It has been 58 years since a Macon baseball team has claimed a championship.
Back in 1962, Pete Rose and the Macon Peaches claimed the SALLY League Championship. Since then, every Macon team has come up short.
Now, the Macon Bacon, in a year where baseball was found in little to no places, got it done.
The Bacon defeated the Bananas 6-5 in the Southern Summer Ball Series Championship on Sunday, August 16th.
The Bacon took a 6-0 lead early thank to a Josh Hood (PENN) home run.
The Bananas made things interesting with scoring 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th to make it 6-4.
For the rest of the game, it was a pitchers duel.
The top of the 9th came around, and the Bananas were able to put another on the board to make it 6-5.
Runner were on the corner when the Bacon were able to turn a classic 6-4-3 double play to win the game.
The Macon Bacon offer multiple ticket options, but the most popular package is the...
The past few months have been nothing short of hard times for the country...
