Savannah Bananas 6 Florence RedWolves 3

The Savannah Bananas played the Florence RedWolves Thursday evening July 20th at Grayson Stadium in front of another sold out crowd 4,096. The 19th sellout.
Savannah won 6-3 as three home runs by the Bananas was too much to over come for the RedWolves.
Florence scored their 3 runs in the 1st inning. Leading off the game, Cornell Nixon,lf(Eastern Kentucky) singled and advanced to third on a single by Grayson Cottingham,ss(Coastal Carolina). A sac fly scored Nixon. Jim Wagner,cf(Augusta) tripled to drive in Cottingham. Wagner scored on a single by Riley King,3b(Georgia).
Leading off the game for Savannah, Logan Mattix,cf(Georgia College) homered over the left field fence- his 3rd home run of the season.
In the 4th inning for Savannah, Matthew Pitta,2b(VMI) singled followed by a home run over the left field fence by Jacob Southern,dh(Jacksonville). The first home run of the season for Southern tied the  game at 3-3.
Savannah took the lead in the 5th inning on another home run by Mattix over the left field fence.
The Bananas added two more runs in the 6th inning to close out their scoring.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Bryan Cruse(Memphis), (W,6-0) pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 runs on 8 hits, walked 1 and struck out 3 batters. Reliever Elliot Forde pitched 3 shutout innings allowing 1 hit, 1BB, 2 K's. Closer Mat Clark pitched 1 inning, 1K to earn his 3rd save of the season.
The next home game for Savannah is Saturday July 22 at Grayson Stadium against the Gastonia Grizzlies starting at 7:05pm. This game is sold out.

                                                Logan Mattix 2 home runs for the game