Prior to the first game, the Bananas had a team batting average of .312 which led the CPL.
Savannah continued their torrid hitting in the first game winning 16-5 and won the second game 8-3.
Game 1
Gastonia scored 2 runs in the 1st inning. A single by Harris Yett,3b(Walters State) drove in a run nod he scored on a sac fly. The Grizzlies added a run in the 3rd, and 2 runs in the 6th inning.
Savannah scored a run in the 1st inning. Jameson Hannah walked, stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored on a sac fly. In the 2nd inning Logan Moody,1b(Georgia) led off with a double went to third on a single by Cal Baker,ss(Georgia Southern) and scored on a ground out.
It was a big inning for the Bananas in the 3rd inning as they sent 12 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs on 3 hits, 2 errors, and 4 base on balls.
Savannah added 4 runs in the 4th inning, 2 runs in the 5th inning, and 2 runs in the 6th inning.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Garret Lovorn,(W, 1-2), (Clemson) pitched 5 innings, allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 3 K, and walked 3 batters.
Game 2
Savannah took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning when Jamerson Hannah,lf(Dallas Baptist) hit a towering home run over the right center field fence.
Gastonia scored their three runs in the 4th inning.
The Bananas sent 9 players to the plate in the 4th inning and scored 4 runs on 1 hit and received 4 base on balls.
A triple by Garret Nelson,1b(Long Beach State) drove in 2 runs for Savannah in the 6th inning and Nelson scored on a wild pitch.
Savannah starting pitcher, Adam Scott(Wofford), W, 4-1, pitched a complete game, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits, walked 2 and had 9 strike outs. It was Scott's last pitching performance this summer for the Bananas as he has been shut down because of the number of innings he pitched for Wofford.
The announced attendance was 1,479
The next home game for Savannah is this Friday against the Fayetteville Swamp Dogs at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium.
Cal Baker was 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored and 1RBI in the first game.
Bananas head coach Sean West talks about the wins.
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