Gnats Sweep Drive

The Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greenville Drive played a double header Friday afternoon at Grayson Stadium. Savannah came from behind to win both games, 5-4 and 5-2.
Game one:
Greenville scored 2 runs in the 2nd inning.
Savannah scored three runs in the 4th inning.cfBrandon Nimmo and dhMaikis De La Cruz both walked and advanced  a base on a wild pitch. 2bDilson Herrera hit a sack fly to score Nimmo. 3bCole  Frenzel hit a 2 run home run over the right field fence.(His 7th home run of the season).
Greenville tied the score at 3-3 in the 5th inning on back to back doubles by ssJose Vinicio and cfJesus Loya. The final run for the Drive came in the 7th inning on a home run over the right field fence by 1bBoss Moanaroa(His 4th home run of the year).
The Sand Gnats scored 2 runs in the 6th inning.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Tim Peterson , Won, (1-0), pitched 6 innings, allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 0BB, and struck out 2. Reliever, Beck Wheeler, pitched 1 inning, allowed 1 run on 2 hits, 0BB, 0 strike outs to earn his 18 save of the year.

Game two:
Greenville pitcher, Cody Kukuk, was masterful for 5 innings, striking out 9 and did not allow a hit .
However it changed in the 6th inning when Savannah erupted for 5 runs on 4 hits and took advantage of 2BB and two throwing errors
Greenville scored their two runs in the 6th inning on a single by rfAneury Tavarez and doubles by 1bMario Martinez and lfKendrick Perkins.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Steven Matz, pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, 3BB, and 6 strike outs.
Wanel  Messa pitched 1 1/3 innings, no runs on 1 hit, 1BB, and struck out 2.With the win, Messa is now 2-2.
The announced attendance was 1,777.
Both teams play a double header starting at 5:05 pm Saturday at Grayson Stadium.