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Eagles Bounce Back in 14-5 win over SIUE
3/1/2014 8:42:00 PM | Baseball
| Hennon Interview | Full Video Replay
STATESBORO, Ga. - Josh Wirsu struck out a career-high seven batters and helped the Georgia Southern Eagles get back in the win column with a 14-5 win over the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars on Saturday.
A night after the offense tallied a season-low five hits, Georgia Southern recorded 15 hits and posted double digit runs for the fourth time this season to help the Eagles improve to 8-2 on the year. All nine starters recorded a hit and five had multi-hit outings. Stryker Brown went two for four at the plate and drove in a pair of runs and scored three runs.
Wirsu allowed two runs in the first inning on a Keaton Wright single and a dropped pop fly by the first baseman Ryan Cleveland but settled in to earn his second win of the season. Wirsu (2-1) held Southern Illinois Edwardsville (2-7) scoreless over the next five innings and allowed just five hits and two walks on 92 pitches.
"Josh gave us a nice effort. I thought he got better as the night went, and he really settled in and got into a nice rhythm," Head Coach Rodney Hennon said. "He did what he had to do and gave our offense a chance to eventually make some things happen."
GSU rallied from the two-run deficit and tied the game in the second inning. Garrett Chapman drove in the first run and later in the inning scored on a wild pitch. Chapman's single extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
GSU took the lead on a two-out single off the bat of Ben Morgan in the fourth inning. The Eagles exploded for 11 runs over the next three innings. GSU took advantage of three combined errors and tallied 11 hits in those three innings.
"I thought that maybe early we might have still been pressing in a few at-bats, but once we got a lead guys seemed to loosen up," Hennon said. "We took some good swings and hit some balls hard."
Evan Martens allowed just two runs through the first three innings but left in the fifth inning after allowing a two-run double to Brown. Martens (0-2) allowed six runs – two earned – on five hits in his second start of the season.
Eric Alonzo tossed two perfect frames in relief of Wirsu and struck out two batters.
"I thought that was the best that Eric has thrown the ball so far this year. He was really sharp with all his pitches tonight," Hennon said.
Baseball concludes the four-game weekend tomorrow against SIUE and Ohio. The Eagles will face SIUE again at 1:30 p.m. and Ohio at 5 p.m.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics.
Notes: The Eagles have now recorded a sacrifice fly in eight of their 10 games this season... After tallying a season-low five hits on Friday, the offense recorded 15 hits today... Georgia Southern has 10 more hits in seven games this season and 15 or more in four games... GSU posted double digit runs for the fourth time this season... All nine starters recorded a hit... Five of the nine starters had multi-hit games... The Eagles tied a season-high with four doubles... GSU has hit four doubles in five games this year... Today was just the fourth game in which the offense failed to hit a home run... GSU tied a season-high with five stolen bases... After striking out a season-high 12 times in the loss to Ohio, the Eagles struck out a season-low two times today... The Eagles' pitching staff tallied 10 or more strikeouts for the fourth time this season... The pitching staff has now held an opponent to five runs or less in nine of 10 games this season... Garrett Chapman has hit safely in all 10 games this season... Stryker Brown extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the second inning... Ryan Cleveland reached base safely in his 10-straight game... Dalton Busby has now reached base safely in eight-straight games... Josh Wirsu struck out a career-high seven batters in last night's win over SIUE.
STATESBORO, Ga. - Josh Wirsu struck out a career-high seven batters and helped the Georgia Southern Eagles get back in the win column with a 14-5 win over the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Cougars on Saturday.
A night after the offense tallied a season-low five hits, Georgia Southern recorded 15 hits and posted double digit runs for the fourth time this season to help the Eagles improve to 8-2 on the year. All nine starters recorded a hit and five had multi-hit outings. Stryker Brown went two for four at the plate and drove in a pair of runs and scored three runs.
Wirsu allowed two runs in the first inning on a Keaton Wright single and a dropped pop fly by the first baseman Ryan Cleveland but settled in to earn his second win of the season. Wirsu (2-1) held Southern Illinois Edwardsville (2-7) scoreless over the next five innings and allowed just five hits and two walks on 92 pitches.
