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Peanuts Open Final Series with Win

August 27, 2007 - South Coast League (SCL)
South Georgia Peanuts News Release


The South Georgia Peanuts, presented by Security Bank, began the final series of the regular season with a 2-0 win over the Bradenton Juice on Monday night. The Peanuts were held scoreless for the first five innings but picked up two runs late in the game to secure the win.

Going into the bottom of the sixth innings, Juice Starting pitcher was throwing a shutout. Doc Brooks led the inning off with a single before Desi Wilson reached on an error to put runners on first and second. After Jasha Balcom sacrificed the runners up, Josh Eachues struck out for the second out of the inning. Collis then walked Nick Prosise to load the bases and Jonny Washington to put the Peanuts up 1-0.

In the bottom of the seventh inning with one out, Joey Hooft hit a solid double to left-center. After Luke Palmer came in from the Bradenton bullpen, Doc Brooks hit an RBI single to score Hooft. That was all the scoring South Georgia needed to hold on for the victory.

Pitching was very good throughout the game for the Peanuts. Dumas Garcia got the start and pitched five innings allowing no runs on five hits with four strikeouts. Jerome Gamble pitched two innings allowing two hits with three strikeouts and picked up his fourth win of the season. Mike Colacchio and Jake Upwood combined to pitch an inning of scoreless relief. Drew Shetrone pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to pick up his league-leading 12th save of the season.

The Peanuts only picked up seven hits on the night. Brooks had three of them going 3-4 with a run scored an RBI. Dumas Garcia picked up his first hit of the season while Curtis Goodwin, Eachues and Hooft were the only other Peanuts with a hit.

South Georgia looks for the series win on Tuesday night. First pitch is set for 7:10. Tickets are still available by logging onto southgeorgiapeanuts.com or by visiting the Peanuts box office at Paul Eames Park.

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