Eagles Double-Up Crusaders 10-5

Wednesday, March 7

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

7-6

Holy Cross

2-8

Holy Cross

Georgia Southern

3/7/2018 10:18:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Georgia Southern visits Southern Miss this weekend

BOX SCORE

STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Baseball took a 10-5 win over Holy Cross on Wednesday night to improve to 7-6 on the season. Mason McWhorter went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBIs, while Matt Anderson went 2-for-3 with a run to pace the Eagles. Next up for the Eagles is a trip to Southern Miss for a three game set against the Golden Eagles.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"The bullpen did a good job today. We obviously got off to a rough start, but I thought Braxton Johns picked us up, and all those guys threw the ball well. There are still some things that we need to clean up, we've got to get some better at bats, but the thing is that we were able to get the win. We play a very good Southern Miss team this weekend and I hope we play better baseball. We were fortunate to win tonight and not play good baseball as a whole."

SCORING PLAYS
Top 1st - Holy Cross took advantage of three walks to start the game to touch the Eagles up for three runs in the opening frame. Georgia Southern's starting pitcher Zach Strickland gave up all three runs while retiring just one out while giving up a hit before being lifted from the game.
Bottom 1st - A leadoff walk to Steven Curry started a four run first frame that gave the Eagles a 4-3 lead. Mason McWhorter drove in two with a double to left. Chandler Corley followed suit with a double of his own finding the turf when the Crusader left fielder lost the ball in the twilight sky. A wild pitch later in the inning allowed Corley to score and post four scores for the good guys.
Bottom 5th - Georgia Southern blew the game open with five in the fifth inning to take a commanding 9-3 lead. Matt Anderson doubled to start the frame, but three errors in the frame helped the Eagle cause. Mitchell Golden earned an RBI with a ground ball to first that was misplayed. Roury Glanton drove in one with his walk, while Noah Searcy knocked in a pair on a single through the left side with two outs.
Bottom 7th - Mason McWhorter opened the seventh with a triple off the Blue Monster in right, and then scoring on Chandler Corley's ground ball to third. The run pushed the Eagles to double digit runs for the first time this season.
Top 8th - A leadoff home run by Austin Masel in the eighth inning cut the lead to 10-4.
Top 9th - In the ninth inning, a leadoff walk came around to score as the Crusaders scored to make it a 10-5 lead for the Eagles.

NOTES
- Braxton Johns picked up his second victory of the season, pitching two and two thirds innings of relief to improve to 2-1 on the year. He struck out four and allowed just one hit while facing 11 batters.
- Freshman Austin Kleinlein made his his debut for the Eagles, pitching the seventh and eighth innings. He fanned two batters and gave up a home run, throwing 19 pitches in his debut outing.
- Wednesday's game was a big night for Statesboro High School with three former Blue Devils pitching for the Eagles. Braxton Johns, Griffin Davis, and Austin Kleinlein each pitched in the game, marking the first time in recent memory that three pitchers from the same high school appeared for Georgia Southern in one game.
- Mason McWhorter's 2-for-4 game featured a double and a triple and two RBIs.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern travels to the Magnolia State for a three game set beginning on Friday evening at 7 p.m. (ET)/ 6 p.m. (CT). All three games are available on the Georgia Southern Sports Network with live streaming on Conference USA TV.

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