The Savannah baseball team lost in the Class 3 semifinals Friday afternoon in Springfield as the fell to Lutheran South 8-6.

The Savages rallied from an 8-2 deficit and put the tying runs on base in the sixth inning, but Savannah was unable to get those runs in and they dropped into the third-place game on Saturday.

Savannah got off to a great start as they took a 2-0 lead on four base hits in the top of the first inning.  Tyler Wilt and Caleb Bounds each had RBI singles as Blake McFadden and Zane Wilt scored for the Savages.

Lutheran South answered right back though with four runs on just one hit.  Tyler Wilt started the game for Savannah, but he walked four batter in the opening inning and last just 1.2 innings as he allowed four runs and walked six batters total.

The Lancers added three two-out runs in the third inning and one more in the fourth before the Savages started their rally.

Zane Wilt hit a double that scored Blake McFadden in the fifth inning and Savannah scored three more in the sixth.

The first five batters hit singles for the savages in the sixth inning as they pulled to within two runs.

With Andy Meyers at second base and McFadden at first base, Savannah had the tying runs on base with no outs but Lutheran South’s Dirk Otterstein struck out Zane Wilt, got Tyler Wilt to ground out and Clayton Holt struck out swinging to end the inning.

The Savages fall to 23-5 and they’ll play Marshall for third-place in Class 3 on Saturday at 10:00 AM.  The game will air live on ESPN 1550.