Nicasio Stifles Gnats With 12 K's In Tourists Win
Published on July 3, 2009 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Savannah Sand Gnats News Release
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Asheville hurler Juan Nicasio struck out 12 Savannah Sand Gnats batters en route to a, 5-1, victory for the Tourists, who drew a split the four-game series with the Gnats in front of 4,136 at Historic Grayson Stadium.
The 12 punch outs for Nicasio were the most for any opposing pitcher against the Gnats since before the 2004 season. He allowed just two hits and Savannah as a club was held hitless from the third inning through the eighth.
Asheville struck first in the fourth with a RBI-double by Ryan Peisel and extended the lead in the fifth on an RBI-Single by Scott Robinson. The Tourists' leadoff man scored later in the inning when Savannah starter Kyle Allen hit Jordan Pacheco with the bases loaded making the score, 3-0.
The right-hander from Riverview, Fla. lost his second straight start going five innings allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and two hit batters. John Church made his first Sand Gnats debut coming in for the sixth and seventh. He allowed a two-run home run to David Christensen in the seventh to make it, 5-0, Tourists.
The Gnats added a rally in the ninth on an RBI-double by Josh Satin that scored Wilmer Flores. Savannah left the tying run in the on-deck circle, however, as both Kai Gronauer and Stefan Welch struck out to end the ballgame. Gronauer was 0-for-3 and thus ends his hitting streak at 10 games, one shy of tying the season high set by Eric Campbell.
The Sand Gnats (4-5, 39-40) end the nine-game homestand one game under .500 and look to get back to their winning ways in Greenville where they took three of four from the Drive earlier this season. Jeurys Familia (5-5, 2.95) takes the bump for Savannah facing Brock Huntzinger (5-4, 3.16) in the 6 p.m. contest at Flour Field at the Wet End. You can follow the Gnats the Sand Gnats on the road at STAR AM 1400.
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