Gnats Game Notes
Published on May 12, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
Savannah Sand Gnats (20-12, 1st, Southern) vs. Rome Braves (12-19, 7th, Southern)
Game #33 - Home Game #17 - Wednesday - 7:05
LHP Mark Cohoon (4-0, 1.62) vs. RHP Julio Teheran (2-2, 0.81)
Historic Grayson Stadium - Savannah, GA
Radio: WBMQ News/Talk 630, sandgnats.com
Tonight: The first-place Gnats begin a four-game series against the Rome Braves. Savannah leads Augusta by one game for first place in the SAL Southern Division after splitting a four-game series in Lakewood and an eight-game roadtrip to Lakewood and Delmarva.
Last Time Out: Savannah scored twice in the eighth inning to come from behind to beat Lakewood 2-1. In the eighth inning, Dock Doyle walked, Juan Lagares singled him home, Wilmer Flores singled, and Jefry Marte brought home the goa-ahead run with a groundout. Chris Hilliard earned the win in his Gnats debut with four hitless, shutout innings.
Now Pitching: Mark Cohoon will make his seventh Sand Gnats start of the year. The Gnats are 6-0 in Cohoon's starts and have supported him with 5.5 runs per game, third among Gnats starters. His 1.62 ERA is fifth-best in the SAL and he is tied with six other pitchers for the league lead in wins with four. He spent all of 2009 with Brooklyn in the New York-Penn League where he was 9-2 with a 2.15 ERA in 14 starts. He fanned 70 and walked 20 in 92 innings. His 2.15 ERA was 6th in the League and the Mets recognized him with the team's Sterling Award as the Cyclones MVP. In 2008 with Savannah, Cohoon was 2-2 with a 3.82 ERA in seven starts after moving directly from the Kingsport Mets, skipping over Brooklyn. The Mets drafted Cohoon in the 12th round of the 2008 draft out of North Central Texas College.
The Opponent: Rome will send RHP Julio Teheran to the hill tonight. Teheran, who Baseball America ranked as the Braves #3 prospect and top pitching prospect leads the SAL in ERA (0.81). The 19-year old Teheran is first in WHIP (0.78) and batting average against (.150) and fifth in strikeout rate, fanning 10.80 batters per nine innings.
Big Flo: Wilmer Flores has hit safely in five straight games and is fifth in the league in batting average, second in slugging percentage (.574), tied with teammate Juan Lagares for the league lead in total bases (74) and tied with Lagares in second in extra-base hits (19).
Highwater: The Gnats are eight games over .500 for the fourth time this year, but Savannah has not yet gone nine games over .500.
Pitching In: Savannah leads the SAL with a 2.65 ERA. Gnats pitching has allowed 111 runs overall, 14 fewer than Charleston, which has been the second-stingiest staff overall. Rome, however, has the second-lowest ERA in the SAL at 2.94.
South Atlantic League Stories from May 12, 2010
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- BlueClaws Edged by Drive - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- RiverDogs Shred GreenJackets, 6-4 - Charleston RiverDogs
- Power Rallies Past Hagerstown, 13-9 - Hagerstown Suns
- GreenJackets Can't Escape Early Hole in 6-4 Loss - Augusta GreenJackets
- Legends Take Series Opener over Asheville, 6-2 - Lexington Legends
- Intimidators Above .500, Win 8-3 - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Intimidators Power past Shorebirds, 8-3 - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Gnats Game Notes - Savannah Sand Gnats
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- Tourists Receive Balcolm-Miller, Matthes from Extended Spring Training - Asheville Tourists
- Power Game Notes - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Shorebirds Game Notes - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Stoneburner Promoted to Tampa, Heredia Transferred to Charleston - Charleston RiverDogs
- Suns Nearly Sold Out For May 14th - Hagerstown Suns
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