Savannah Bananas 6 Macon Bacon 1

The Savannah Bananas(33-13 ) played the Macon Bacon(22-22) Tuesday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,045.
Good pitching and timely hitting helped Savannah win 6-1.
Sending 8 batters to the plate in the first inning, Savannah scored 5 runs. Highlights of the 1st inning.  With the bases loaded, a walk to Hunter Wilson,2b(Arkansas) scored the first run. A double by catcher Bill LeRoy(North Georgia) drove in 3 runs. The final run scored on a single by Garrett Delano,rf (Brown).
The Bananas scored a run in the 5th inning. Cole Parks,cf(Warner) singled and scored on a double by  Cade Marlowe,lf(West Georgia).
Macon scored their run in the 6th inning. Leading off, Zach Weisz,cf(Cal State Fullerton) singled.
Brandon Michie,3b(Mercer) singled and Weisz scored on an error by the shortstop.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Jordan Merritt(Citadel) (W,4-0)  pitched 6 solid innings, allowed 1 run on 4 hits, 2BB, and 5K’s. Reliever Jason Gifford(Reinhardt) (Sv,1) pitched 3 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits, and recorded 3 strikeouts.
Both teams had 6 hits. Delano was 2-for-3 for the Bananas.
The next Savannah home game is Thursday(August 2nd against The Gastonia Grizzlies at Grayson Stadium.

                                                   Starting Savannah pitcher Jordan Merritt