Shuman Tosses Complete Game as Eagles Survive and Advance

Thursday, May 24

Lafayette, La.

11 a.m. (ET)

Georgia Southern University

30-25

UT Arlington

22-35

UT Arlington

Georgia Southern

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

5/24/2018 4:18:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Georgia Southern downs UTA 3-1 to reach the third day of Sun Belt Tournament

LAFAYETTE, LA. - Georgia Southern Baseball took a 3-1 win over UT Arlington on Thursday afternoon, 3-1, to advance to the next round of the consolation bracket. Seth Shuman allowed just one runs and three hits while going the distance for the third time this season. The Eagles play again at 4 p.m. (ET) / 3 p.m. (CT) on Friday afternoon against the loser of Thursday's game between Coastal Carolina and South Alabama.

CRUCIAL MOMENTS
Top 3rd - UT Arlington cashed in a leadoff double, the Mavericks first hit of the day, for a run with a squeeze play to take an early 1-0 lead.
Bottom 3rd - The Eagles strung together four singles in the third to answer the UTA run and even the contest at 1-1. Austin Thompson drove in Jason Swan from second with single down the leftfield line.
Bottom 7th - A single by Steven Curry with one out in the seventh, followed by a walk put a pair of runners aboard in the seventh. A soft ground ball advanced runners to second and third with Mitchell Golden due up and two outs in the inning. Golden drove the 0-2 pitch to center for a two-RBI single to give the Eagles a lead and some insurance heading into the late innings.

GAME NOTES
- Seth Shuman went the distance for Georgia Southern to earn his second career win at Russo Park. Shuman fanned six batters, allowing just one run and three hits. The sophomore kept his pitch count low, throwing just 98 pitches.
- The Eagles tallied 11 hits with Golden, Mason McWhorter, Nolan Tressler and Thompson each tallying a pair of hits.
- Thompson's two hit game extended his team-best hit streak to 11 games. The Eagle shortstop celebrated his 19th birthday on Thursday with a 2-for-4 day and an RBI.
- Georgia Southern went to bed on Wednesday night expecting for Thursday's game to start at 9 a.m. (CT), but an overnight lightning delay between Louisiana and Little Rock initially pushed the game back to a 10 a.m. (CT) start. The preceding ultimately lasted 4:41 as the Ragin' Cajuns won 19-16 in the highest scoring game in tournament history. The Eagles and Mavericks got started at 11:42 (CT) and played a brisk game that clocked in at 2:13, one of the fastest for the Eagles this season.
- The win marked the 30th win of the season for the Eagles. It is the 18th time in Coach Rodney Hennon's 19 seasons that the Eagles have reached that threshold.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will face elimination again on Friday with their next game scheduled for 3 p.m. (CT) / 4 p.m. (ET). The Eagles will face the loser of Thursday's third game between Coastal Carolina and South Alabama.

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