- Savannah starter, Dario Alvarez, was masterful tossing 5 shutout innings, striking out 12.
SAVANNAH 5, GREENVILLE 4 – GAME 1 (RESUMED FROM APRIL 19TH)
A double header was played between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Greenville Drive Wednesday at Grayson Stadium.
The first game was the resumption of the game suspended in the bottom of the 6th inning on April 19th due to rain with the score 3-3. Savannah won both games 5-4 and 6-1.
The first game resumed in the bottom of the 6th, with no outs and catcher Jeff Glenn on second base, who had a double when the game was suspended on April 19th. Center fielder Patrick Biondi singled to move Glenn to third base and third baseman Jeff McNeil drove him in with a single to give Savannah a 4-3 lead.
In the 7th inning, the Drive tied the score when Carlos Asuaje singled to drive in Tzu-Wei Lin, who walked and went to second on a single by Jantzen Witte.
Savannah scored the winning run in the 8th inning on a RBI single by L.J. Mazzilli.
Leading hitter for the Sand Gnats was McNeil who went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs.
| SAVANNAH PITCHERS: | IP | R | H | K | BB | |
| John Gant | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |
| Tim Peterson (2-0) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| John Mincone (S, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SAVANNAH 6, GREENVILLE 1 – GAME 2
The second game was highlighted by the excellent pitching performance by Sand Gnat starter, Dario Alvarez, who threw five shutout innings, struck out 12, and allowed three hits with one walk. With the win Alvarez is now 2-0 and he lowered his ERA to 0.36.
Savannah got off to a fast start in the 1st inning sending nine batters to the plate and scoring four runs on two walks, three hits, and three Greenville Drive errors. Jeff McNeil drove in two runs and first baseman Dominic Smith singled in a run.
Savannah scored two more runs in the 3rd inning and Greenville scored their lone run in the 7th inning.
Sand Gnats were led in hitting by Cecchini who was 2-for-5 with two RBI’s and a run scored.
Savannah relievers were also strong. Dawrin Frias pitched 1.2 innings, allowed a run, on four hits, struck out five and walked one. Tyler Vanderheiden earned his first save, pitched 2.1 shutout innings, and struck out two.
| SAVANNAH PITCHERS: | IP | R | H | K | BB | |
| Dario Alvarez (2-0) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | |
| Dawrin Frias | 1.2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |
| Tyler Vanderheiden (S, 1) | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
The announced attendance was 2,382.
Both teams play a double header starting at 5:30 pm Thursday at Grayson Stadium. Game 2 will be a make up from April 18th postponed game.