"Josh gave us a nice effort. I thought he got better as the night went, and he really settled in and got into a nice rhythm," Head Coach Rodney Hennon said. "He did what he had to do and gave our offense a chance to eventually make some things happen."
GSU rallied from the two-run deficit and tied the game in the second inning. Garrett Chapman drove in the first run and later in the inning scored on a wild pitch. Chapman's single extended his hitting streak to 10 games.
GSU took the lead on a two-out single off the bat of Ben Morgan in the fourth inning. The Eagles exploded for 11 runs over the next three innings. GSU took advantage of three combined errors and tallied 11 hits in those three innings.
"I thought that maybe early we might have still been pressing in a few at-bats, but once we got a lead guys seemed to loosen up," Hennon said. "We took some good swings and hit some balls hard."
Evan Martens allowed just two runs through the first three innings but left in the fifth inning after allowing a two-run double to Brown. Martens (0-2) allowed six runs – two earned – on five hits in his second start of the season.
Eric Alonzo tossed two perfect frames in relief of Wirsu and struck out two batters.
"I thought that was the best that Eric has thrown the ball so far this year. He was really sharp with all his pitches tonight," Hennon said.
Baseball concludes the four-game weekend tomorrow against SIUE and Ohio. The Eagles will face SIUE again at 1:30 p.m. and Ohio at 5 p.m.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics and twitter.com/GSAthletics.
Notes: The Eagles have now recorded a sacrifice fly in eight of their 10 games this season... After tallying a season-low five hits on Friday, the offense recorded 15 hits today... Georgia Southern has 10 more hits in seven games this season and 15 or more in four games... GSU posted double digit runs for the fourth time this season... All nine starters recorded a hit... Five of the nine starters had multi-hit games... The Eagles tied a season-high with four doubles... GSU has hit four doubles in five games this year... Today was just the fourth game in which the offense failed to hit a home run... GSU tied a season-high with five stolen bases... After striking out a season-high 12 times in the loss to Ohio, the Eagles struck out a season-low two times today... The Eagles' pitching staff tallied 10 or more strikeouts for the fourth time this season... The pitching staff has now held an opponent to five runs or less in nine of 10 games this season... Garrett Chapman has hit safely in all 10 games this season... Stryker Brown extended his hitting streak to eight games with a single in the second inning... Ryan Cleveland reached base safely in his 10-straight game... Dalton Busby has now reached base safely in eight-straight games... Josh Wirsu struck out a career-high seven batters in last night's win over SIUE.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wirsu, Josh (2-1)
L: MARTENS, Evan (0-2)
Batting:
2B: NELSON, Alec 1
RBI: LOMBARDO, Nick 1 ; WRIGHT, Keaton 1 ; STEWART, Jacob 1 ; JOHNSON, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: GREEN, Chase 1 ; WRIGHT, Keaton 1 ; NELSON, Alec 1 ; MICHALAK, Jake 1 ; JOHNSON, Drew 1
SB: MICHALAK, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: Busby, Dalton 1 ; Griffin, Chase 1 ; Brown, Stryker 1 ; Black, Josh 1
RBI: Busby, Dalton 2 ; Mizell, Aaron 1 ; Thomas, Hunter 1 ; Griffin, Chase 1 ; Cleveland, Ryan 1 ; Brown, Stryker 2 ; Palmer, Garren 1 ; Dodds, Robbie 1 ; Chapman, Garrett 1 ; Morgan, Ben 1
SF: Thomas, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Busby, Dalton 2 ; Mizell, Aaron 2 ; Griffin, Chase 2 ; Brown, Stryker 3 ; Chapman, Garrett 2 ; Morgan, Ben 1 ; Black, Josh 2
SB: Busby, Dalton 1 ; Brown, Stryker 1 ; Dodds, Robbie 1 ; Morgan, Ben 2
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5
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2
RBI
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AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
3
H
2
RBI
2
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
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