Savannah Sand Gnats 9 Delmarva Shorebirds 1

The Savannah Sand Gnats played the Delmarva Shorebirds Tuesday evening in front of 1,291  fans at Grayson Stadiun. Savannah won the game 9-1. Both teams had 9  hits.
The Sand Gnats got off to a fast start in the first inning when 2b  Chad Zurcher led off with a walk and scored on a double by 1b Jayce Boyd.. A double by lf Greg Pron scored the second run.
In the 4th inning Savannah scored 3 runs. With 2 outs, 3b Cole Frenzel singled followed by a walk to dh Stefan Sabol. ssPhillip Evans doubled to score both runners. Rf Eudy Piña singled to score Evans.
Savannah scored a run in the 5th and 3runs in the 6th inning.
Delmarva scored their only run in the 8th inning. In the 9th, the Shorebirds had the bases loaded but did not score.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Luis Cessa, was masterful pitching 6 shutout innings. He allowed 5 hits, did not walk a batter, and struck out 7 batters. He is now (2-0) with an ERA of 1.02.
Leading hitters for Savannah: Boyd was 2-for-4, scored a run, doubled, drove in 2 runs and is now hitting .394. Piña was 2-for-4, drove in a run and scored a run.
Game 2 of the series resumes Wednesday at7:05 at Grayson Stadium.