Savannah Bananas 8 Macon Bacon 3

The Savannah Bananas(13-3)  played the Macon Bacon(7-9)Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd(4,222). Savannah has won the last 6 games against their rival the Bacon.
Savannah scored 7 runs in the 5th inning and won the game 8-3.
Leading off the second inning for the Bacon, Kenyon Crawford,rf( Southern Illinois) hit a triple to deep center field and scored on a bunt single by Connor Corbitt,lf(North Georgia). A double  by catcher Alex Crotty scored Corbitt. Macon scored a run in the 7th inning to close our their scoring.
Sending 11 players to the plate in the 5th inning, Savannah pushed across 7 runs on 4 hits, a walk and  a couple of errors.  Ruben Somelilan,cf(Jacksonville) drove in a run. Driving in two runs with a single was Yorvis Torrealba,(Central Florida). Jacob SullivanDh(South Florida) drove in a run. Connor Basler,as(Southeast Missouri State) singled to drive in a run. Two runs scored on a pair of errors and a wild pitch, The final run for the Bananas  was scored in the 7th inning.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Brayden Beldon(Oklahoma State) (W2-0) pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 0 walks and 8 strike outs.
Both teams had 9 hits for the game. Leading hitters for Savannah:Somelilan was 2-for-5 with 1RBI and a run scored. Torrrealba was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored.
The next  home game for Savannah is Saturday at Grayson Stadium against the Gastonia Grizzlies.

                                                    With the win Brayden Beldon is (2-0)