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STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Baseball came out on the short end of a 7-1 margin on Tuesday night in the 2018 Home Opener. Mason McWhorter went 2-for-4 with the team's only RBI, driving in Steven Curry in the sixth inning. The Eagles are at home this weekend for a three game series against Fairfield. First pitch on Friday night is set for 6:30 p.m.

SCORING SUMMARY
Top 2nd - Georgia Tech opened the second frame with a ground rule double and a triple to take a 1-0 lead. A passed ball later in the inning plated a second run.
Top 4th - After three walks loaded the bases, Tech scored its third run of the game with a balk by Lawson Humphries. A swinging strikeout and a fielder's choice to third retired the side and kept the margin at 3-0.
Top 5th - Luke Waddell drove in a pair of runs with a single through the right side with runners on second and third, extending the lead to 5-0.
Bottom 6th - A leadoff single by Steven Curry, followed by Mitchell Golden's third double of the season sparked an Eagle rally in the sixth. Mason McWhorter tallied an RBI with a ground ball to second, getting the Eagles off the mark and cutting the lead to 5-1.
Top 8th - Georgia Tech catcher Joey Bart tagged his third home run of the season to add two more insurance runs for Tech, pushing the lead to 7-1.

NOTES
- Georgia Southern starting pitcher Jacob Parker was making his debut outing for the Eagles on Tuesday after redshirting in 2017. He threw 27 pitches before leaving the game due to an apparent injury in the second inning. He was handed the loss, the first off his career.
- Mitchell Golden extended his hit streak to 9-straight games, going 1-for-4 against Tech.
- The Eagles will send Brian Eichhorn, Seth Shuman, and David Johnson to the hill for this weekend's series against Fairfield, leaving its starting rotation untouched for the season's second weekend series.
- Tuesday's game was the final contest for longtime Georgia Southern Public Address Announcer Dr. Todd Deal. A professor by day, Dr. Deal served Georgia Southern Athletics for 25 years and was the voice of Paulson Stadium and Eagle Football. 

NEXT GAME
Georgia Southern welcomes Fairfield to town this weekend for a three-game series against the Stags. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday night with all three games available for free on True Blue TV at GSEagles.com.

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