Tona's six-out save seals home opening win

North Augusta, SC: Shane Matheny electrified the home crowd with a two run home run in the first inning and Jesus Tona picked up the final six outs of the game as the GreenJackets rolled to a home opening night, 5-4 win.

Greensboro got the bats going in the 1^st inning. After a leadoff double from Connor Kaiser, he advanced to 3^rd base on a wild pitch from Hjelle. It was Mason Martin with a base-hit making it 1-0 Greensboro. The Grasshoppers got two more on, but stranded them on the bags in the first.
The GreenJackets answered right back though, and it was returner Shane Matheny who hit his 2^nd home run of the year with a two-run home run in the first inning. Augusta took the lead 2-1.
While Augusta got the early lead, Sean Hjelle did not allow a run again until the 5^th. After Jacob Gonzalez committed a throwing error to begin the frame, Kaiser drew a walk. Then, Jonah Davis hit a three-run home run to make it a 4-2 lead for Greensboro. Hjelle finished after 4.2 innings, allowing four runs.
In the bottom of the 5^th though, Augusta scored three of their own. An RBI single for Jose Layer, followed by an RBI double for Aaron Bond tied the score at four. It was a bases loaded walk for Frankie Tostado to launch Augusta up 5-4 in the 5^th.
The GreenJackets would hang on for a 5-4 victory as Jesus Tona snagged his 2^nd save of the season as he got the final six outs of the game to help the GreenJackets get back to the .500 mark.
PLAYER OF THE GAME: Jesus Tona, 2 IP, 0 ER, 2 K
Tona came into the game in the 8^th inning with two men on base an nobody out. He worked out of the jam and did not allow a run. Tona then came back in the 9^th and got the final three outs. The right hander has not allowed a run in his first five innings on the mound this year.
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