Savannah

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Joe McEwing singled in Garrett Blanton in the bottom of the 10th to lead the Savannah Cardinals (31-14) over the Hagerstown Suns (21-24), 7-6, in a Double-A South Atlantic League game last night.With one out in the 10th, Blanton was hit by a pitch from losing pitcher Ned Darley (0-1). Blanton advanced to third when Charlie Anderson singled, and came home with two outs when McEwing singled.Savannah has won eight in a row, Hagerstown has lost nine straight. The Suns head to Spartanburg, S.C., for two games, then return to Hagerstown for an 11-game homestand.

A 43-year-old Baltimore man received a 15 1/2 -year prison sentence yesterday for his role in a drug conspiracy in which prosecutors said 155 kilograms of cocaine was smuggled from South America into Baltimore. U.S. District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. sentenced Donald Ryan, who pleaded guilty in January. According to court documents, Ryan agreed in September 2003 to serve as a broker for a freighter shipment of cocaine from Guyana to Savannah, Ga. On Feb. 24, 2004, the freighter containing the cocaine arrived in Savannah's port.

Low-cost carriers come and go at BWI. This time, another one's coming, hoping to capitalize on the popularity of Savannah, Ga., and Hilton Head, S.C.Starting May 16, Jet Express, a regularly scheduled charter service, will begin offering nonstop flights from Baltimore to Savannah every day except Tuesday, for as low as $69 one way. The fares are unrestricted, with no Saturday stay-over or advance ticket purchase requirements. Tickets are nonrefundable, but can be changed for a $25 fee.Not every seat is $69, however.

SINCE the last week of May, a 14-year-old Savannah, Ga., boy, Tommy McCoy, has received some unwanted notoriety.On May 26, he threw out the first pitch at the Class A Savannah Cardinal's game; the team's game on May 28 was named "save Tommy's job night."This may seem odd, but not as bizarre as what the U.S. Department of Labor did -- it got Tommy fired. He lost his job as the Cardinal's batboy for violating child-labor laws, which prohibit 14- and 15-year-olds from working past 7 o'clock in the evening during the school year, and 9 o'clock in the summer.

HAGERSTOWN SUNS vs. SAVANNAH CARDINALSSouth Atlantic Leaguechampionship series(Best of five; Cardinals lead, 2-0)Game 1: Cardinals, 1-0Game 2: Cardinals, 1-0Tomorrow at Hagerstown 7:05Tuesday at Hagerstown* 7:05Wednesday at Hagerstown* 7:05*-If necessary

On January 15, 2007, at 5:10pm, THERESA Y. KINCADE passed into God's arms. She is survived by Bradley Alan, sons Thomas Allan and Brian Andrew, daughter-in-law, Nicole and granddaughter Savannah. There will be no Services.

John T. Saltysiak, a former Baltimore resident who lived in Savannah, Ga., was shot and killed July 4 during a robbery there. He was 37.A mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Cockeysville.Born in Baltimore, he was a graduate of Calvert Hall high school and Florida State University. He served in the Army for 12 years, including three years in Germany and three in Panama.Upon leaving the service in 1987, he settled in Savannah and worked as a chef at the Hyatt Regency Hotel before accepting a position in 1989 as general manager of the Ole Pink House, a historic restaurant on Reynolds Square.

James Robert "Bob" Cassell, founder of a civil engineering firm in his native Baltimore, died Saturday of a cerebral hemorrhage at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga. He was 89, and had lived in Savannah since retiring in 1979. He was president of a civil engineering firm, Maryland Surveying and Engineering Co. Inc., which he founded in 1957. He sold the business in the mid-1960s, then became vice president of Lyon Associates Inc. in Baltimore. A registered professional engineer in 10 states, he served as president of the Maryland Association of Engineers in 1972.

Gary Thomas Rowe Jr., 64, an FBI informer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan during the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, died of a heart attack four months ago in Savannah, Ga.He was buried under the name of Thomas Neal Moore, the identity that federal authorities helped him to assume in 1965 after he testified against Klansmen who were accused of killing Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a civil rights volunteer.Mr. Rowe's death became known last week when a television crew shooting footage for a program about the FBI and the Ku Klux Klan searched for him in Savannah, only to learn that he had died May 25. Eugene Brooks, who had been Mr. Rowe's lawyer, confirmed the death.

Finally, a drama free night on "American Idol," and the best night to date. It's a fact, everything is BIGGER in Texas! We joined the contestants in San Antonio and Long Beach tonight and neither town let us down. Actually they both did the absolute opposite and lifted the show to a new plateau. There were no nicknames, cat fights and minimal appearances by low- or no-talent hopefuls. The show began with the return of Vincent Powell who made it to the end of Hollywood week last season -- and what a return.