Sand Gnats Bats Quiet In Postseason Opener Against Asehville

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Asheville Tourists

September 9, 2015

Martires Arias @ Jesus Tinoco

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	7	0
Asheville	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	X		5	7	0

W: Tinoco; L: Arias

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Martires Arias – 5.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 76 Pitches (55 Strikes), 5 GO: 2 FO

Ben Griset – 0.2 IP, BB, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 1 S

Tim Peterson – 1.1 IP, 2 SO, 1 GO: 1 FO

Paul Paez – 0.2 IP, H, SO

Jesus Tinoco – 7.2 IP, 7 H, R, 6 SO, 98 Pitches (70 Strikes), 8 GO: 4 FO

Jerry Vasto – 1.1 IP, SO, 1 GO: 2 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Batters

Luis Guillorme – 2-4, R

Wuilmer Becerra – 1-4, 3 SO

Eudor Garcia – 2-4, 2B (1), RBI (1)

John Mora – 1-4

Patrick Biondi – 1-3

Wes Rogers – 1-4, R, SO

Forrest Wall – 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI, SO

Dom Nunez – 1-4, R, SO

Roberto Ramos – 3-4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SO

Josh Fuentes – 1-3, 2B

Recap

            The Sand Gnats began their final postseason run as a Savannah franchise Wednesday night in Asheville with a 5-1 loss to the Tourists. Sand Gnats starter Martires Arias came out firing bullets for Savannah, but he fastballs up to a pair of lefties in the 4^th inning, and both pitches were launched for massive, game-changing homeruns. Tourists starter Jesus Tinoco matched Arias 0-for-0 over the first 3 innings, and then nearly kept up that pace for another 3.2 innings before Jerry Vasto took over and finished the game for Asheville.