Sunday, July 22, 2018

Savannah Bananas 7 Lexington County Blowfish 3

The Savannah Bananas(28-11)  played the Lexington County Blowfish(13-23) Saturday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,209.
The Bananas out hit the Blowfish 10-9 and won the game 7-3.
Savannah got off to a quick start sending 8 players to the plate in the first inning scoring 3 runs on 4 hits. Hunter Wilson,2d(Arkansas) led off with a single and advanced to third on a double by Clay Dungan,ss(Indiana State).Wilson scored  when Cade Marlowe,cf(West Georgia) singled.   Catcher Bill LeRoy(North Georgia) reached  first base on an error by the third baseman allowed Dungan to score. Alex Rodriquez,3b( Kentucky) singled driving in a run.
The Bananas added a run in the 3rd inning.
Leading off the 6th inning for Savannah, Rodriquez dew a walk, advanced to second on a throwing error by the pitcher, went to third on a fly out, and stole home plate.
Lexington scored their first run in the 7th inning. Channing Painton,3b(Limestone) singled and later scored on a single by Catcher Tyler Haselman(UCLA).
The Bananas scored a run in the 7th inning and a run in the 8th inning.
The Blowfish rallied in the 9th inning with 3 consecutive hits to load the bases and scored 2 runs.
Starting Savannah pitcher Anthony Rodriquez(Maryville College) pitched 5 shutout innings gave up 3 hits, 1BB, and 5K’s.
Leading Bananas hitters: Wilson was 3-for-5 with 1RBI and a run scored. Rodriquez was 2-for-2 with  1 RBI and 2 runs scored. Justin Dirden,rf(Southeast Missouri State was 2-for-4 with 1RBI.
Savannah utilized their speed stealing 7 bases(Marlowe swiped 3 bases).
The next Savannah home game is Monday(July 23rd) against the Florence RedWolves at Grayson Stadium.
                                                                     Alex Rodriquez

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