Savannah Bananas 8 Lexington County Blowfish 1

The Savannah Bananas played the Lexington County Blowfish Friday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd(4,279). Fourteen games have been sold out this season.  Savannah beat Lexington 8-1 and they are in first place in the CPL West Division.  They have won 5 games in a row.
Lexington scored their run in the 5th inning when catcher Clint Carr(Valdosta State) doubled to score Samuel Brooks,,lf(Bethune Cookman) who led off the inning with a single.
Savannah scored their first run in the 3rd inning. Catcher Adam Gauthier(Dartmouth) doubled, advanced to third on a pass ball, and scored on a single by Nick Chourby,cf(Texas A&M)
In the 5th inning Savannah scored 3 runs. A single by Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) drove in the first run. A triple by Garret Nelson,1b(Long Beach State) plated 2 runs.
The Bananas scored 2 runs in the 6th inning and 2 runs in the 8th inning.
Making his final appearance for Savannah, Drew Moody(Georgia)was masterful pitching a complete game allowing  only 1 run on 9 hits, 6K's, and 1 BB. Moody reached his pitch count for the season and finished strong(W4-2).
Savannah had 11hits for the game and the leading hitters: Gauthier who was 3-for-3 and scored 3 runs;Chourby  was 3-for-4 with 1 RBI and a run scored.
The next home game for the Bananas is against the Morehead City Marlins on August 4th starting at 7:00 pm at Grayson Stadium. It is reported very few tickets remain for the home games.

                          Drew Moody pitched a complete came on a hot night at Grayson
                                           Adam Gauthier was 3-for-3 and scored 3 runs