Macon Bacon 8 Savannah Bananas 0

The Savannah Bananas(21-9) played the Macon Bacon(15-14) Saturday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd 4,269.
Six extra  base hits propelled the Bacon to a 8-0 win. Three Macon doubles plated 5 runs.
In the first inning for Macon, Cal Gentry,2b(Georgia College) tripled and scored on a sac fly by Riley King,3b(Georgia).
A double by Zach Weisz,CF(Cal State Fullerton) drove in 2 runs for the Bacon in their 5th inning.
Two runs scored in the 6th inning for Macon on a double by Jared Kapturasky,lf(Mercyhurst).
The Bacon added 3 runs in the 7th inning.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Jason Gifford(Reinhardt) (L,0-1), pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, struck out 8 and walked a batter.
Savannah had 6 hits for the game. Banana catcher Connor Hamilton(West Virginia) was 2-for-4.
Making his home debut for the Bananas, secondbaseman, Hunter Wilson(Arkansas) had numerous fielding opportunities which he handled flawlessly.(At Macon on Friday he was 2-for-3 with 2RBI's).
The next home game for Savannah is July 11th(Wednesday) against the Macon Bacon at Grayson Stadium.

                                                                       Hunter Wilson

Jake Sullivan(# 5) C/1b/DH

The Savannah Bananas are sending 6 players to the CPL All-Star game in Lexington.,SC July 8-9th. The Bananas versitle catcher, Jake  Sullivan, has also played first base and has been the designated hitter this season.
GP 20
Avg .386

HR 1
RBI 13
R 14
SB 2

Clay Dungan (#6) ss/2b

Six  Savannah Bananas players  have been selected to play in the CPL All Star game scheduled July 8-9 in Lexington SC.
Clay Dungan has played exceptionally well this season leading his team and league with the highest batting average.
Statistics:
GP 22
AVG .407
HR 2
RBI 26
R 22
SB 10

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

Jordan Merritt(#10) RHP

The Savannah Bananas are sending 6 players to the CPL All Star game in Lexington S.C. scheduled  July 8-9 2018.

One of the Banana players is pitcher Jordan Merritt who has recorded impressive stats.
APP 6
GS 4
W 3
L 0
SV 0
IP 29.1
ERA 1.23
K 29
Players who have their name on their glove are destined for great things.
Picture by Malcolm Tully.

Savannah Bananas 4 Holly Springs Salamanders 3

 The Savannah Bananas(19-8)  played the Holly Springs Salamanders(8-20)  Tuesday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd(4,000) plus.
With the score tied 3-3 going into the bottom of the 10th inning for the Bananas, Clay Dungan,ss(Indiana State) laced a single up the middle to drive-in the winning run.(4-3).
In the 2nd inning, Savannah scored a run on a single by Justin Dirden,RF(Southeast Missouri State).
The Bananas scored a run in the 5th inning when Cade Marlowe reached first on an error by the shortstop, went to second on the throw, advanced to third on an error by the catcher. and scored on a single by Dungan.
Savannah scored a run in the 6th inning. Dirden doubled and scored on a single by Jake Howard,DH(North Georgia).
Two walks to the Salamanders in their  8th inning and both runners  would score on a double by Peyton  Isaacson,3b(Saint Leo).  Isaacson scored on a wild pitch.
Savannah starting pitcher, Jordan Merrit(Citadel) pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings, allowed 2 hits 3BB and 3 strike outs.
Pitching the final 2 innings for the Bananas, Hunter Phillips(South Alabama), (W,2-1) had 1K, and allowed 1 hit.
The Bananas had 11 hits for the game. Dungan was 5-for-5, with 2RBI's. He entered the contest with a .378 batting average and raised his average to .414.

The next game for Savannah is Thursday(July 5th) against the Lexington County Blowfish at Grayson Stadium.

Gillum announced as the National head All Star coach

Congradulations to Savannah Bananas head coach Tyler Gillum as the Head coach at the annual All Star game for the National team as posted on the CPL website.

For the National All-Stars, Gillum comes in after leading his Bananas to a 19-7 first-half record and currently holding the second best team earned run average at 3.08 while also sitting second overall as a team in batting average at .278. One of his calling cards all season has been putting the pressure on teams, which has his team on a record setting pace as far as stolen bases in a year with 94 already after one half of play. He will be joined in the dugout by Brian Rountree of the High Point-Thomasville HiToms who won the West Division First Half Championship and Marshall McDonald of the host team Lexington County Blowfish. 

The 2018 CPL All-Star event will will take place in Lexington, SC July 8-9th.