Friday, June 24, 2016

Florence RedWolves 8 Savannah Bananas 7

The Savannah Bananas played the Florence RedWolves Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 4,027)fans. Another sell out. Seven out of eight home games has been sold out.
Savannah rallied in the 7th inning and 9th inning but came up short losing to Florence 8-7.
After 2 outs in the first inning, Savannah scored a run on a walk to Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University). who advanced to second on a single by Garret Nelson,1b(Long Beach State), and scored on a single by Rylan Bannon,3b(Xavier).
Florence scored a run in the 3rd inning and Savannah answered in the bottom of the 3rd  scoring a run , Clay Dungan,2b(Indiana State) doubled and scored on a single by Bannon.
In the 5th inning for the RedWolves, they sent 8 players to the plate, and scored 3 runs with the help of 4 base on balls.  Florence added 3 runs in the 6th inning and 1 run in the 9th inning.
The leading hitter for the Bananas was Bannon who went 4-for-5 with 3 RBI's and a run scored.
Savannah starting pitcher, Garret Lovan, (L,0-2), pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowed 3 runs(2 earned), on 2 hits, walked 6 batters, and had 6 strikeouts.
Florence had 10 hits for the game  and their leading hitter was Bobby Campbell,1b(George Washington) who was 3-for-3 with a double, and 2 RBI's.
The next home game for Savannah is this Saturday against Forest City Owls starting at 7:00 pm at Grayson Stadium.( this game is expected to be sold out).
                                                    Rylan Bannon was 4-for-5

Jimmy Brenneman, assistant coach, talks about the game.

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