Savannah  6, Greenville 3

Light-hitting Jeff Glenn smacked a three-run home run in the ninth inning to lead the Savannah Sand Gnats past the Greenville Drive 6-3 on Saturday night at Fluor Field.

Glenn, a ninth-round pick of the New York Mets in 2009, hit his third homer of the year and raised his batting average to .201.

Savannah (64-43, 21-17 second half) won for the 11th time in its last 14 games and has swept the first three games in the four-game series with the Boston Red Sox affiliate.

The Gnats rallied to tie the game in the eighth inning on Jorge Rivero’s run-scoring triple. Rivero finished with two hits and upped his batting average to a team-leading .320.

Savannah’s third pitcher of the night, Paul Sewald (3-2), pitched a scoreless eighth inning to get the win. Beck Wheeler notched his 13th save with a scoreless ninth.

Key Stats

Jeff Glenn: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 R

Eudy Pina: 1-for-2, 1 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI, 1 R

Jorge Rivero: 2-for-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI

Steven Matz: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 1 HR, 1 BB, 3 ER, 5 K

Tyler Vanderheiden: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 K

Paul Sewald: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 3 K

Beck Wheeler: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K

(Team Report)