Hennon Interview
KENNESAW, Ga. – The Georgia Southern offense banged out 16 hits to help the Georgia Southern Eagles take their first mid-week victory with an 8-4 win at Kennesaw State on Tuesday.
The Eagles (15-11) got hits from eight of their nine starters in the lineup, and
Kody Adams, Spender Duffie,
Dalton Busby and
Logan Baldwin all finished with multiple hits.
"One through nine, I thought the guys swung the bat pretty well tonight," Head Coach
Rodney Hennon said. "We did a very good job of executing on the offensive side. Every guy through the lineup contributed and a couple of guys out of the bullpen did a really nice job particularly
Anthony Paesano,
Patrick Riley and
Chris Brown."
Baldwin drove in a pair of runs in his first two at-bats of the game and walked in the fifth inning. The freshman plated a walk by
Ryan Cleveland in the second inning for the first run of the game.
Chase Griffin tallied Georgia Southern's first extra-base hit in the fifth inning and scored on
Hunter Thomas' fourth home run of the season.
Ryan Cleveland and
Aaron Mizell also homered in the contest. Cleveland hit his second long ball of the year in the seventh, and Mizell homered down the left field line for his seventh of the year in the eighth inning.
The victory was the first mid-week win for the Eagles, who had previously been 0-7 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. GS also snapped a five-game losing streak to the Owls (12-11).
Josh Slate picked up his first career win after tossing 3.1 scoreless frames. Slate (1-1) allowed just one hit and walked four batters in his second career start.
Chris Brown retired four of the five batters he faced and stranded a runner on base in both the eighth and ninth innings. Brown struck out a pair of batters to end the game.
The GS pitching staff held Kennesaw State to eight hits and shut them out for four innings before the Owls got on the scoreboard with a two-out single by Chris Erwin in the fifth inning.
A.J. Moore was tagged with his first loss of the season after allowing six runs. Moore (1-1) surrendered 11 hits over five innings and struck out four batters.
Baseball returns home to host Jacksonville Wednesday. First pitch from J.I. Clements Stadium is set for 6 p.m.
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