Title Sport Date
Eagles Advance to Saturday with Ninth-Inning Rally Baseball May 24, 2013
Women's Basketball Adds a Pair of Transfers Women's Basketball May 23, 2013
Eagles Take SoCon Opener Behind Hess' Shutout Performance Baseball May 23, 2013
Men’s Basketball Set to Play in 2013 Cancun Challenge Men's Basketball May 23, 2013
Georgia Southern Athletics Announces Bishop Club Seating for Football Football May 23, 2013
It’s a Record Breaking Business Swimming & Diving May 21, 2013
Baseball Set to Hold Four Summer Camps Baseball May 21, 2013
Take Flight - Eagle Athletics This Week - May 20-26 Athletics May 20, 2013
Baseball Opens SoCon Tournament Against College of Charleston Baseball May 20, 2013
Site Preparation Begins with Scoreboard Demolition Football May 20, 2013
New Logo, Brand Identification Mark the Beginning of the Next Era for the Sun Belt Conference General Release May 20, 2013
Softball Eliminated from NCAA Tournament with 2-1 Loss in Nine Innings Softball May 19, 2013
Eagles Open the SoCon Tournament as the Seven Seed Baseball May 18, 2013
Sarah Purvis Throws Perfect Game as Eagles Advance to Face USF Softball May 18, 2013
College of Charleston Completes Sweep with Comeback Victory Baseball May 18, 2013
Eagle Golf Finishes 12th at NCAA Regional Golf May 18, 2013
Golf Succumbs to Scarlet Course in NCAA Regional Second Round Golf May 17, 2013
Eagles Clipped 1-0 by USF in Extra Innings Softball May 17, 2013
Eagles Drop Series to College of Charleston Baseball May 17, 2013
Eagles Fall to College of Charleston in Series Opener Baseball May 17, 2013
Golf Sits in Ninth after Opening Round at NCAA Regional Golf May 16, 2013
Sarah Purvis Earns NFCA All-Region Honors Softball May 16, 2013
Softball Faces USF in NCAA Tournament Opener Softball May 16, 2013
Eagles Head to Charleston for Final SoCon Series Baseball May 15, 2013
Georgia Southern Football Camps Set for June Football May 15, 2013
Mierzejewski Advances to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier Golf May 15, 2013
Baseball Falls in Final Home Game Baseball May 15, 2013
Wolfes Advances to U.S. Open Sectional Qualifier Golf May 14, 2013
Eagle Fund Donations Are Due June 3 Athletics May 14, 2013
Golf Begins NCAA Championship Play Thursday Golf May 14, 2013
Swope Earns Spot on CFPA Running Back Watch List Football May 13, 2013
Baseball Hosts Final Home Game Tuesday Baseball May 13, 2013
Georgia Southern Holds Special Graduation Ceremony Athletics May 13, 2013
Tickets Now Available for Gainesville Regional Softball May 13, 2013
Eagles Open NCAA Tournament in Gainesville Regional Softball May 13, 2013
Clemson Completes Sweep of Georgia Southern Baseball May 12, 2013
Selection Show Viewing Set for 10 p.m. Inside Bishop Fieldhouse Softball May 12, 2013
Stevenson Invited Back for N.Y. Giants Rookie Camp Football May 12, 2013
Clemson Wins Series over Eagles Baseball May 12, 2013
Walk-Off Home Run Clinches Back-to-Back SoCon Championships Softball May 11, 2013
Waiting Game Begins for Eagles’ 4X100m Relay Team Track & Field May 11, 2013
Clemson Wins Series Opener Behind Strong Outing from Ace Baseball May 11, 2013
Eagles Win 11-Inning Marathon Over Cougars, Return to Title Game Softball May 10, 2013
Walk-off Single Forces "If Necessary Game" Between Cougars and Eagles Softball May 10, 2013
Georgia Southern Football 2014 Non-Conference Opponents Announced Football May 10, 2013
Georgia Southern 4X100m Relay Team Makes Last Run for Postseason Bid Track & Field May 10, 2013
Leadoff Home Run Pushes Eagles to SoCon Tournament Semifinals Softball May 9, 2013
Men’s Basketball Adds Transfer Trent Wiedeman Men's Basketball May 9, 2013
Baseball Steps Out of Conference to Face Clemson Baseball May 9, 2013
Softball Thunders Past Chattanooga 6-2 in SoCon Tournament Opener Softball May 8, 2013
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Eagles Shutout in Game Two, Drop Series to Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Georgia Southern Baseball team was unable to get the bats going for a second-straight day and dropped their third game of the road trip to Indiana on Saturday. A complete-game shutout from freshman Kyle Hart in a 3-0 blanking secured the series victory for the Hoosiers.

Hart (2-4) picked up just his second win of the season after scattering five hits and striking out eight batters. The left-hander retired the side in order to start the game and received an early lead after Indiana (18-21) scored a run in the bottom of the first inning. Michael Basil struck for a RBI single and plated Kyle Schwarber, who was hit by a pitch with one out, for the Hoosiers' third first inning run of the series.

Justin Hess (Panama City, Fla.) gave Georgia Southern (22-19) another solid start on the mound and gave up just four hits in his fourth-straight quality start since returning to the weekend rotation against the College of Charleston. Hess showed some uncharacteristic early inning struggles but settled down after a first inning visit from pitching coach B.J. Green to strike out 10 batters in 6.1 innings. The junior right-hander went on to retire 11 of the next 12 batters before running into trouble again in the fifth inning.

Schwarber handed Indiana a three-run lead in that frame with a two RBI single to center field. After a strikeout of Nolden, Justin Cureton got ahead in the count and found a pitch he liked to pick up a base hit. Dustin DeMuth was hit by a pitch after Cureton stole second base, and a walk of Collin McEnery loaded the bases for Schwarber.

Hess bounced back after allowing the two runs to strike out Sam Travis and went on to punch out four of the next six batters before being lifted for reliever Jarret Leverett (Eatonton, Ga.). Leverett tossed a scoreless inning and a third out of the pen and kept the deficit to three runs.

Michael Burruss (Marietta, Ga.) started what Georgia Southern hoped would be a ninth-inning rally. The junior co-captain doubled to lead off the inning, just the second lead off runner to reach base, but Hart coaxed a ground out and two fly outs to retire the side. 

The Eagles tallied four of their five hits in back-to-back innings but came up scoreless in the second and third frames. Tyler Avera (Baxley, Ga.) doubled down the right field line to put two runners into scoring position with two outs, after T.D. Davis (Evans, Ga.) singled with one out. Hart, however, got out of the jam with a two-out grounder to shortstop.

Georgia Southern came back with two hits in the third inning. Eric Phillips (Carrollton, Ga.) provided another two-out hit to move Brent Pugh (Atlanta, Ga.) into scoring position, but Hart struck out the side with a punch out of Chase Griffin (Leesburg, Ga.). Hart allowed the lead off single to Pugh but struck out the next two batters to put two outs on the board.

The three-game series concludes tomorrow with a 12 p.m. first pitch at Sembower Field. The start time was moved up an hour to accommodate the Eagles' travel schedule.

All baseball games this season can be heard on the Boomer 103.7 FM and inside J.I. Clements Stadium on 88.1 FM. Audio for all games is also available on the web and subscription video is available for all home games at GeorgiaSouthernEagles.com/Eaglevision.

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Category: Baseball
Published on Saturday, 21 April 2012 16:19
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