Sand Gnats Win Series
April 19, 2010 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Rome Emperors News Release
Rome, GA - The Savannah Sand Gnats defeated the Rome Braves Monday night 4-1 in front of 1,940 fans at State Mutual Stadium. Rome falls to 6-6 as the Sand Gnats take the opening home series three games to one.
Savannah scored the first run of the game in the fourth inning. Juan Lagares tripled and scored on a fielding error by Kyle Rose for the 1-0 score. The Gnats added another run for the 2-0 lead in the sixth on a Lagares home run to left field.
Rome scored their only run of the night in the bottom half of the seventh on a RBI double by Matt Kramer to score Christian Bethancourt.
Savannah added two insurance runs in the ninth for the 4-1 final.
James Fuller (2-1) earns the win for Savannah while Julio Teheran (1-1) picks up his first loss of the season for Rome. Teheran pitched well going 5.1 innings striking out three and allowing just one earned run. Michael Powers gets his first save for the Sand Gnats.
Rome welcomes the Kannapolis Intimidators to town for a four game series, with the first game starting tomorrow at 7 PM. For ticket information, contact the Rome Braves at 706-378-5144 or log onto www.romebraves.com.
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