MOBILE - Georgia Southern Baseball out-hit South Alabama 14-9, but dropped the 9-6 decision on Friday afternoon to open the three game series between the clubs. Chandler Corley went 3-for-5 in the game while Jason Swan drove in a pair of runs for the Eagles. Game two between the teams starts at 6:50 p.m. (CT) on Friday evening due to storms expected on Saturday.

The Eagles took an early 1-0 lead in the second when Austin Thompson hit into the first of three double plays in the game. South Alabama answered with three in the bottom of the inning to lead 3-2.

Georgia Southern got two in the fourth off the bats of Thompson and Christian Avant to level the game at 3-3. South Alabama erupted for four in the home half of the fourth to take a 7-3 lead. Three of the runs came off the bat of leadoff hitter Travis Swaggerty who hit his eighth home run of the season in the frame.

The Jaguars added two more in the sixth as Swaggerty hit his ninth home run of the season to make it a 9-3 line.

A one-out single by Thompson came good in the eighth inning when Noah Searcy split the gap in right for a double, cutting the lead to 9-4. In the ninth inning, Jason Swan double down the left field line to plate two and cut the lead to 9-6, making things interesting down the stretch.

NOTES
- Redshirt sophomore Matt Anderson was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning, and was later removed to the game due to the incident.
- Brian Eichhorn went six innings and gave up nine runs, seven earned off nine South Alabama hits. He fanned four and saw his run of seven-straight quality starts come to an end. He took the loss to fall to 2-2 on the season.
- Four Eagles finished the game with two hits. Thompson, Swan, Avant and Steven Curry each logged a pair of hits in the game.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern and South Alabama will play game two of the series starting at 6:55 p.m. (CT) on Friday night. The change was due to heavy rains expected throughout the day on Saturday. Game three is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT) / 2 p.m. (ET).