline Rodriquez, his 14th homer of the year which leads the team. In the 5th inning, Cam Maron hit a towering blast over the right center field fence, his 3rd home run this season.
Savannah starting pitcher, Jacob DeGrom, took the loss(3-3) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowed 6 hits, gave up 3 runs(2 earned), 0BB, and struck out 6. Reliever  Randy Fontanez, pitched 3 1/3 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, 1BB and struck out 3.

Game two of  the series will be played Thursday evening starting  at 7:05pm at Grayson Stadium.