Gnats Game Notes
Published on April 16, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
Game #9
Savannah Sand Gnats (4-4, t-4th, Southern)
vs.
Rome Braves (5-3, t-2nd, Southern)
Road Game #1
RHP Collin McHugh
(0-1, 9.00)
RHP Arodys Vizcaino (1-0, 7.20)
Friday - 7:00
State Mutual Stadium - Rome, GA
Radio:
WBMQ News/Talk 630, sandgnats.com
Tonight:
The Gnats play their first road game of the year at Rome to begin a four-game series and an eight-game road trip to Rome and Augusta.
Last Night:
The Gnats snapped a four-game losing streak by beating Augusta 4-1.
Starter Mark Cohoon gave up just one run over six innings and struck out five.
SS Wilmer Flores was 2-3 with a walk and an RBI.
Now Pitching: Colin McHugh
will make his second start for the Sand Gnats this evening.
McHugh gave up a three-run home run to West Virginia's CF Evan Chambers before he retired a batter in his first start on April 11.
He did not allow another run in his three innings of work in a 6-1 Savannah loss.
McHugh has moved through the Mets system one level a year, pitching for Kingsport in '08 and Brooklyn in '09.
With Brooklyn, he was 8-2 with a 2.76 ERA in 75 innings over 14 starts.
He struck out 79 batters and walked 21 while yielding only one home run. The Mets selected McHugh in the 18th round of the 2008 draft out of Berry (GA) College.
In his junior season with Berry, he led the Southern States Athletic Conference with 9.05 strikeouts per nine innings.
He finished his Berry career with a 13-9 record with five saves and 167 strikeouts and 66 walks in 171.1 collegiate innings.
Contact!
In his first 34 plate appearances, 18-year old shortstop Wilmer Flores is hitting .386 (12 H/33 AB), with one walk, and has not yet struck out.
He drew his first walk on Thursday night. As a team, the Gnats have struck out just 56 times, the fewest of any unit in the SAL.
Four is the Magic Number:
The Gnats are 4-0 when they score four or more runs and 0-4 when they score three runs or fewer.
Pitching In : Gnats pitching is tied with Augusta for the top ERA (2.25) in the SAL.
Gnats pitching has allowed the second-fewest hits (48), one behind Rome (47) and is tied with Rome for the fourth-most strikeouts in the league (72).
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