Savannah Sand Gnats 9 Greenville Drive 4

The first game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greenville Drive was played in front of  2,471 fans Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium. Savannah bats were hot as the team had 13 hits with 5 players with 2 or more hits. The Sand Gnats won 9-4.
Sand Gnats got off to a fast start scoring in the first inning. Lead off batter, rfEudy Piña, doubled, went to third on a ground out, and scored on a sac fly. Piña was busy on the bases scoring 4 runs.
Leading off the third inning, ssPhillip Evans, singled followed by a walk to Piña. 1bJayce Boyd hit a line drive for a home run over the left field fence to make the score 4-0. Boyd responded well hitting in the clean up spot, going 4-for-4 and was a double shy of hitting for the cycle.
Savannah scored 1 run in the 5th inning, 1run in the 7th inning and 3 runs in the 8th inning.
Greenville scored 3 runs in the 6th inning.cJayson Hernandez and ss Dreily
 Guerrero singled  and both scored on a triple by lfKevin Heller. A wild pitch allowed Heller to score. Greenville added their final run in the 8th inning.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Jake Kuebler,(Won, 2-2), pitched 5 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, no BB, and struck out 2. Reliever Marco Camarena pitched 1 inning, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits.
Hunter Carnevale pitched 1 inning and struck out 1.
Pitching the final 2 innings, Beck Wheeler, earned his 6th save, allowed 1 run on 1 hit, 2BB, and struck out 3.
Game two of the series will be played Friday evening at 7:05 pm at Grayson Stadium.