Savannah Sand Gnats 8 Rome Braves 6

The Savannah Sand Gnats played the Rome Braves Saturday at Grayson Stadium in front of 3,095 fans. Savannah won 8-6. Rome outhit Savannah 13-6.( Four of the 6 hits were doubles for Savannah).
Rome scored their first run in the first inning on a single by lf Josh Elander driving in ss Jose Peraza who walked to start the game.
Savannah scored in the third when rf Eudy Piña walked and moved to second when the first baseman throw back to the pitcher went errant. The run scored on a sac fly by cf Brandon Nimmo.
In the 5th, Savannah scored 4runs. 3b Cole Frenzel singled and scored on a single by 2 b Yucary De la Cruz. Nimmo was hit by a pitch and a home rur over the left field fence by 1b Jayce Boyd scored 3 runs.
Rome scored they're  second run in the 6th inning on a home run by 1b Edison Sanchez.
Sand Gnats scored a run in the 6 th and 2 runs in the 7 th inning.
In the 7 th Rome got 6 hits( 4 of the hits were infield hits ), and scored 4runs.
The only left handed pitcher for the Sand Gnats, Steve Matz,  pitched 5 innings, allowed 1 unearned run on 4 hits, 1BB, and struck out 7.
First baseman, Cole Frenzel went 2-for-4 for Savannah, with a double and a run scored and one RBI.
The final game of the two game series will be played Sunday at 2:00 pm at Grayson Stadium.