Eagles Tame Bulldogs 9-3 to Open Low Country Swing

Tuesday, February 27

Charleston, S.C.

5 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

5-3

The Citadel

3-4

Georgia Southern

The Citadel

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

2/27/2018 8:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Chandler Corley goes 3-for-5 with four RBIs to pace the Eagles

CHARLESTON, S.C. – It was a slow start for the Eagle offense who failed to score in the opening five frames on Tuesday against The Citadel. Georgia Southern scored nine runs in the final four trips to the plate to score a 9-3 win over take a non-conference win over the Bulldogs. The win opens a two-game midweek swing through the Low Country of South Carolina which concludes on Wednesday afternoon in a 4 p.m. tilt against College of Charleston.

Chandler Corley led the way offensively for the Eagles with a 3-for-5 game, scoring a pair of runs and driving in four tallies in the contest. Christian Avant also had a three-hit game, legging out a triple to right and driving in a run while scoring three of his own.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"We didn't do much offensively for the first half of the game. Our starting pitcher Griffin Davis settled in there after giving up a run in the first, and it was big for him to get us through five innings. Zach Cowart did a good job for us, but got some tough luck, a few balls that weren't hit hard got through, but he continued to make good pitches. We finished it off late, Christian Avant had some big at bats for us, and it was a good way to start this two game midweek trip. We've still got to play better tomorrow, there were a lot of mistakes out there, but thankfully we were able to overcome them."

SCORING PLAYS
Bottom 1st - The Citadel earned an early lead with a two walks and a hit to load the bases with one out in the frame. A sacrifice fly plated the
Top 6th - Walks to Steven Curry and Roury Glanton came around to score after reaching base on walks. Curry moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and came around to score with a pair of two out wild pitches. Glanton, who reached after Curry scored, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and came in to score with an error by the Bulldog third baseman.
Bottom 6th - The Bulldogs logged two hits in the sixth along with a walk to tie the game again at 2-2.
Top 7th - Georgia Southern got a pair of hits to start the seventh and loaded the bases when Curry was hit by a pitch. A wild pitch got past the Bulldog backstop and the Eagles re-took the lead, 3-2.
Top 8th - The Eagles got their first RBI of the game in a three run eighth inning thanks to a Christian Avant triple that plated Jeddediah Fagg. A pair of infield fielder's choices allowed two more runs to score and push the lead to 6-2.
Bottom 8th - The Citadel converted a leadoff double in the eighth for a single run to cut the lead to 6-3 entering the final end.
Top 9th - A three-run home run by Chandler Corley in the ninth inning capped the game as the senior hit his first long ball in a Georgia Southern uniform.

NOTES
- Griffin Davis got the start and worked five innings, allowing a run in the first while scattering five hits. He left the game with the Eagles trailing 1-0 and did not factor into the decision.
- Zach Cowart earned his second career win, pitching two innings of relief, allowing a run off three hits.
- Christian Avant's triple in the eighth inning was Georgia Southern's first three-bagger of the season.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern visits College of Charleston on Wednesday afternoon in the concluding game of a two-day road trip. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. against the Cougars from the Patriot's Point Complex. Zach Strickland will get the ball for the Eagles in his second career start.

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