Savannah Sand Gnats 3 West Virginia Power 2

Game three of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the West Virginia Power was played Sunday afternoon in front of 1,592  fans at Grayson Stadium.
With the game tied at 2-2 in the 9th, Savannah scored a run in the bottom of the 9th to win the game 3-2 and win their 6th home game in a row.
In the first inning, West Virginia scored 2runs on an error and three consecutive singles.
Sand Gnats scored their first run in the 3rd inning when cf Brandon Nimmo was hit by a pitch and reached second when the catcher made a bad throw in a pick off attempt. 3bCole Frenzel doubled to score Nimmo. Savannah scored their second run in the 8 th inning- Frenzel singled and later scored on a fielders choice.
Fans saw an exciting 9th inning. After two outs, c Kevin Plawecki was hit by a pitch and reached second on a single by 2b Jeff Reynolds. Frenzel singled and Plawecki slid head first into home to score the winning run.
The hitting star for Savannah was Frenzel who went 3-for-4 with a walk, 2RBI's and a run scored. lf Stefan Sabol, who made several good fielding plays in left field, was 2-for-4.
Sand Gnat starting pitcher, Matt Koch, pitched 3 2/3 innings allowed 2 runs( 1 earned), 4 hits and struck out one. The bullpen, Tim Peterson, Jake Kuebler, and Tyler Vanderheiden, pitched the final 5 1/3 innings. Vanderheiden won his first game of the season.
Both teams had 8 hits and both teams had one error.
The final game of the series will be played Monday evening at 7:05 pm at Grayson Stadium.