Saturday, July 2, 2016

Savannah Bananas 16 Fayetteville SwampDogs 0

The Savannah Bananas played the Fayetteville SwampDogs Friday  evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 3,174 fans.
Savannah had 15  hits and won  the game 16-0.
In the 3rd inning, the Bananas scored 2 runs: with the bases loaded a walk scored a run and a ground out scored another run.
It was a big 4th inning for the Bananas as they sent 17 batters to the plate scoring 12 runs on 9 hits and they took advantage of 4 base on balls. Highlites of the inning: Jameson Hannah,lf(Dallas Baptist) hit 2 doubles and drove in 4 runs and had 2 stolen bases. A double by Clay Dungan,2b(Indiana State) drove in 3 runs. Logan Moody,1b(Georgia) had 2 hits and 2RBI's, Nick Chourby,cf(TexasA&M) had 2 hits and drove in a run.
Leading off the 5th for Savannah, Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) hit a home run over the left field fence. In the 8th inning the Bananas scored their final run.
Making his first start for Savannah, Ryan Flores(Richland College) pitched 5 shutout innings allowed 5 hits and struck out 6 batters. Flores(W,1-0) has been a closer this season in the bullpen. Coach West said Flores would get more starts, probably in one game  of a double header game which are 7 innings.
Bananas reliever Jesse Bogacz(Kenyon College) pitched 4 shutout innings, struck out 3 and allowed 3 hits.
Fayetteville had 8  hits for the game and their leading hitters were Dan Neff,cf(Millersville) and Frankie Jezioro,lf(Slippery Rock) with 2 hits each.
Savannah returns home July 4th to host the  Willmington Sharks starting at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium. It was announced that this game will probably be sold out.
                                                           Ryan Flores gets his first win
Clint Hardy was 3-for-4 with a single, double, and home run, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI

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