Friday, July 6, 2018

Lexington County Blowfish 7 Savannah Bananas 4

The Savannah Bananas(20-8) played the Lexington  County Blowfish(9-18) Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,212).
Savannah outhit Lexington 10-9 but lost the game 7-4. The Bananas had numerous opportunities to score and left 13 runners on base.
Leading off the second inning for Savannah, catcher Connor Hamilton(West Virginia) singled and scored on a double by Garrett Delano,1b(Brown).
The Blowfish scored their first run in the 3rd inning. CJ Smith,lfGeorgia) walked and scored on a triple by Chandler Jenkins,DH(East Carolina). The Blowfish scored 2 runs in the 5th inning.
Savannah scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning highlited by an RBI single by Hamiliton  and a sac fly by Delano scored the second run of the inning.
With the bases loaded for Savannah in the 6th inning, a sac fly by Justin Dirden,RF(Southeast Missouri State) scored their final run.
 Sending 9 players to the plate in the 7th inning for Lexington, 3 runs scored. Leading off the inning, Zach Spivey,cf(Bethune-Cookman)homered over the right field fence(his 1st home run of the season). Chandler Jenkins singled to drive in a run. With the bases loaded, a walk scored a run.
The Blowfish added a run in the 8th inning.
Leading hitters for Savannah. Mason Miller,lf(Georgia Southern) was 2-for-5 with a run scored. Dirden  was 2-for-3 with 1RBI and a run scored. Hamilton was 2-for- 5 scored a run and had 1RBI.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Peyton Fuller,(Oregon) pitched 4 innings, allowed 1 run on 2 hits, 3BB and 3 K's.Brayden Beldon(Oklahoma State) (L,2-2) pitched  2 innings, allowed 5 runs on 5 hits, 2K's and 1BB.
The next home game for Savannah is Saturday (July 7th) against the Macon Bacon at Grayson Stadium.
                                                         Connor Hamilton was 2-for-5

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