Savannah Sand Gnats 9 Lexington Legends 2

Game one of the three game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Lexington Legends was played in front of 836 fans Tuesday evening at Grayson Stadium. Savannah had a big second inning scoring 6 run and won the game 9-2.
Lexington scored their two runs in the first. lfEthan Chapman led off the game with a single and advanced to second on a fielding error bycfBrandon Nimmo, and scored on a triple by ssRaul Mondesi. A ground out scored Mondesi.
In the second inning, Savannah took advantage of three walks, 5 hits, to score 6 runs.
A single by Brandon Nimmo in the 6th drove in a run to give Savannah a 7-2 lead.
Sand Gnats scored  2 runs in the 7th inning. lfStefan Sabol hit a home run over the left field fence, his 5th of the year. 2bYucary De La Cruz singled driving in rfEudy Piña to make the score 9-2.
Savannah starter, Logan Taylor, pitched 3 2/3 innings, allowed 2 runs, 2hits, struck out 5 and walked 1.
Relievers Marco Camarena(won, 2-0), Julian Hilario, Paul Sewald, and Hunter Carnevale combined to  shutout Lexington the rest of the game and allowed 3 hits and struck out 5.
Sand Gnats with multiple hits. Yucary De La Cruz was 3-for-4 with 1RBI and 2runs scored. 3bJeff Reynolds was 2-for-4 with 1run scored and 2RBI's. Piña was 2-for-3 with 2runs scored. Nimmo was 2-for-3 with 2RBI's.
Game two of the series will be played Wednesday at 7:05 pm at Grayson Stadium.