Savannah Sand Gnats 3 Rome Braves 1

Game one of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played in front of 2,999 fans Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium. Savannah out hit Rome 10-6 and won the game 3-1. Savannah has won 9 out of their last 10 home games.
Rome scored first in the 2nd inning when 1b Casey Kalenkosky led off the inning with a home run over the right field fense.
Savannah scored three runs in the 6th inning. Cather Kevin Plawecki led off with a walk. 3b Cole Frenzel was hit by a pitch. rf Maiki De La Cruz singled to load the bases. Plawecki scored on a wild pitch. lf Greg Pron walked to load the bases. A sac fly scored a run and the third run scored on a throwing error by the third baseman.
Playing  his first game for the Sand Gnats, Maiki De La Cruz was 2-for-4 and  scored a run. Frenzel was 2-for-3 and scored a run. dh Jeff Glenn was 2-for-3 and had an RBI. cfEudy Piña was 2-for-5.
Savannah's only left handed pitcher, Steven Matz,(won, 2-0)  pitched 6 innings, allowed only one run, gave up 6 hits, struck out 4 and walked 1. Reliever, Hunter Carnevale, pitched 2 shutout innings. Bret Mitchell struck out 2 batters in the 9th to earn his 5th save of the season.
Game two of the series will be played Friday evening at 7:05pm at Grayson Stadium.