Friday, July 8, 2016

Savannah Bananas 3 Florence RedWolves 2

The Savannah Bananas played the Florence RedWolves Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 3,143 fans. It was a thrilling finish, with Savannah winning 3-2.
Savannah led 3-0 going into the 9th inning and the RedWolves rallied to score 2 runs to close out the scoring.
In the 4th inning, Savannah scored 2 runs. Garret Nelson,1b(Long Beach State) walked, stole second and scored on a single by Cal Baker,ss(Georgia Southern). A sac fly scored the second run.
The Bananas scored a run in the 5th inning: Christian Hollie,dh(UTA) singled, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. An infield single by Connor Sthephens,cf(Jacksonville) scored Hollie.
The Bananas had 7 hits for the game: Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) was 3-for-4 with a double and 2 singles.
It was a stellar pitching performance by Savannah starter, Beau Sulser(Darthmouth College) who pitched 8 shutout innings, allowed 5 hits, 1BB, and had 6 strike outs. When interviewed after the game,  Sulser states he will pitch 1 inning next week at the Coastal Plain League All Star game in Fayetteville, N.C.
With the bases loaded in the 9th inning for the RedWolves, Allan Beer,2b(Bradley) drove in the final 2 runs of the game with a single.
The next home game for Savannah is this Saturday against the  Lexington County Blowfish at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium.
                                                    Beau Sulser pitched 8 shutout innings
Bananas head coach Sean West talks about the win

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