Baseball Drops Series Finale to Troy

Sunday, May 6

1 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

24-22, 14-9

Troy

32-16, 14-10

Troy

Georgia Southern

5/6/2018 4:35:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Georgia Southern wins the series, but is unable to convert the sweep on Sunday

BOX SCORE (PDF)

STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball was blanked, 7-0, on Sunday by Troy. Mitchell Golden tallied three hits while Austin Thompson posted a pair of hits to lead the Eagle offense. Troy, however, scored three in the first and four in the eighth and struck out 16 Eagle batters to win the finale and avoid the series sweep. Georgia Southern travels to Kennesaw State on Wednesday before moving on to Arkansas State for a weekend series in The Natural State.

SCORING PLAYS
Top 1st - Troy was quickly ahead 1-0 on a solo home run by leadoff hitter Matt Sanders. Two more runs scored later in the frame as the visitors took an early 3-0 lead.
Top 8th - Troy batted around in the eighth, plating four and pushing the lead to 7-0. The Trojans tallied five hits off relief pitcher Braxton Johns to deal damage, and end what had been a good outing until the eighth frame. Johns had worked four and a third innings without allowing a hit entering the inning.

NOTES
- Starting pitcher David Johnson went two and a third innings and was saddled with the loss to fall to 2-2 on the year. He was charged with three runs, all earned and six Troy hits while striking out three.
- Mitchell Golden is on a tear, going 5-for-7 in his last two games. Golden went 3-for-4 with a stolen base on Sunday.
- The Eagles struck out 16 times on Sunday. It was the first time the Eagles had a double digit strikeout game in two weeks, and the second-highest total of the year.
- Georgia Southern was shut out for just the second time this season.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will play a midweek game at Kennesaw State on Wednesday afternoon in Cobb County. The Eagles will then travel on to Arkansas State for a three game weekend series with the Red Wovles.

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