Friday, June 8, 2018

Savannah Bananas 9 Lexington County Blowfish 8

The Savannah Bananas(4-1) played the Lexington County Blowfish(3-3) Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,000 plus.
Fans saw an exciting game with Savannsh scoring 2 runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to win 9-8.
Savannah scored a run in the 1st inning when Clay Dungen,ss(Indiana State) singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Trenton Nash,2b(Middle Georgia State).
Lexington scored a run in the 2nd inning and added three runs in the 4th inning on a triple, two doubles and a single.
Sending 9 players to the plate in the 5th inning, Savannah pushed across 5 runs. With the bases loaded, Mason Miller,CF(Georgia Southern) singled driving in the first run. Dungen singled to drive in the second run. Justin Dirden,RF(Southeast Missouri State) tripled to plate 2 runs. During  a run down between first base and second base,



a throwing error allowed Dirden to score.
The Bananas scored a run in the 8th inning and 2 runs in the 10th inning.
Lexington scored 2 runs in the 7th inning, 1 run in the 8th inning and a run in the 10th inning.
Lexington out hit Savannah 13-11. Leading hitters for Savannah were Dirden 3-for-5 with 3RBI's and 2 runs scored. Jacob Greene,1b(Emory) was 3-for-3 with a run scored.
The leading hitter for the Blowfish was Connor Tate,3b(Georgia) was 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored.
Savannah sent 7 pitchers to the mound. Pitching the final 2 innings, Hunter Phillips(South Alabama) (W,1-0) allowed 1 run on 1 hit and 1BB.
The next home game for Savannah is Saturday at Grayson Stadium against the Lexington County Blowfish.
                                                Jacob Greene was 3-for-3 with a run scored

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