Savannah Bananas 4 Wilmington Sharks 3

The Savannah Bananas played the Wilmington Sharks(15-4) Monday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of another sold out crowd 4,122. The Sharks entered the game winning 10 games in a row.
Savannah used strong pitching and clutch hitting in the late innings to win 4-3.
The Bananas took a 1-0 lead in the 2nd innings on a  home run by John Cassala,dh(Jacksonville) over the left center field fence, his 4th home run of the season.
The Sharks scored in the 2nd inning highlited by a single by Luke Morgan,ss(College of Charleston) driving in 2 runs. A single by Morgan in the 5th inning drove in the final run for Wilmington.
Savannah scored a run in the 6th inning. Christian Hollie,2b(UT-Arlington) doubled and scored on a double by Matthew Pita,lf(VMI).
In the 7th inning for Savannah, 2 singles and a batter hit by a pitch loaded the bases. A single by Terrance Pinkston,cf(Norforlk State University) scored the first run and the second run scored on a single by Hollie.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Bryan Cruse,(W,7-1) (Memphis) was masterful pitching  a complete game allowing 3 runs (2earned) on 5 hits, 9K's and 2BB.
Wilmington's starting pitcher, Daniel Johnson pitched 6 innings allowed 2 runs on 3 hits, struck out 9 batters and 2 BB.
The next home game for Savannah is Wednesday August 2nd, a double header against the Lexington County Blowfish. The first game starts at 5:00 which is the game suspended on July 24th.

                                                 Bryan  Cruse pitching a complete game.