Savannah Bananas 8 Lexington County Blowfish 1

The Savannah Bananas played the Lexington County Blowfish Saturday evening at Grayson Stadium  in front of a sold out crowd(4,221). It was the largest crowd in franchise history. Ten home games have been sold out.
Friday on the road the Bananas beat the Blowfish 9-1 and tonight at home Savannah won 8-1.
Savannah scored the first run of the game in the 2nd inning when Christian Hollie,dh(UTA)  hit a home fun over the left center field fence, his 3rd home run of the season which leads the team.
Lexington scored their run in the 3rd inning when Chas McCormick,cf(Millersville University) hit a triple and scored on a sac fly.
It was a big 4th inning for the Bananas sending 11 batters to the plate scoring 5 runs on 6 hits.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Colby Weaver(W, 2-0)  pitched 5 innings allowed only 1 run on 2hits struck out 5 and walked 6 batters. Reliever Christian Vann pitched 3 innings allowing no hits. Closer Samuel Fichthorn faced 4 batters, walking 1 batter and recorded the final 3 outs.
The Bananas banged out 14 hits. Leading hitter was catcher, Adam Gauthier(Dartmouth) who was 4-for-4 with 2 runs scored. Four Savannah batters had 2 hits each.
Savannah returns to action following the All Star break, playing a double header against the Gastonia Grizzlies on Wednesday July 13th at Grayson Stadium with the first game starting at 6:00pm.

                                               Christian Hollie homered in the second inning

                            Bananas assistant coach Jimmy Brenneman talks about the win

Sean West announced as All Star coach for the West Team

Congradulations to Savannah Bananas Head Coach Sean West being named as a coach for the West team in the CPL All Star game July 10-11 at J.P. Riddle Stadium home to the Fayetteville SwampDogs in Fayetteville, N.C.  Coach West and his staff  have had a great first half  season with a winning  record(18-11) and the team is batting .310 which probably leads the league.  Great Job.

Savannah Bananas 3 Florence RedWolves 2

The Savannah Bananas played the Florence RedWolves Thursday evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 3,143 fans. It was a thrilling finish, with Savannah winning 3-2.
Savannah led 3-0 going into the 9th inning and the RedWolves rallied to score 2 runs to close out the scoring.
In the 4th inning, Savannah scored 2 runs. Garret Nelson,1b(Long Beach State) walked, stole second and scored on a single by Cal Baker,ss(Georgia Southern). A sac fly scored the second run.
The Bananas scored a run in the 5th inning: Christian Hollie,dh(UTA) singled, stole second and advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher. An infield single by Connor Sthephens,cf(Jacksonville) scored Hollie.
The Bananas had 7 hits for the game: Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) was 3-for-4 with a double and 2 singles.
It was a stellar pitching performance by Savannah starter, Beau Sulser(Darthmouth College) who pitched 8 shutout innings, allowed 5 hits, 1BB, and had 6 strike outs. When interviewed after the game,  Sulser states he will pitch 1 inning next week at the Coastal Plain League All Star game in Fayetteville, N.C.
With the bases loaded in the 9th inning for the RedWolves, Allan Beer,2b(Bradley) drove in the final 2 runs of the game with a single.
The next home game for Savannah is this Saturday against the  Lexington County Blowfish at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium.

                                                    Beau Sulser pitched 8 shutout innings
Bananas head coach Sean West talks about the win

Rylan Bannon

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The Savannah Bananas third baseman, Rylan Bannon is having fun on the field and off the field this summer.

The July 4th game against Wilmington, Bannon was 3-for-4 and raised his batting average to .327. He also made several outstanding defensive plays at third base.

After the game, he talked about living  with his host family this summer.

                                   Rylan Bannon is currently batting .327

Wilmington Sharks 3 Savannah Bananas 1

The Savannah Bananas played the Wilmington Sharks July 4th at Grayson Stadium in front of 4,186 fans. The game was sold out and it was announced that 9 of 12 Savannah home games have been sold out.
Wilmington won the game 3-1. The Bananas had several opportunities to score but could not get a clutch hit.
Sharks starting pitcher, Mike Castellani(Bucknell) pitched 8 solid innings, allowed only 1 run on 7 hits,  struck out 4 batters and walked  one. His record now is 6-1.
Wilmington scored 2 runs in the 4th inning. Madison Stokes,2b(South Carolina) singled and scored on a home run by catcher Ryan Jeffers(UNCW) over the left field fence. The Sharks added their third run in the 7th inning.
Savannah scored their run in the 8th inning. Jameson Hannah,lf(Dallas Baptist singled, went to second on a single by Rylan Bannon,3b(Xavier) and scored on a single by Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University).
For the game, Savannah had 8 hits. Hannah was 2-for-4 with a run scored, Bannon was 3-for-4 with 2 singles and a double, and Hardy was 2-for -4 with an RBI.
Starting pitcher for Savannah, Drew Moody(Georgia) (L,3-1) pitched 7 innings, allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, walked two, struck out 5 batters.
The next home game for the Bananas is this Thursday against the Florence RedWolves at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium.

                                                        Rylan Bannon was 3-for-4

                                                       Jameson Hannah was 2-for-4

Savannah Bananas 16 Fayetteville SwampDogs 0

The Savannah Bananas played the Fayetteville SwampDogs Friday  evening at Grayson Stadium in front of 3,174 fans.
Savannah had 15  hits and won  the game 16-0.
In the 3rd inning, the Bananas scored 2 runs: with the bases loaded a walk scored a run and a ground out scored another run.
It was a big 4th inning for the Bananas as they sent 17 batters to the plate scoring 12 runs on 9 hits and they took advantage of 4 base on balls. Highlites of the inning: Jameson Hannah,lf(Dallas Baptist) hit 2 doubles and drove in 4 runs and had 2 stolen bases. A double by Clay Dungan,2b(Indiana State) drove in 3 runs. Logan Moody,1b(Georgia) had 2 hits and 2RBI's, Nick Chourby,cf(TexasA&M) had 2 hits and drove in a run.
Leading off the 5th for Savannah, Clint Hardy,rf(Augusta University) hit a home run over the left field fence. In the 8th inning the Bananas scored their final run.
Making his first start for Savannah, Ryan Flores(Richland College) pitched 5 shutout innings allowed 5 hits and struck out 6 batters. Flores(W,1-0) has been a closer this season in the bullpen. Coach West said Flores would get more starts, probably in one game  of a double header game which are 7 innings.
Bananas reliever Jesse Bogacz(Kenyon College) pitched 4 shutout innings, struck out 3 and allowed 3 hits.
Fayetteville had 8  hits for the game and their leading hitters were Dan Neff,cf(Millersville) and Frankie Jezioro,lf(Slippery Rock) with 2 hits each.
Savannah returns home July 4th to host the  Willmington Sharks starting at 7:00pm at Grayson Stadium. It was announced that this game will probably be sold out.

                                                           Ryan Flores gets his first win
Clint Hardy was 3-for-4 with a single, double, and home run, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI

Adam Scott

Savannah Bananas starting pitcher, Adam Scott has been shut down for the season because he reached his pitch count. He appeared in 5 games and won four games and lost one. Scott completed 2 games. Teams were batting .224 against the lefty. In 30.1 innings he struck out 34 batters. His ERA was 3.86. Well done.