Gnats Game Notes: Monday, May 24 - vs. Kannapolis - 7:05 pm

From Press Release:

Savannah Sand Gnats (26-18, 2nd, Southern) vs. Kannapolis Intimidators (22-22, 4th, Northern)

Game #45 - Home Game #21 - Monday – 7:05

LHP Jimmy Fuller (5-2, 1.95) vs. RHP Cameron Bayne (2-6, 4.78)

Historic Grayson Stadium – Savannah, GA

Radio: WBMQ News/Talk 630, http://www.sandgnats.com/





Tonight: The Gnats begin a four-game series with the Kannapolis Intimidators at Historic Grayson Stadium. The Gnats enter play today two games behind the Augusta GreenJackets for first place in the SAL Southern Division.

Last Night: The Sand Gnats beat the Charleston RiverDogs 6-2 in a game that was delayed 1:27 by rain in the middle of the third inning. With the win, the Gnats earned a split in their four-game series in Charleston. Reliever John Church picked up his third win of the year, firing four innings of shutout baseball in relief of starter Brandon Moore. Church gave up just one hit, did not walk a batter and struck out three.

Now Pitching: Jimmy Fuller will make his ninth start as a Gnat. The Gnats are 6-2 when Fuller starts and have supported him with 4.9 runs per game. He is currently sixth in the SAL with a 1.95 ERA and is tied for sixth in the league with 49 strikeouts. In his last start, Fuller held Augusta to two runs on four hits in six innings in a game Savannah lost 3-1. Fuller’s problem inning has been the first. In the first innings of games this year, Fuller has given up five of the 11 earned runs he’s allowed all year. Opponents are hitting .378 against him in the first, the highest of any frame. Fuller spent all of 2009 with the Brooklyn Cyclones where he was a NYP League All-Star in a season in which he was 3-6 with a 2.86 ERA in 12 games, 11 of which were starts. Fuller struck out 67 batters and walked 15 for a sterling K/BB ratio of 4.67. Fuller was a DII All-American in 2008 at Southern Connecticut State University where he led DII in strikeouts with 145, averaging 13 whiffs per nine innings. He was 9-3 with a 1.39 ERA and put together a streak of 59 scoreless innings.



Vs. Kannapolis: Tonight begins the season series between the Gnats and the Intimidators. Kannapolis will play 11 games over three series in Savannah, but the Gnats will not return the trip to Kannapolis in 2010. The Gnats and the Intimidators split their season series 2-2 last year.