Eichhorn's Seven Shutout Innings Lead Eagles Past UT Arlington on Friday Night

Friday, April 20

6:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

18-19, 9-6

UT Arlington

19-19, 9-7

UT Arlington

Georgia Southern

Eichhorn's Seven Shutout Innings Lead Eagles Past UT Arlington on Friday Night

4/20/2018 10:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Junior hurler scatters seven hits with eight strikeouts to improve to 3-2 on the year

BOX SCORE

STATESBORO - Georgia Southern opened the weekend series with a 7-0 win over UT Arlington behind seven shutout innings from starting pitcher Brian Eichhorn. The Eagle offense was slow out of the gate, waiting until the seventh inning to post the first of five hits. Georgia Southern scored three in the fifth and three in the eighth along with a single run in the seventh to post the win and snap a three-game league skid.

Game two is set for Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Saturday is the third annual Bark in the Park with fans and their canine friends welcome at the game.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"Brian (Eichhorn) was great for us tonight. He pitched really well and when he did get in to some trouble, he made some big pitches to get out of trouble. It was a big effort because we didn't do a lot offensively against Vasser, but it was big to give him some runs to work with."

SCORING PLAYS
Bottom 5th - After the first 12 Eagles were retired in order, Tyler Martin was hit by a pitch to put the first Eagle runner aboard. A walk, sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly from Christian Avant scored the game's first run. Two more scored when Matt Anderson laced a fly ball down the line to right which clanged off the UTA fielder's palm, going for a three base error. The Eagles carried the 3-0 lead.
Bottom 7th - Mason McWhorter got the Eagles started in the seventh with a single through the right side. Another hit and a walk in the inning loaded the bases for leadoff hitter Jason Swan. The Eagle first baseman wore the 1-0 pitch to drive in the run and put the Eagles up 4-0.
Bottom 8th - Georgia Southern tacked on three more runs in the eighth inning off three hits and an error to lead 7-0. Chandler Corley drove in a run with a single to shortstop. A Mitchell Golden single through the right side drove in another run, while aggressive base running by Golden drew a throw to second which got away and allowed a second run to score on the play.

NOTES
- Brian Eichhorn bounced back from a tough outing last week to post his eighth quality start of the year in 10 starts. He fanned eight and walked just one while working around seven hits. He improves to 3-2 on the year and earns his first win since March 23rd against App State.
- Mason McWhorter matched a career-high with three runs scored in the game. He was 1-for-2 at the plate to extend his hit streak to three games.
- Tyler Martin's 11 game hit streak came to an end on Friday night as the junior went 0-for-3 with a run scored.

UP NEXT
Game two between the Eagles and Mavericks is set for Saturday at 3 p.m. Saturday is the third annual Bark in the Park with dogs welcome at the game.

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