BOX SCORE

ATLANTA - Georgia Southern Baseball dropped a 3-1 decision to Georgia Tech on a chilly Tuesday Evening in Midtown to open a busy week on the diamond. Tech got two in the third and one in the sixth to post a lead, but the Eagles loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth, scoring a run on a double play ball. Georgia Southern will welcome Coastal Carolina to Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium for a Holiday series which runs Thursday-Friday-Saturday at the friendly confines.

SCORING INNINGS
Bottom 3rd - A leadoff single in the third set the table for Tech to get two runs off three hits and take a 2-0 lead.
Bottom 6th - Two outfield singles put the Yellow Jackets in business with no outs in the sixth. A passed ball allowed a run to score, but a strikeout and fly out retired the side and rendered the run unearned.
Top 9th - Mason McWhorter got the Eagles going in the ninth, ripping a double to the gap in right. Two walks loaded the bases for the Eagles with no outs in the inning. Christian Avant hit into a 4-3 double play, but McWhorter was able to score and take a bite out of the lead. A strikeout looking ended the game as the Eagles fell back to the .500 mark in 2018.

NOTES
- Zach Cowart, making his second career start of the Eagles, delivered an outstanding outing, going six innings, scattering eight hits and allowing three runs, two earned. Cowart recorded new career highs in innings pitched (6.0), strikeouts (4), and pitches thrown (93). He took the loss, falling to 1-1 on the season.
- Steven Curry went 2-for-4 with a double, Mason McWhorter matched that total while scoring the Eagles' only run of the night.
- Clocking in at two hours and 24 minutes, Tuesday's game was the second-fastest contest of the year behind the 2:04 game at College of Charleston in February.
- Mitchell Golden's four-game hit streak game to an end as he went 0-for-4 at the dish on Tuesday.

NEXT GAME
The Eagles will have Wednesday off before returning to work on Thursday night against Coastal Carolina. The top two teams in the Sun Belt East Division square-off beginning Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN3. The Eagles and Chanticleers close the series with a Friday night game (6:30 p.m.) and a Saturday matinee (1 p.m.).

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