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Sac Bunts, Challenger Helps Eagles Take Series Opener
4/3/2015 10:29:00 PM | Baseball
Hennon Interview
LAFAYETTE, La. – Evan Challenger held the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns to just two hits and one run to help the Georgia Southern Eagles take the series opener 2-1 on Friday night at "Tigue" Moore Field.
The Eagles (18-13, 8-5) broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning after Dalton Busby dropped a sacrifice bunt to score Aaron Mizell.
Georgia Southern led 1-0 in the top of the first after Hunter Thomas also laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Kody Adams, who opened the game with a single.
Challenger (3-0) gave up a home run on the first pitch he tossed but settled in to hold Louisiana (15-12, 7-5) to two hits over seven innings. He retired 14-straight batters after the solo home run and did not allow another hit until the fifth inning when Tyler Girouard singled with two outs.
Challenger struck out a career-high nine batters, including the side in the second and fifth innings. He also struck out a pair in the seventh inning.
Gunner Leger struck out just one batter and allowed eight hits but limited the Eagles to two runs. Leger (3-2) stranded five runners in scoring position over his 7.2 innings of work but was tagged with the loss.
Jason Richman tossed two scoreless innings and got a double play to end the game for his second save of the year. Richman (2) entered with a runner on base in the eighth inning and erased the runner at third base with a ground out.
The Eagles finished with eight hits. Chase Griffin and Hunter Thomas both tallied multi-hit games. Griffin singled in his first two at-bats of the game, and Thomas tallied a pair of base hits after his sacrifice bunt.
The series continues tomorrow with a 7 p.m. ET start on ESPN3. RHP Tripp Sheppard will take the mound for the Eagles. The Ragin' Cajuns will counter with righthander Greg Milhorn.
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, and "EaglesGATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
LAFAYETTE, La. – Evan Challenger held the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns to just two hits and one run to help the Georgia Southern Eagles take the series opener 2-1 on Friday night at "Tigue" Moore Field.
The Eagles (18-13, 8-5) broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning after Dalton Busby dropped a sacrifice bunt to score Aaron Mizell.
Georgia Southern led 1-0 in the top of the first after Hunter Thomas also laid down a sacrifice bunt to score Kody Adams, who opened the game with a single.
Challenger (3-0) gave up a home run on the first pitch he tossed but settled in to hold Louisiana (15-12, 7-5) to two hits over seven innings. He retired 14-straight batters after the solo home run and did not allow another hit until the fifth inning when Tyler Girouard singled with two outs.
Challenger struck out a career-high nine batters, including the side in the second and fifth innings. He also struck out a pair in the seventh inning.
Gunner Leger struck out just one batter and allowed eight hits but limited the Eagles to two runs. Leger (3-2) stranded five runners in scoring position over his 7.2 innings of work but was tagged with the loss.
Jason Richman tossed two scoreless innings and got a double play to end the game for his second save of the year. Richman (2) entered with a runner on base in the eighth inning and erased the runner at third base with a ground out.
The Eagles finished with eight hits. Chase Griffin and Hunter Thomas both tallied multi-hit games. Griffin singled in his first two at-bats of the game, and Thomas tallied a pair of base hits after his sacrifice bunt.
The series continues tomorrow with a 7 p.m. ET start on ESPN3. RHP Tripp Sheppard will take the mound for the Eagles. The Ragin' Cajuns will counter with righthander Greg Milhorn.
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, and "EaglesGATA" mobile app for Android and iOS.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Challenger, Evan (3-0)
L: Leger,Gunner (3-2)
S: Richman, Jason (2)
Batting:
RBI: Thomas, Hunter 1 ; Busby, Dalton 1
SH: Adams, Kody 1 ; Thomas, Hunter 1 ; Busby, Dalton 1 ; Baldwin, Logan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Adams, Kody 1 ; Mizell, Aaron 1
SB: Cleveland, Ryan 1
Batting:
HR: Trosclair,Stefan 1
RBI: Trosclair,Stefan 1
SH: Trosclair,Stefan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Trosclair,Stefan 1
CS: Herrington,Derek 1
HBP: Robbins,Joe 1
Game Leaders
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