Savannah Bananas 26 Forest City Owls 4

The Savannah Bananas played the Forest City Owls Saturday evening in front of  4,096 fans(the game was sold out). Eight out of nine home games have been sold out.
It was a hot night at the stadium and Savannah's hot bats banged out 29 hits and they won the game 26-4.
Forest City scored 2 runs in the first inning. In the bottom of the first Savannah sent 13 batters to the plate and scored 9 runs on 9 hits. Getting 2 hits each for the Bananas in the 1st: Jeff Nellis,2b(Cal State Long Beach), and Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University)
The Bananas scored 7 runs in the 2nd inning, 2 runs in the 3rd inning, and 5 runs in the 5th inning.
The Owls scored a run in the 5th inning when catcher Nick Tierno(Delaware) hit a triple and scored on a ground out.
Both teams scored a run in the 6th on solo home runs. Center fielder for the Owls, Connor Grant(Charleston) hit a home run over the left field fence. Pinch hitter for the Bananas, Garret Nelson(Long Beach State) hit a home run over the right field fence.
Savannah scored their final 2 runs in the 7th inning.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Corey Beard, (W,2-0) pitched 7 solid innings, allowed 4 runs on 7 hits, 2BB, and struck out 7 batters. Reliever Jesse Bogacz(Kenyon College) was spectacular striking out 5 out of the 6 batters he faced.
The next home game for Savannah is a double header next Wednesday against the Gastonia Grizzlies starting at 6:00pm at Grayson Stadium.

                                                    Jeff Nellis had 2 hits in the first inning.

Banana,s pitching coach Lendsey Thomson talks about the win.