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STATESBORO, Ga. – The Georgia Southern baseball team swept a doubleheader against the Arkansas State Red Wolves on Saturday at J.I. Clements Stadium. The Eagles won game one 3-2 and took game two 6-3.

Ryan Cleveland hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning to help Georgia Southern (14-11, 6-3) win game one of the doubleheader, and had two hits and drove in a run in game two.

Arkansas State (9-11, 2-6) squandered late leads in both contests. The Red Wolves led 1-0 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning in game one and led 2-1 before a lead off home run by Aaron Mizell in the sixth inning of game two.

Game One Recap
Ryan Cleveland hit a walk-off single in the 11th inning to lift the Georgia Southern Eagles to a 3-2 win over the Arkansas State Red Wolves in game two of the series and the first of a doubleheader at J.I. Clements Stadium.

Cleveland flew out with the go ahead run at second base to end the ninth inning, but delivered the game-winning hit in his second at-bat in the second-straight extra inning game in the series. The back-to-back extra inning games were the first since 2004. 

Cleveland drove a ball off the wall in straightaway center field and scored Kent Rollins, who led off the 11th inning with a single. The walk-off was the first of his career. 

Byron Yelverton picked up the win after tossing two scoreless frames in extra innings. Yelverton (1-0) faced the minimum, allowed a hit and struck out a batter.

Chandler Hawkins suffered his fifth loss of the season. Hawkins (1-5) walked five batters and allowed a run on two hits over 2.1 innings.

Arkansas State led 1-0 on a sac bunt by Jeremy Brown in the second inning.

Georgia Southern took a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning on a solo home run by Aaron Mizell and a Dalton Busby single. 

Mizell's fifth home run of the season was just the fifth hit of the game for the Eagles. GS finished the game with 10 hits. 

Busby led the squad with three singles and was intentionally walked in the 10th inning. Hunter Thomas doubled in the sixth inning and singled in the eighth inning for his fourth multi-hit game of the season.

Game Two Recap
Hunter Thomas broke open a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning with a two RBI double as the Georgia Southern Eagles completed the doubleheader sweep of Arkansas State with a 6-3 win in game two.

Chase Griffin moved two runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt before Thomas laced a ball down the first base line that hit off the glove of the first baseman Matt Burgess and trickled out into right field to score the go ahead runs. 

The Eagles tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning on RBI singles by Ryan Cleveland and Spencer Duffie. Duffie hit his first home run as an Eagle in the third inning and finished with three hits on the day.

Matt Geiger threw five perfect frames out of the bullpen to shut down the Red Wolves, who jumped out to a 2-1 lead after three innings. Geiger (1-2) earned his first career win and struck out four batters over 5.2 innings.

Jason Richman entered in the ninth inning after ASU scored a run off of Geiger on a single through the left side from Joe Schrimpf. Richman (1) retired pinch hitter Daltan Lovell to end the game and record his first save of the season. 

Derek Birginske was tagged with the loss after allowing all four runs in the eighth inning. Birginske (0-1) allowed three hits and walked a batter over 0.2 innings.

The Eagles will be back in action Tuesday at Kennesaw State and will return home to host Jacksonville on Wednesday at J.I. Clements Stadium. 

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