Flores Delivers Game-Winning Double in 11th
Published on June 3, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
SAVANNAH, GA - Wilmer Flores doubled to left field to drive home C Dock Doyle with the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning to give Savannah a 2-1 win over the Asheville Tourists Thursday night at Historic Grayson Stadium. The Gnats (31-24) remain three games behind the Augusta Greenjackets, who won in Rome, for first place in the South Atlantic League Southern Division with 15 games to play in the first half of the SAL season. Flores finished 2-5 with a pair of doubles.
Dock Doyle led off the 11th by drawing a walk from Asheville reliever Chad Rose. 2B Alonzo Harris bunted Doyle to second, and then Flores brought him home after a CF Pedro Zapata infield hit.
Alonzo Harris led off the Savannah first inning with a line drive home run over the left field wall, his second of the year, to give the Gnats a 1-0 lead.
Asheville tied the game at 1-1 with a run in the top of the sixth against Jimmy Fuller. DH Eliezer Mesa led off the frame with a single, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error on Doyle. With one out, and the Gnats infield drawn in to prevent the tying run from scoring, Asheville 3B Nolan Arenado bounced a single just beyond the reach of a leaping Jefry Marte at third base to drive home Mesa with the tying run. Marte had his hitting streak snapped at eight games with an 0-4.
Savannah starter Jimmy Fuller threw seven excellent innings, giving up just one unearned run on four hits. He struck out seven and walked one. On the other side, Rockies top prospect Tyler Matzek was Fuller's equal, holding the Gnats to one run on four hits in six innings with eight strikeouts.
The Gnats hand the ball to LHP Mark Cohoon (4-1, 1.85) to conclude the four-game series Friday against Asheville's RHP Chris Balcom-Miller (0-1, 2.55). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 with the radio broadcast beginning at 6:50 on News/Talk 630 and sandgnats.com.
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