Savannah Bananas 9 Gastonia Grizzlies 6

The final home game of the regular season was played Sunday evening, August 6th between the Savannah Bananas and the Gastonia Grizzlies in front of a sold out crowd at Grayson Stadium(4,359)
A big second inning for Savannah scoring 6 runs on 4 hits helped the team win 9-6.
Gastonia scored in the 2nd inning highlited by a single by Chaz Davey,rf(Erskine) driving in 2 runs.
Sending 11 batters to the plate in the 2nd, Savannah scored 6 runs. With the bases loaded, Terrance Pinkston,cf(Norfolk State University) walked scoring the first run. Matthew Pita,2b(VMI) drove in the second run with a fielders choice.  A double by Bryce Fischer,lf(Oklahoma State) with the bases loaded plated 3 runs. John Cassala,1b(Jacksonville)  drove in the final run of the inning with a single.
The Grizzlies scored 1 run in the 3rd inning and 2 runs in the 6th inning highlited by a solo home run over the right field fence by Michael Wilson,cf(Stony Brook) his 3rd home run this season. The final run for Gastonia came in the 8th inning.
Savannah added a run in the 4th inning and 2 runs scored in the 7th inning on a single by Pinkston. Playing in his 7th game for Savannah, Pinkston is batting .478.
Christian Vann,W,1-0 (Mercer University) pitched 5.1 innings, allowed 5 runs on 8 hits, 3BB and no struck outs.
The final playoff standings will be known on Monday when Savannah completes their final regular season game at Martinsville.
                                           Pinkston was 1-for-2 with 3RBI's and a run scored