Gnats Game Wrap: Gnats Crush Grasshoppers 11-0
Published on September 1, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
The Savannah Sand Gnats crushed the Greensboro Grasshoppers 11-0 Wednesday night at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, NC.
The Gnats have now pounded out 32 runs in the first three games of their series against the Grasshoppers.
The Gnats (29-35/71-63) got going early.
In the top of the first inning, DH Robbie Shields singled, stole second, and scored on an RBI single from 3B Aderlin Rodriguez.
Shields, who was 3-4 with two walks, three runs scored and an RBI on Wednesday is now 8-14 with six RBI and six runs scored in the first three games of the series in against the Grasshoppers (33-32/65-70).
The 18-year old Rodriguez has hit safely in each of his first three games with the Gnats and has seven RBI in those three contests.
Savannah added three runs in the second to make the score 4-0.
The key hits were an RBI double by RF Cody Holliday and a two-run single by Shields.
Two more runs in the fourth on RBI singles from 1B Travis Ozga and LF R.J. Harris made the score 6-0.
That was more than enough for Collin McHugh (6-8, 3.46) who tossed six shutout innings.
He struck out five and did not walk a batter while yielding just three hits.
In the seventh, he gave way to Michael Hebert, who was added to the Savannah roster earlier in the day.
Hebert threw three scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts in his Savannah debut.
Savannah added single runs in the sixth, seventh, and ninth innings and two in the eighth to complete the game's scoring.
The Gnats play their final road game of the regular season Thursday night in Greensboro when they send RHP Armando Rodriguez (7-9, 3.19) to the hill with first pitch scheduled for 7 pm.
Next Home Game
The Gnats begin their final home stand of the regular season on Friday, September 3rd against the Asheville Tourists.
It will be a special Nine Innings of TV Giveaway where the Gnats will give away a TV every inning of the game, concluding with the grand prize in the ninth.
Playoffs Presented by Tate Law Group
Savannah will open the 2010 playoffs at the home of the second-half champion on Wednesday, September 8.
After an off-day, Historic Grayson Stadium will host its first playoff game in 14 years on Friday, September 10, with a vuvuzela horn giveaway presented by the Tate Law Group.
Game three, if necessary, will be Saturday, September 11.
South Atlantic League Stories from September 1, 2010
- Suns Surge of Runs Stand up to Legends - Hagerstown Suns
- Gnats Game Wrap: Gnats Crush Grasshoppers 11-0 - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Hagerstown Jumps on Legends Early, Wins 9-1 - Lexington Legends
- Hagerstown Jumps on Legends Early, Wins 9-0 - Lexington Legends
- Drive Cruise Past RiverDogs, 7-2 - Greenville Drive
- Crawdads Clinch Playoff Spot, Beat Asheville, 10-3 - Hickory Crawdads
- Claws Clinch Second Half Title, Thrash Augusta 14-2 - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Drive Step on Gas Early, Fly Past RiverDogs, 7-2 - Charleston RiverDogs
- Crawdads hammer Tourists 10-3; clinch playoff berth - Asheville Tourists
- GreenJackets Run into Situation on Jersey Shore - Augusta GreenJackets
- Copeland Leads 'Birds to 1-0 Shutout of Intimidators - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Birds Blank Intimidators 1-0 - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Gnats Game Notes: Wednesday, September 1 at Greensboro - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Flannery Promoted to High-A Tampa; Rodriguez Transferred to Charleston - Charleston RiverDogs
- Towles Elected to Legends Hall of Fame; Ceremony Set for September 3 - Lexington Legends
- Shorebirds Game Notes: September 1 Vs. Kannapolis - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Power Top Braves in Matinee - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Curley Heads to Myrtle Beach - Rome Emperors
- Asheville's Clark, Mesa Named to Year-End SAL All-Star Team - Asheville Tourists
- Greensboro Grasshoppers Donate $10,000 to Teacher Supply Warehouse - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- RiverDogs Infielder Rob Lyerly Named to 2010 SAL Postseason All-Star Team - Charleston RiverDogs
- Gnats Jimmy Fuller Named SAL Most Outstanding Pitcher - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Rome Adds Infielder to Roster - Rome Emperors
- Four BlueClaws on South Atlantic League All-Star Team - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Hazelbaker Named to 2010 SAL Annual All-Star Team - Greenville Drive
- Dominguez, Bucardo Named to SAL All-Star Team - Augusta GreenJackets
- Power Game Notes - Charleston Dirty Birds
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