UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

ATLANTA – Georgia Southern Baseball dropped a 6-1 result at #18 Georgia Tech on Wednesday to close a four-game road swing. The Yellow Jackets massed a 5-0 lead before Georgia Southern got on the board in the fourth inning, but the Eagles tallied just four hits on the night to fall to 15-9 on the year Next up is a weekend series against Texas State at the friendly confines starting on Friday at 7 p.m.

QUOTABLES
HEAD COACH RODNEY HENNON
"Georgia Tech beat us in every phase of the game tonight. They swung the bats well, jumped out on us and we were unable to get a whole lot going offensively. I think we made a couple of mistakes and if we had played a little cleaner, who knows, we could have kept the game within reach. Bottom line is they beat us in all phases. Now we've got to pick ourselves up and get better beginning tomorrow at practice to get prepared for Texas State on Friday."

PITCHERS OF RECORD
WIN – Cole Pitts (2-1)
LOSS – Lawson Humphries (0-1)
SAVE – None

CRUCIAL MOMENTS
BOTTOM 1st – Back-to-back-to-back hits to start the bottom of the first gave the home side a 1-0 lead.
BOTTOM 2nd – A single and a walk with one out opened the door for Wade Bailey to drive in a run with a single to left and extend the GT advantage to 2-0.
BOTTOM 3rd – A leadoff error opened the door for Georgia Tech to score three runs in the third.
TOP 4th – The Eagles got three-straight hits to open the fourth frame to load the bases for Will Hudgins. The starter at the hot corner skied a sacrifice fly to the gap in right, sending Ryan Cleveland home from third to get the Eagles off the mark and cut the lead to 5-1.
BOTTOM 7th – Kel Johnson got his first hit of the game with a solo home run in the seventh to extend the lead to 6-1.

NOTES
- Ryan Cleveland's single in the fourth helped the junior extend his hit streak to 14-straight games. He is 18-for-54 during the streak.
- Georgia Southern's four-hit game was their fewest since February 27th when they scratched the same total in a 3-2 win over Radford to close the Saturday doubleheader. That game lasted just seven innings.
- Starting pitcher Lawson Humphries took his first collegiate loss, giving up eight hits and five run in 2.0+ innings. The Eagle bullpen was efficient, however, scattering five hits over six innings with one run scored and seven strikeouts. Ryan Frederick went a season-long three innings and fanned three.

NEXT GAME
Georgia Southern is back home this weekend for a three-game set against Texas State. Friday's game is Military Appreciation Day with free admission to active and veteran military personnel. Saturday's game is Report Card Night with free admission for children who show their report card with an A or B in at least one class. Sunday's game will be the Vs. Cancer Day with the team raising money for the Vs. Cancer Foundation and shaving their heads after the game.

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