STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern blanked the Troy, 7-0, in the middle game of a three-game set against on Saturday night in J.I. Clements Stadium. Chase Cohen earned the win, pitching six shutout innings to improve to 2-1 on the year. The Eagles go for the series win Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Special Education Weekend tickets are available to Georgia Southern Faculty & Staff as well as Bulloch County Education students and staff.
 
QUOTABLES
HEAD COACH RODNEY HENNON
"I'm proud of the way the team bounced back today. I thought we played a much cleaner game tonight and made some big defensive plays. The outfield play was much better tonight. Some of those plays that were made behind Cohen and Humphries didn't allow Troy to get back in the game when they had opportunities with men on base. It's important that we build off this and come out and play good baseball tomorrow."
 
PLAYER OF THE GAME
Logan Baldwin // So. // OF // Ringgold, GA
Logan Baldwin went 3-4 tonight with four RBIs and one run to help the Eagles secure the victory over Troy. He drove in runs in the first, third and seventh innings and scored himself on Hudgins' three-run home run. He made an outstanding #WebGemNominee play in centerfield to rob an extra base hit from Troy.  
 
CRUCIAL MOMENTS
BOTTOM 1ST – C.J. Brazil crossed on Logan Baldwin's RBI single to score the first run of game for the Eagles.
BOTTOM 3RD – The Eagles plated four runs in the bottom of the inning to put the Eagles up, 5-0. Evan McDonald scored on a RBI single by Baldwin and Will Hudgins followed suit by hitting his first career home run, a three-run job to left center.
BOTTOM 7TH – Baldwin added two more RBIs, plating both Ryan Cleveland and Hunter Thomas to put the Eagles up 7-0 through seven frames.
 
NOTES
- Will Hudgins clobbered his first collegiate home run in the third with a towering blast into the pines in left center. As a team, Georgia Southern now has seven home runs including four hit this week.
- Chase Cohen picked up his second win of the season by working seven strong innings and scattering four hits. He fanned two and walked two and left not allowing a run for the third time in five starts this season.
- Evan McDonald got a single in his second trip to the plate to extend his team-best hit streak to 10 games. He was 1-for-5 on the day and is hitting .400 over the last 10 games, going 14-for-35.
 
NEXT GAME
The Eagles will face Troy in the rubber match on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. Fans can listen live on Georgia Southern Sports Network and watch the contest on GS All-Access at GSEagles.com.
 
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