Savannah Sand Gnats 4 Asheville Tourists 3

The Asheville Tourists came to Savannah to play a 3 game series on Monday leading the Gnats by 4 games in the  standings.
With the score tied 3-3 going into the bottom of the 10th inning, Savannah scored a run to win the game and cut Ashveille's lead to 3 games.
Asheville got off to a quick start scoring two runs in the first inning. Lead off hitter, Ramiel Tapia,cf singled followed by a home run over the left field fence by second baseman Zach Osborne, his 2nd of the season.
Savannah scored a run in the 2nd inning. Jorge Rivero singled, and on the next play, went to third  on a fielding error by the first baseman  and scored on a single by catcher, Colton Plaia.
In the 3rd inning Savannah tied the score at 2-2 on a solo home run by Yeixon Ruiz,ss over the left field fence, his 4th of the season.
Asheville took a 3-2 lead in the 7th inning when Dillon Thomas,lf tripled and scored on a sac fly.
Savannah tied the score in the 9th inning on an RBI single by Victor Cruzado,rf.
Leading off the 10th inning for the Sand Gnats, Ruiz triples to right-center field, and scores the winning run on a sac fly by Champ Stuart,cf.
Savannah pitchers:    IP.   Runs.    Hits.   K.  BB
Miller Diaz.               5.       2.          4.     6.     1
John Mincone.           2.       1.          2.     0.     0
Paul Paez(W,1-2).      3.       0.          1.     2.     0
The announced attendance was 1,693.
Game two of the series starts at 7:05pm Tuesday at Grayson Stadium.