Augusta 3 Savannah 2

The first game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Augusta GreenJackets was played Thursday evening in front of 1,849 fans at Grayson Stadium.
Augusta scored 2 runs in the 1st inning, added a run in the 4th inning, and held on to win the game 3-2.
Fans got to see lots of strikeouts: Augusta pitchers struck out 14 Sand Gnats and Savannah pitchers struck out 15 GreenJackets.
Savannah scored their first run in the 3rd inning. Luis Nieves singled and went to second on a fielders choice. Dustin Lawley singled moving the runner to third. A single by Travis Taijeron scored the Gnats first run.
The second Savannah run was scored in the 4th inning. Brian Harrison singled and scored when Greg Pron hit a triple.
Multiple hits for Savannah: Harrison was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Domingo Tapia took the loss(L,3-2) pitched 4 innings, allowed 3 runs, on 5 hits, walked 2, struck out 5. Marco Camarena pitched 1 inning, gave up 1 hit and then struck out the side. Jack Leathersich pitched 3 shutout innings, no hits and struck out 6. T. J. Chism struck out 1 batter pitching the 9th inning.

The second game of the four game series will be played Friday evening at 7:05pm at Grayson Stadium.