Jose Mejias and Austin Hinkle tossed four scoreless innings of relief and the Sand Gnats were held without a run after the first inning as the Catfish took a 3-2 decision on Military Appreciation Night at Historic Grayson Stadium.

The Gnats (2-4) offense was alive in the first, scoring a pair of runs off Brian Flores to take an early lead.  Greg Veloz scored the first run when Juan Lagares grounded into a double play.  With two away, the Gnats rallied with three straight singles to score the second run. The third base hit from Nick Giarraputo scored Jose Jimenez to make it 2-0.

Columbus (4-0) fought back in the second, scoring a pair of Maikel Cleto. After loading the bases with no outs, the Catfish manufactured two runs on a Stephen Vogt groundout and a sacrifice fly from Michael McCormick to tie the game at two.  

The decisive run came in the fifth, as Columbus scored without recording a hit. McCormick led off with a walk and took second on a wild pitch from Cleto. A groundout moved McCormick to third before a second wild pitch from Cleto allowed McCormick to score the eventual winning run. 

Cleto (2-5) tossed 7.0 innings for the fourth time in five starts. The right-hander allowed 3 runs on 7 hits. He walked 2 and struck out 4 but unleashed the two pivotal wild pitches. Cleto did manage to pick off three different Catfish runners at first base in seven innings.

Savannah was unable to muster a baserunner after the fourth inning. Veloz and Giarraputo paced the Gnats with two hits apiece.