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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Hunter Thomas hit a solo home run in the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie and lift the Georgia Southern Eagles to a 5-3 win at Sessions Stadium on Tuesday.
Thomas led off the seventh inning and homered over the scoreboard in right field for his 9th long ball of the season to break open a 3-3 tie.
The Eagles (27-18) tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth inning on a two-RBI single from
Aaron Mizell. Mizell plated
Andrew Kelley and Cody Landford, who started a string of three-straight singles, with a bouncing ground ball through the right side of the defense.
Jason Richman tossed two scoreless innings and left the bases loaded in the sixth inning to pick up the win. Richman (6-0) allowed three hits, walked one and struck out a batter.
Andrew Ciocia was tagged with the loss after allowing the long ball to Thomas. Ciocia (0-2) worked one inning and struck out two batters.
The Dolphins (19-24) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Byron Yelverton retired the first two batters he faced via the strikeout but walked the bases loaded before allowing a two-RBI single to Seth Dewitt.
Connor Marabell extended JU's lead to 3-0 with a one-out double in the third inning. Marabell plated a lead off double from Angelo Amendolare.
17-year Navy veteran Brian Holcomb made his career debut on the mound and started the game for JU. Holcomb faced one batter and allowed a single to
Kody Adams.
Yelverton made his first career start on the mound for the Eagles and allowed three runs on five hits over 2.1 innings.
Baseball returns home to host the South Alabama Jaguars for the final Sun Belt Conference home series of the year. The Eagles will honor their six seniors on Senior Day Sunday.
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