Hickory Crawdads 5 Savannah Sand Gnats 0

Game one of the three game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Hickory Crawdads was played in front of 1,335 fans Monday evening at Grayson Stadium. Hickory won 5-0.
It was an excellent outing by the Hickoty statrer, Luis Parra, who shut out the Gnats, pitching 8 innings, allowed 4 hits, walked 2, and struck out 4.
Hickory scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning.  They scored 1 run in the 7th inning when lfNick Vickerson reached base on an error and went to second and scored on a single by 1b Ronald Guzman.
The Crawdads scored 2 runs in the 9th inning:Vickerson walked and scored on a home run by Guzman, a towering fly ball that easily cleared the right field fence. For the game, Guzman had 4 RRI's.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Jake Kuebler, pitched 5 innings, allowed 2 runs on 4 hits, walked 2, and struck out 2. With the loss, Kuebler is 2-4.
Tyler Vanderheiden pitched 2 innings, allowed 1 run on 2 hits, walked 1 and struck out 3.
Hunter Carnevale pitched 2 innings, gave up 2 runs on 1 hit, 1BB, and struck out 3.
Game two of the series starts at 7:05 pm Tuesday at Grayson Stadium.