Gnats, Intimidators split 2
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — After Savannah won the opener of a doubleheader, the Kannapolis Intimidators salvaged a 5-4 victory on Jake Brown’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning of the second game Thursday night.
Kannapolis (19-32) had led 4-2 before solo home runs from the Sand Gnats’ Maikis De La Cruz in the sixth and Eudy Pina in the seventh tied the game at 4.
In the 11th, Josh Richmond led off with a double and went to third on Eric Grabe’s sacrifice bunt. Brown then singled on a fly to left field for the winning run.
Earlier, the teams continued a May 3 game suspended by rain with visiting Kannapolis leading 1-0 after three innings. It was basically all Savannah (31-22) the rest of the way Thursday for an 8-2 victory.
Sand Gnats left fielder Stefan Sabol was 4 for 4 with a solo homer, three singles, two RBIs and two runs scored. He tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning by driving in Greg Pron, and Sabol homered in the seventh for a 5-2 lead.
Savannah padded its lead with three runs in the eighth. Pina led off with a single, moved to second on a passed ball and to third on Jeff Reynolds’ single. Jayce Boyd then singled home Pina, and both Reynolds and Boyd scored on Kevin Plawecki’s double.
While left-hander Steven Matz was the starter on May 3, he was placed on the disabled list Thursday and right-hander Tim Peterson was transferred from the Brooklyn Cyclones’ roster.
Marcos Camarena (1-0) replaced Matz in the game and picked up the win with five innings of one-hit, one-run, one-walk, one-strikeout action.
Game 1
SAND GNATS 8, INTIMIDATORS 2
Kannapolis ab r h bi Savannah ab r h bi
Mica.Jhnsn 2b 4 0 1 0 Pina cf 5 1 2 0
Sierra cf 2 0 0 1 Zurcher 2b 2 0 0 0
Llanos cf 2 0 0 0 Reynolds 2b 3 1 1 1
Coats rf 4 0 1 0 Boyd 1b 5 2 2 2
Tanner c 4 0 0 0 Plawecki dh 5 0 2 2
Barroso dh 1 0 0 0 Pron rf 5 1 1 1
Marjama ph-dh 3 0 0 0 Fenzel 3b 5 0 0 0
Plmeiro 3b-1b 4 1 2 0 Glenn c 4 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 1 0 0 0 Sabol lf 4 2 4 2
Jirschele ph-3b 3 0 1 0 Evans ss 3 1 1 0
Mich.Jhnsn ss 2 1 0 0
Kiser lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 1 Totals 41 8 13 8
Kannapolis 001 000 100 — 2
Savannah 000 112 13x — 8
E—Palmeiro, Mich. Johnson 3, Mica. Johnson. DP—Kannapolis 1. LOB—Kannapolis 6, Savannah 11. 2B—Coats, Mica. Johnson, Palmeiro, Plawecki 2. HR—Sabol (2). SB—Pron.
KANNAPOLIS IP H R ER BB SO
Leyer 3 2 0 0 1 3
Lopez L,0-1 2 1/3 6 4 1 1 3
Isler 2 5 4 4 0 0
Bollinger 2/3 0 0 0 0 1
SAVANNAH IP H R ER BB SO
Matz 3 2 1 1 1 4
Camarena W,1-0 2 1 1 1 1 1
Vanderheiden 1 2 0 0 0 1
WP—Lopez, Camarena. PB—Tanner 2. T—2:36. A—1,073.
Game 2
INTIMIDATORS 5, SAND GNATS 4
Savannah ab r h bi Kannapolis ab r h bi
Pina rf 5 1 1 1 Mica.Jhnsn 2b 3 1 3 1
Nimmo cf 5 1 2 0 Llanos cf 3 0 0 0
Boyd dh 4 0 2 0 Mich.Jhnsn ph-lf 2 0 0 0
Plawecki c 5 0 2 1 Coats rf 5 0 1 0
M.DeLaCruz lf 4 1 1 1 Tanner 1b 5 0 1 2
Frenzel 1b 5 0 0 0 Marjama c 5 0 0 0
Reynolds 3b 4 1 0 0 Richmond lf-cf 4 1 1 0
Evans ss 4 0 0 0 Grabe 3b 3 1 1 0
YDeLaCruz 2b 4 0 0 0 Brown ss 5 1 3 1
Kiser dh 4 1 1 1
Totals 40 4 8 3 Totals 39 5 11 5
Savannah 100 011 100 00 — 4
Kannapolis 004 112 000 01 — 5
E—Plawecki, Brown. DP—Kannapolis 3. LOB—Savannah 6, Kannapolis 8. 2B—Richmond. HR—M. De La Cruz (1), Pina (6). SAC—Grabe 2. SB—Kiser, Mica. Johnson, Brown. CS—Mica. Johnson
SAVANNAH IP H R ER BB SO
Koch 6 8 4 4 0 4
Carnevale 2 0 0 0 1 3
Sewald L,0-1 2 1/3 3 1 1 1 1
KANNAPOLIS IP H R ER BB SO
Olacio 5 6 2 1 2 2
Throne 1 1 1 1 0 1
Dvorsky 4 1 1 1 0 6
Kibby W,2-0 1 0 0 0 1 1
WP—Carnevale. PB—Marjama. IBB: Mica. Johnson (by Carnevale), Mica. Johnson (by Sewald). HBP—Richmond (by Sewald). T—2:56. A—1,781.