Lexington County Blowfish 5 Savannah Bananas 4

The Savannah Bananas (6-1) in first place in the CPL West division, played the Lexington County Blowfish(3-5) Saturday evening in front of a sold out crowd 4,462(Bananas owner Jesse Cole reports this is an attendance record).
Trailing by 4 runs going into the top of the 9th, Lexington rallied for 5 runs and won the game 5-4,
Savannah scored a run in the 2nd inning when Trenton Nash,2b(Middle Georgia State) walked, stole second and scored on a single by catcher Jacob Sullivan(South Florida).
In the second inning Savannah scored a run. Yorvis Torrealba,lf(Central Florida) singled and later scored on a single by Nash.
The Bananas scored 2 runs in their 4th inning to close out their scoring. A double by Sullivan scored the first run and Sullivan scored on a single by Clay Dungen,ss(Indiana State).
It was a big 9th inning rally for the Blowfish. With the bases loaded,  pinch hitter Hunter Lipscomb(Winthrop) drove in the first run with a single. A single byPatrick Price2b(Gardner-Webb) drove in 2 runs. Zachary Spivey,cf( Bethune-Cookman) drove in a run with a single. Aaron Adams,3b(College of Charleston) singled to drive in the final run.
Savannah had 11 hits for the game. Leading hitters: Sullivan was 4-for-4 with 2 RBI’s and a run scored. Dungen was 4-for-4 with 1 RBI. Nash was 2-for-4 with 1 RBI.
Starting Savannah pitcher Zach Brockman(Liberty) was superb pitching 6 shutouts innings, allowed 4 hits, 7K’s and 0 BB.
The next Savannah home game is on Wednesday(June 13th) again the Florence RedWolves.

                             Starting Savannah pitcher Zack Brockman pitched 6 shutout innings

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

Welcome

 I would like to welcome Elliot Forde as a writer for the blog(savannahbananas@blogspot.com). Returning to Savannah for his 3rd season, Elliot has been a stellar pitcher for the Bananas. Look forward to watching him pitch and reading his articles.

Savannah Bananas 10 Macon Bacon 3

The Savannah Bananas played the Macon Bacon(series tied at 1-1) Tuesday evening  at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,000 plus.
Savannah played well tonight with good pitching, good hitting, and excellent base stealing with 12 stolen bases. The Bananas won 10-3.
In the first inning Macon manufactured a run without a hit
on a couple of throwing errors by infielders and a ground out.
Sending 9 batters to the plate in the first inning, Savannah scored 3 runs. Mason Miller,lfGeorgia Southern) was hit by a pitch, stole second, and scored on a single by Clay Dungan,ss(Indiana State)
Dungan scored on a ground out. Justin Dirden,RF(Southeast Missouri State) walked and scored on a single by catcher Connor Hamilton(West Virgina).
In the second inning, Savannah scored 3 runs highlited by a single by Trenton Nash,3b(Middle Georgia State) to drive in 2 runs.
Macon scored a run in the 4th inning on a single by Riley King,3b(Georgia) and he scored on a double by Sean McDermott,1b(Mercer). The final Bacon run was scored in the 6 the inning.
Savannah added 3 runs in the 4th inning and scored their final run in the 8th inning.
The starting pitcher for Savannah, Tyler Follis(Louisiana Tech) pitched 4 innings, allowed 2 runs on 4 hits and struck out 6 batters. Matthew Arias(Erskine college) (W,1-0), pitched 1 inning allowed 1 hit, 1k, and 1BB. Six Banana pitchers struck out at least 1 batter every inning and had 12 strike outs for the game.
Savannah out hit Macon 12-7. Leading hitter for Savannah, Dungan was 3-for-5 with 1RBI and 2 runs scored.
The next Savannah home game is Thursday at Grayson Stadium against the Lexington County Blowfish.

                                   Trenton Nash was 2-for-4 with 4 RBI's and 2 runs scored.

Savannah Bananas 4 Florence RedWolves 1

The Savannah Bananas played the Florence RedWolves Friday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd(4,000 plus).
Savannah utilized solid pitching and timely hitting to win 4-1.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Brayden Beldon(Oklahoma State) pitched 3 2/3 innings, walked 2, allowed 3 hits and struck out 6 batters. Seventeen strikeouts were recorded by the Banana pitching staff. Kyle Luigs(North Georgia) won,1-0 and Hunter Phillips,pitched the 9th inning allowed 2 hits and struck out 3,  recorded a save.
In the third inning, three consecutive walks loaded the bases for Savannah and a run scored on a walk to Sam Claycamp,2b(Franklin College).
Savannah scored a run in the 4th inning when Mason Miller,2b(Georgia Southern) singled, stole second and scored on a single by Trenton Nash,ss(Middle Georgia State).
The Bananas added a run in the 5th inning and closed out their scoring in the 8th inning when Jake Howard,DH(Notth Georgia) singled, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a sac fly.
Florence scored their run in the 8th inning. McLendon Sears2b,(College of Charleston) walked, stole second, stole third and scored on a single by catcher Matthew Honneycutt(Mars Hill).
On Saturday the Bananas travel to play the Macon Bacon and a bus is taking Bananas fans to the game.

                                          Savannah starter Brayden Beldon struck out 6 batters.

Coastal plains league web site

Bananas fans, friends, and family members who can not attends games can check on Savannah Bananas  status by going to the web site at Coastal plains league. The night of a game, click on menu. Then click on schedule and scroll down to the Banana game and then check live stats. Fans receive an update of the game in progress. This is a new feature I learned about this season.

Macon Bacon 10 Savannah Bananas 6

Opening night Thursday for the Savannah Bananas at Grayson Stadium was sold out(4,341) as they hosted rival Macon Bacon.
Macon out hit Savannah 11- 9 and won the game 10-6.
Leading off  the game for Macon, Cal Gentry,ss(Georgia College) singled, advanced to second on a single, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a balk.
Savannah scored a run in their first inning when Trenton Nash,ss(Middle Georgia State) reached first base on an error, stole second and third then scored on an error by the second baseman on a ground ball hit by Conner Hamilton,lb(West Virginia).
In the 3rd inning, Savannah scored 3 runs highlited by a triple by Mason Miller, 2b(Georgia Southern) driving in two runs.
The Bananas scored a run in the 3rd inning and a run in the 5th inning.
Macon scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning, 2 runs in the 4th inning and 1 run in the 5 the inning.
In their 9th inning, Macon exploded for 4 runs. Catcher Andres Perez(North Georgia) doubled and scored on 2 concetive fly outs. Another run scored on a home run over the left field fence by,CJ Bush,RF(Murray State).
Savannah plays the Florence RedWolves tomorrow (Friday) evening at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium.

                                                        Garrett Delano was 2-for-5