Mark Cohoon Tosses Second Consecutive Complete Game Shutout
Published on June 10, 2010 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
SAVANNAH, GA - Mark Cohoon tossed his second consecutive complete game shutout Thursday night in Greensboro, NC in a 7-0 Gnats win. For the second consecutive outing, Cohoon allowed just three hits and a walk over nine innings. He is the only pitcher in all of minor league baseball to throw two complete game shutouts this year. In his last 18 innings, Cohoon has given up just six hits, two walks and one hit batter, while striking out 15 without allowing a single run.
The Gnats (36-25) have now won four straight games.
Including both Major and Minor Leaguers, Cohoon is now part of an elite club of four pitchers with two or more complete game shutouts in 2010. He joins Roy Halladay, who has tossed three, and Matt Cain and Ubaldo Jimenez who each have two complete game shutouts, as the only pitchers with multiple shutouts.
Cohoon now leads the SAL with his 1.44 ERA and is sixth in all of minor league baseball.
The Gnats scored in five different innings on Thursday, tying a season-high with three home runs. 1B Michael Fisher and SS Wilmer Flores hit back-to-back jacks in the third inning, the first time that the Gntas have hit two long balls in the same inning this year.
The Gnats and the Grasshoppers square off in game two of their three-game series Friday night with RHP Collin McHugh (2-3, 2.52) for Savannah taking on LHP Jose Alvarez (5-1, 3.55) for Greensboro.
Next Home Game: The Gnats return home on Monday, June 14th to begin a three-game series with the Rome Braves on Dollar Monday. General Admission tickets are just $1 with a coupon available in local Food Lion locations, the Savannah Morning News, and online at Savannahnow.com, E93.com and WSAV.com.
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