The Savannah Bananas(29-11) played the Florence RedWolves(18-20) Monday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,202.
Bananas fans saw a thrilling finish with Savannah scoring 2 runs in the 10th inning to win 7-6.
Scoring the first run of the game for Florence, Bryson Smith,1b(Texas) doubled and scored on a single by Kyle Gensler,2b(Charlotte).
Savannah scored a run in the 4th inning on an RBI single by Cade Marlowe,cf(West Georgia).
A single by Justin Dirden,rf(Southeast Missouri State) in the 7th inning scored a run for the Bananas.
A grand slam home run in the 8th inning by McLendon Sears,ss(College of Charleston) gave Florence a 5-2 lead. It was his second home run of the season.
Savannah answered with a run in their 7th inning on a line drive home run over the left field fence by Garrett Delano,rf(Brown) It was his first home run of the season.
The Bananas scored 2 runs in the 9th inning to tie the game at 5-5. Marlowe scored from third base on a wild pitch and catcher Bill LeRoy drove in a run with a single.
The RedWolves scored a run in the 10th inning to take a 6-5 lead.
Savannah scored 2 runs in the 10th inning to win the game 7-6. LeRoy scored the first run on a wild pitch and a sac fly by Delano scored the winning run.
The Bananas had 10 hits for the game. Getting 2 hits each: Marlowe, Delano, LeRoy and Clay Dungan,ss(Indiana State).
Starting Savannah pitcher Tyler Follis(Louisiana Tech) pitched 5 1/3 innings allowed 1 run on 3 hits, 4K’s and 3BB. Reliever Brenton Burgess(W,1-0) pitched the last inning and recorded 2 strike outs.
The next Savannah home game is Wednesday(July 25th) against the Macon Bacon at Grayson Stadium.
Garrett Delano was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored.
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