Gastonia Grizzlies 9 Savannah Bananas 0

The second game of the CPL playoffs was played Friday evening, August 11th at Grayson Stadium between the Savannah Bananas and the Gastonia Grizzlies. The game was sold out.
Gastonia utilized solid pitching, excellant defense and timely hitting to win 9-0 and advance to the CPL championship to play the Eastern division champions starting Monday.
The starting pitcher for the Grizzlies, Billy Layne,(Seaton Hall) pitched 8 shutout innings allowed 2 hits, 1BB, and 5 K's. He pitched a no hitter thru 7 innings.
Gastonia scored their first run in the 2nd inning. Matthew McGarry,2b(Belmont Abbey) doubled and scored on a single by Kyle Wilson,3b(Austin Peay).
The second run for Gastonia was scored in the 7th inning. Kyle Wilson doubled and scored on a single by Ryan Cox,ss(Kutztown).
It was a wild 8th inning for the Grizzlies sending 11 batters to the plate, scoring 7 runs on 3 hits and 3 errors.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Tanner Routh(Guildord Tech Community College) pitched 6 innings, allowed 1 run on 6 hits, walked 1 and struck out 6 batters.
The second season was another  great season for the Savannah Bananas thanks to the players, coaches, host families, owners, staff and enthusiastic fans from all over the United States and around the World.

                                           In his first start of the season, Routh pitched 6 innings and allowed 1 run.