Georgia Southern University
11-6
Georgia Tech
12-4
Eagles Fall at Georgia Tech, Host North Florida Wednesday
3/10/2015 9:51:00 PM | Baseball
Georgia Tech (12-4) erased an early 1-0 Georgia Southern (11-6) lead with four runs over the first two innings before scoring seven runs in the fourth inning and seven more in the seventh inning to jump out to an 18-5 lead.
Matt Phillips picked up his second win in relief of the starter Ben Parr. Phillips (2-0) allowed two runs - one earned - on one hit and two walks.
Matt Geiger took the loss after allowing three runs over an inning plus of work. Geiger (0-2) pitched into the second inning and gave up four hits and walked a batter.
The Yellow Jackets tallied 20 hits. Kel Johnson homered in the first inning and plated the first two runs of the game. Blake Jackson hit a seventh inning grand slam, and Matt Gonzalez homered to lead off the second inning.
The Eagles finished with 9 hits. Chase Griffin went two for three at the plate and drove in a pair of runs. Spender Duffie tallied two doubles and scored two runs.
The Eagles return home to host the North Florida Ospreys. First pitch at J.I. Clements Stadium set for 6 p.m. Tickets are available by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS or by visiting gseagles.com/tickets.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Matt Phillips (2-0)
L: Geiger, Matt (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Duffie, Spencer 2 ; Mizell, Aaron 1
RBI: Mizell, Aaron 1 ; Griffin, Chase 2 ; Busby, Dalton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Adams, Kody 1 ; Duffie, Spencer 2 ; Kelley, Drew 1 ; Busby, Dalton 1 ; Howard, Jordan 1
HBP: Lanford, Cody 1
Batting:
2B: Daniel Spingola 1 ; Ryan Peurifoy 1 ; Kel Johnson 1 ; A.J. Murray 1 ; Wade Bailey 2 ; Matt Gonzalez 1
HR: Kel Johnson 1 ; Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Blake Jackson 1
RBI: Daniel Spingola 1 ; Thomas Smith 3 ; Kel Johnson 3 ; A.J. Murray 2 ; Keenan Innis 2 ; Wade Bailey 3 ; Matt Gonzalez 1 ; Blake Jackson 4 ; Connor Justus 2
SF: Thomas Smith 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Daniel Spingola 2 ; Ryan Peurifoy 1 ; Thomas Smith 1 ; Kel Johnson 3 ; A.J. Murray 1 ; Grant Wruble 1 ; Keenan Innis 3 ; Wade Bailey 2 ; Matt Gonzalez 2 ; Blake Jackson 2 ; Brandon Gold 2 ; Daniel Gooden 1 ; Connor Justus 1
HBP: Daniel Spingola 1 ; A.J. Murray 1 ; Daniel Gooden 1
