Friday, August 5, 2016

Savannah Bananas 4 Morehead City Marlins 0

The Savannah Bananas played the Morehead City Marlins Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd(4,276) CPL reports it was the largest crowd this season. . It was announced that 16 home games have been sold out.
Savannah utilized strong pitching, solid defense and timely hitting to win 4-0. The Bananas have an eight game winning streak and are peaking at the right  time getting ready for their first playoff game August 10th at Grayson Syadium.
In the first inning, Savannah took a 1-0 lead on a home run by Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) over the left field fence, his 4th home run of the season.
The Bananas scored their 2nd run in the 6th inning. Jameson Hannah,dh(Dallas Baptist) singled and advanced to third on a double by Angel Camacho,1b(Jacksonville). An intentional walk loaded the bases and Hannah scored on a sac fly by Christian Hollie,lf(UTA).
Savannah closed out their scoring in the 8th inning highlited by a single by Nick Chourby,cf(Texas A&M) driving in 2 runs.
With the win, starting Savannah pitcher Ryan Flores is 4-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.21. He pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits, walked 4 batters and had 10 strikeouts. Flores recorded at least 1 strikeout in every inning he pitched. When I asked him about his performance he stated, "My fastball, curve ball, and slider were all working"
The fielding play of the game occurred in the 3rd inning when Savannah left fielder Hollie caught a ball with his back near the fence. He stated if he did not catch the ball, "it would probably hit on the top of the fence and fall over the fence for a home run".
The Savannah bull pen, Jesse Bogacz(Kenyon College) and Beau Sulser(Dartmouth College)pitched the last 2 innings and did not give up a hit.
The next home game for Savannah is Saturday, August 6th against the Florence RedWolves starting at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium. This game is sold out.

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