Charleston RiverDogs 3 Savannah Sand Gnats 1

The Savannah Sand Gnats and the Charleston RiverDogs played the first game of the four game series Saturday in front of 4,499 fans at Grayson Stadium. It was the second largest crowd of 2014 at Grayson Stadium.
Charleston won 3-1, as they got off to a fast start scoring two runs in the first inning. Tyler Wade,ss led off with a ground ball hit to shortstop, Gavin Cecchini, who was charged with a fielding error allowing Wade to reach first.  Wade advanced to second on a ground out. A single by Aaron Judge,rf scored Wade. Judge scored on a single by Miguel Andujar,3b. In the 5th inning, Charleston scored their final run.
Savannah avoided the shutout by scoring a run in the 9th inning. Champ Stuart,cf  singles and goes to second when Gavin Cecchini,ss singles. A ground out moves Stuart to third base and he scores when Stefan Sabol grounds out pitcher to first-Sabol now has 31RBI's to lead the team and is among the league leaders.
Savannah had 12 hits for the game. L.J. Mazzilli was 3-for-5. Players with two hits each,Stuart, Jeff McNeil,3b and Victor Cruzado,rf.
Savannah pitching line:          IP.      Runs.  Hits.  K.   BB
Robert Gsellman(Lost,2-3).    3.          2.        3.    3.     0
John Mincone.                        3.          1.         4.    5.     0
Tyler Vanderheiden.               2.          0.         2     0      2
Tim Peterson.                          1.          0.         0.    2.    0
Game two of the series starts at 2:05pm Sunday at Grayson Stadium.