Grayson Stadium

Grayson Stadium
Historic Grayson Stadium

Monday, July 1, 2013

Savannah Sand Gnats 2 Rome Braves 1

The final game of the four game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Rome Braves was played in front of 1,394 fans Sunday afternoon at Grayson Stadium.
For the third game in a row, Savannah faced excellent pitching, and won in the 10th  inning, 2-1.
Rome took a 1-0 lead in the 7th inning when catcher Chase Anselment hit a home run, against the wind, over the right field fence
Savannah tied the score in the 8th inning, cfBrandon Nimmo singled, stole second and scored on a single by lfKyle Johnson.
The Sand Gnats scored the winning run in the 10th inning. Leading off the inning, ssPhillip Evans singled and went to second on a single by Nimmo. Johnson was hit by a pitch to load the bases. 3bCole Frenzel hit a ground ball towards the shortstop for an infield hit,
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Luis Cessa, pitched 6 2/3 innings, allowed 1run on 7 hits,1BB, and struck out 3. Paul Sewald pitched 2 1/3 innings, gave up 1 hit and struck out 3. Beck Wheeler won(1-4) pitched a1-2-3 tenth inning.
Savannah plays the Hickory Crawdads Monday at 7:05 pm at Grayson Stadium.

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