Savannah Bananas 5 Florence RedWolves 2

The final game of the regular season was played between the Savannah Bananas and the Florence RedWolves Saturday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of a sold out crowd which was the largest this season(4,329). Seventeen home games were sold out. It was announced that Savannah set a new CPL attendance record for a season with over 80,000 fans attending games at Grayson Stadium. Savannah is a # 1 seed which allows them to play the first playoff game at home Wednesday and play at home Friday if they win.
Once again Savannah played good defense, had timely hitting, and solid pitching to win 5-2.
Savannah wasted no time getting on the scoreboard in the first inning scoring 2 runs. Jameson Hannah,dh(Dallas Baptist) singled and scored on a triple by Garrett Nelson,1b(Long Beach State). A single by Rylan Bannon,3b(Xavier) drove in the second run.
Florence scored a run in the 5th inning. Kody Ruedisili,lf(Wofford College) singled and stole second base. A throwing error by the pitcher allowed Ruedisili to score from second base.
The RedWolves scored their final run in the 7th inning.
With the bases loaded in the 7th inning for Savannah, Nick Chourby,cf(Texas A&M) walked scoring a run. Pinch hitter Christian Hollie(UTA) drove in 2 runs with a single.
Savannah had 10 hits for the game. Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) was 2-for-3 and made a great catch in deep right field near the fence.
Starting Savannah pitcher, Colby Weaver,(Dallas Baptist) pitched 6 1/3 innings allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, 4 K's and 1 BB. Reliever Beau Sulser(Darmouth College) finished the game striking out 5 batters and allowed 2 hits. With the win, Sulser is 3-1.
The playoff game starts Wednesday,  August 10th at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium. The playoff opponent from the Eastern Division has yet to be determined.

Pinch hitter Christian Hollie drove in 2 runs with a clutch single.