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STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball fell in an early hole, but responded with four unanswered runs to take a 6-4 win over Appalachian State on Saturday, closing out a series win over the Mountaineers.
Mason McWhorter went 3-for-3 on the day with a run scored while
Tyler Martin and
Ryan Cleveland each hit home runs. The Eagles travel to Savannah State on Wednesday before next weekend's trip to Coastal Carolina.
QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"We really had to fight for the win today. We got behind early again today, but we responded better. I thought we did a better job competing at the plate and defensively we played a solid game. I thought (Evan) McDonald made a solid play in the eighth going into the hole in a key situation. Obviously the bullpen did a great job stepping up for us today. All those guys came in and threw the ball well today. It was just a good team effort and a good team win."
SCORING PLAYS
Top 2nd - GS 0 - APP 3 - App State got a two run home run in the second after a one out walk to take the early lead. The Mountaineers added another run with a sacrifice bunt to the right side to make it 3-0.
Bot 2nd - GS 2 - APP 3 -
Ryan Cleveland delivered a big fly to open the second and get the Eagles on the board. His eighth home run of the season made it a 3-1 game. A hit batter and a single put two aboard for
Jacob Greene who lobbed a sacrifice fly to right which was dropped, allowing
Tyler Martin to score from third to make it a 3-2 game.
Top 3rd - GS 2 - APP 4 - Two hits including a double to the gap in right brought in another run and pushed the App State lead to 4-2.
Bot 4th - GS 5 - APP 4 -
Jacob Greene evened the game with a two RBI single through the left side. Later in the inning,
Mitchell Golden drove in another run to push the lead to 5-4.
Bot 5th - GS 6 - APP 4 -
Tyler Martin extended the lead to two with a solo home run in the fifth inning. The Eagle designated hitter slammed his fourth bomb of the year down the left field line to push the lead to 6-4.
GAME NOTES
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Landon Hughes came out of the bullpen much earlier than normal, putting out a fire in the third and working a total of three and two thirds. The senior fireballer struck out four and walked one without giving up a hit to improve to 4-1 on the year.
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Mason McWhorter tallied three hits and scored a run to pace the Eagles at the plate.
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Tyler Martin went 2-for-3 with a pair of runs and an RBI.
- Freshman catcher
Jacob Greene, making his third start of the weekend, went 1-for-2, driving in three runs.
- Freshman
Seth Shuman made his first appearance since March 18th, striking out two in the ninth to pick up his first collegiate save.
- After the game, Georgia Southern Baseball players shaved their heads as a team as part of the team's Vs. Cancer fundraiser. Entering the game on Saturday, Georgia Southern Baseball had raised more than $8,000 towards fighting childhood cancer. Fans can still donate at: https://team.vs-cancer.org/gs2017.
NEXT UP
The Eagles will break for the Easter holiday, returning to the diamond on Wednesday night. Georgia Southern visits Savannah State on Wednesday evening at 5 p.m.
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