Game one of the three game series between the first place Savannah Sand Gnats and the second-place Ashville Tourists was played in front of 2,736 fans Monday evening at Grayson Stadium.
Fans saw excellant pitching by both starters. Sand Gnat starter, Chris Flexen, pitched 7 strong innings, allowed only 1 run on 3 hits, walked 1 and struck out 10. He had a no hitter through 5 innings.
Ashville scored a run in the 6th inning. Max White,lf singled, advanced to second on a sac bunt. White stole third base and scored when David Dahl,cf singled.
Savannah scored their lone run in the 7th inning. Victor Cruzado,rf doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch. Stefan Sabol,dh singled to score Cruzado.
In the 10th inning, the Tourists scored a run when White singled and scored on a triple by shortstop Emerson Jimenez.
Savannah threatened in the 10th with one out and back to back singles by Jeff McNeil,3b and L.J. Mazzilli2b, but could not score.
Savannah pitching: IP. Runs. Hits. K. BB
Chris Flexen. 7. 1. 3. 10. 1
Dario Alvarez. 2. 0. 1. 4. 0
Robert Coles(L,0-2). 1. 1. 3. 1. 0
Game two of the series starts at 7:05pm Tuesday at Grayson Stadium. Savannah leads Ashville by 5 games in the SAL league standings, Southern Division.
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