Savannah Bananas: Savannah Bananas 8 Peninsula Pilots 4

The first game of the CPL Petitt Cup Championship series between the West #1 seed Savannah Bananas and the East #1 seed Peninsula Pilots was played Sunday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of cheering crowd(2,467).
Excellant defense, timely hitting, and good pitching enabled Savannah to win the first game of the best two out of three game series, 8-4.
Peninsula got off to a fast start in the first inning. Will Shephard,rf(Liberty University) led off the game with a double and scored on a double by Kurt Sinnen,dh(Old Dominion). A sac fly by Darian Carpenter,1b(VCU) scored Sinnen.
Leading off the first inning for Savannah, Clay Dungan2b(Indiana State) hit a home run over the right field fence, his 4th home run for the season.
In the 5th inning Savannah scored 3 runs. Catcher Adam Gauthier(Dartmouth) singled and went to second when Jeff Nellis,ss(Cal State Long Beach) walked. Duncan singled to score the first run. Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) drove in 2 runs with a double.
Sending 8 players to the plate in the 6th inning, the Bananas scored 4 runs on 4 hits, and 2 errors.
Making it interesting in the 9th inning, Peninsula had the bases loaded and scored 2 runs on a single by Sinnen(he had 3 RBI's for the game.)
After giving up 2 runs in the first, Savannah starter Colby Weaver(Dallas Baptist) settled in, pitching 6 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, 6K's, and 3BB. With the win his record is 5-0. Reliever Paul Kirpatrick(Western Kentucky) finished the game allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, 1BB, and 1 strike out.
The second game of the Championship will be played tomorrow evening at Peninsula ( Hampton, Va.) and if game 3 is necessary it will be played Tuesday evening at Peninsula.