Martinsville Mustangs 5 Savannah Bananas 4

The Savannah Bananas played the Martinsville Mustangs Monday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 2,084  fans.
Martinsville held off a Savannah rally in the 9th inning and won 5-4.
Leading off the game for the Mustangs, Luke Mangieri,1b(Bradley University) doubled, went to third  on a ground out, and scored on  pass ball. A single by Mangieri in the 5th inning scored 2 runs. In the 8th inning, Martinsville scored 2 runs.
Savannah scored 3 runs in the 6th inning. A walk, single by Nick Chourby,cf(Texas A&M), and another walk loaded the bases. A single by Jamerson Hannah,lf(Dallas Baptist) scored the first run. Logan Moody,rf(Georgia) drew a base on ball allowing the second run to score. The third run scored on a walk to Rylan Bannon,3b(Xavier).
The final run for Savannah was scored in the 9th inning. With the bases loaded in the 9th and 2 outs, the game ended with a strikeout.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Beau Sulser(Darmouth College) pitched 7 innings, allowed 3 runs on 4 hits, 1BB, and struck out 9 batters. Reliever Addison Albright(Georgia),(L,0-3) pitched 1 inning, allowed 2 runs on 3 hits.
The Bananas had 8 hits for the game: Chourby was 4-for-4, with a double, a run scored and a stolen base.
Savannah returns home to play the Asherboro Copperheads Thursday evening at 7:00 pm at Grayson Stadium.

                                                           Nick Chourby was 4-for-4
                                                            Beau Sulser recorded 9 K's