Sunday, August 6, 2017

Savannah Bananas 3 Florence RedWolves 2

The Savannah Bananas returned home to Grayson Stadium Saturday evening,August 5th to play the Florence RedWolves in front of another sold out crowd, 4,309.
Fans saw an exciting game and finish with Savannah scoring the winning run in the 10th inning to win the game 3-2.
Leading off the 4th inning for Florence, Logan McRae,lf(College of Charleston) hit a bullet over the left field fence for his 5th home run of the season.
Savannah tied the game in the 4th when Matthew Pita,2b(VMI) singled, stole second and scored on a single by L.J Talley,1b(Georgia)
Leading off the 6th inning for the RedWolves, Zach Jacobs,3b(FMU) doubled and scored on a single by McRae.
Savannah tied the score at 2-2  in their 6th inning. Bryce Fischer,lf(Oklahoma State) doubled and went to third on a sac bunt and scored on a single by L.J. Talley.
The Bananas led off the 10th inning with a double by Fischer followed by an intentional walk. Gerald Nelson,rf(Long Beach State) laced a line drive to left field to score Fischer with the winning run.
Savannah used five  pitchers in the game and the combined pitchers struck out 17 batters. Hunter Phillips(Georgia Southern University),W,4-1, was very impressive pitching the 9th and 10th innings and striking out 6 batters.
The Savannah Bananas play tomorrow Sunday, August 6th at Grayson Stadium against the Gastonia Grizzlies with the game starting at 7:05pm. The final game of the regular season is sold out. Every home game this season was sold out. It was announced the Bananas have clinched a playoff birth and will play next week(TBD).
                                         Nelson drives in the winning run in the 10th inning


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