Savannah Sand Gnats 7 Delmarva Shorebirds 1

The Savanna Sand Gnats played the Delmarva Shorebirds Wednesday evening in  first game of a three game series in front of 878 fans at Grayson Stadium. Three Savannah pitchers limited Delmarva to 1 run on 5 hits and won the game, 7-1.

Sand Gnats scored their first run in the 2nd inning. Brian Harrison doubled and scored on a single by Albert Cordero. In the 4th inning, Travis Taijeron, hit a home run over the left field fence, his 7th home run of the season which leads the team. The 6th inning saw Aderline Rodriquez doubled  and would score on a sac fly by Cordero. Four walks and a single in the 7th, Sand Gnats scored 4 runs.

For Savannah, Dustin Lawley was 2-for-4 with a run scored. Cordero was 1-for-1 with 3 RBI's.

Starting Sand Gnat pitcher, Alex Panteliodis, pitched 6 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, 2BB, 5K and won the game(W,3-1),  lowering  his ERA to 0.68. Carlos Vazquez pitched 2 innings, allowed 2 hits, 1 run, 1K, 1BB. Chasen Bradford pitched the 9th inning, gave up 1 hit and struck out 1.

Game two of the 3 game series will be played Thursday, at Grayson Stadium starting at 7:05pm.