ATLANTA - Georgia Southern Baseball dropped a slender 7-6 decision to Georgia Tech on Tuesday night at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Eagles held an early 2-0 advantage and rallied to tie things again in the seventh after Tech scored four unanswered runs. The Eagles would get within one run late and finished the game with the tying run on second base. Georgia Southern travels to UT Arlington this weekend for a three game set to open league play.

SCORING INNINGS
TOP 3rd | GS 2 - GT 0 | Three singles in a row loaded the bases for the Eagles in the third inning. Steven Curry drove in a run with an RBI single to center. Nolan Tressler hit into a 6-4-3 double play while a second run crossed.
BOT 5th | GS 2 - GT 3 | A leadoff single for the Yellow Jackets, followed by a double to left got the home side off the mark. Two more singles brought in two more runs, but the Eagles were able to stop a fourth from scoring on an outfield assist from Tyler Martin.
BOT 6th | GS 2 - GT 4 | Tech got their fourth run an inning later with an RBI single to center, putting the home side up 4-2.
TOP 7th | GS 4 - GT 4 | Georgia Southern was in business in the seventh with a single and an error by the first baseman which put two runners on. A squeeze bunt by Mason Miller scored one run while a wild pitch brought in the tying run. Georgia Southern had a chance to take the lead, leading the bases loaded in the inning on three walks.
BOT 7th | GS 4 - GT 7 | Tech got three more runs off four hits in the seventh inning, plating all the runs on a pair of doubles.
TOP 8th | GS 6 - GT 7 | Singles by Matt Anderson and Jason Swan got things going in the eighth inning. A wild pitch scored one run, while Nolan Tressler knocked in another with an 0-2 single up the middle.

NOTES
- Austin Thompson got a double in the ninth, but was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into Georgia Southern's first triple of the year. A single by Anderson and a walk to Swan put two runners aboard with two outs. A strikeout however, ended the game with two runners aboard.
- Jason Swan's 3-for-4 day paced the Eagles at the plate. The sophomore scored half of the Eagles' six runs on Tuesday night.
- Matt Anderson, Blake Evans and Steven Curry each had multi-hit games with two hits each.

UP NEXT
League play is next for the Eagles beginning this weekend with a trip to UT Arlington. First pitch on Friday night is set for 7:30 p.m. (ET).