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TROY, Ala. – The Georgia Southern baseball team split a doubleheader with the Troy Trojans on Saturday. The Eagles won game one 15-1 and fell in game two 6-1.
GS now stands at 12-8, 4-1 on the year, while Troy is 8-11, 1-4 after snapping a nine-game losing streak.
Game One RecapKody Adams tied a school-record with three doubles as the Georgia Southern Eagles scored multiple runs in six-straight innings to take game one from the Troy Trojans 15-1.
Evan Challenger held Troy to one unearned run over a career-high eight innings. Challenger (2-0) allowed just three hits and struck out five batters for his second win of the season.
The sophomore lefthander bounced back after allowing a first inning run on a two-out infield single by Trevin Hill and held the Trojans scoreless over the final seven innings.
The Eagles scored two runs in four-straight innings before
Aaron Mizell capped off a four-run sixth inning with a three-run double to right field.
Georgia Southern tallied 20 hits for the first time since Feb. 21, 2014. Adams led the team with four hits in five at-bats and scored three runs. Adams also drove in a run with a single in the sixth inning.
Dalton Busby also posted a four-hit day.
Mizell drove in four runs with three hits and scored two more, while
Cal Baker tallied two hits including his first career home run in the seventh inning.
Corey Childress suffered his first loss of the season after allowing six runs. Childress (2-1) gave up nine hits and struck out three batters over 3.2 innings.
Game Two RecapGrant Bennett tossed a complete game and held the Georgia Southern Eagles to one run as the Troy Trojans evened the series with a 6-1 win in game two of Saturday's doubleheader at Riddle-Pace Field.
Bennett (3-1) carried a perfect game into the eighth inning before allowing a lead off double to
Chase Griffin. Bennett struck out 14 batters and walked none in his third win of the season.
The junior college transfer struck out the side in the first inning and two more batters in the second inning. Bennett also struck out the side in the seventh inning and two batters in the eighth to strand the first hit he allowed at second base.
The Trojans got off to a quick start and scored a first inning run for the second time in the series. Reid Long tripled down the left field line to plate Clay Holcomb, who reached base on an error.
Jo-El Bennett homered in the fourth inning to extend Troy's lead to 3-0. Eagle starter
Tripp Sheppard allowed two singles to start the fifth inning before being lifted for reliever
Anthony Paesano.
Sheppard (1-2) was tagged with his first loss as a starter. The senior righthander allowed four runs – three earned – over four innings. Sheppard struck out five batters and did not allow a free pass.
The Eagles scored their lone run in the ninth inning on a double off the bat of
Kody Adams.
The conference series wraps up tomorrow with a 1 p.m. first pitch. Lefthander
Connor Simmons will take the mound for the Eagles. The Trojans have not announced a starter for Sunday.
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