Nacho Alvarez had been in a bit of a slump for awhile but broke out in the last two games, getting three hits and a home run in each of them.
When pitchers make mistakes he can make them pay like he did here, and if he can find a way to do more damage on velocity he can quickly make himself into a high on base guy at the major league level.
Gwinnett has won another game, their fifth straight, and with the league's best run differential in the second half they have started to close in on the first place Columbus Clippers heading into their series next week.
JR Ritchie keeps doing good things for Augusta, as although he allowed three runs all were unearned and he pitched into the sixth inning.
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