Mountaineers Even Weekend Series with 9-5 Win on Saturday

Saturday, April 6

Boone, NC

1 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

17-14, 0

Appalachian State

12-17, 0

Georgia Southern

Appalachian State

4/6/2019 4:07:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Georgia Southern will go for the series win on Sunday at 10 a.m.

BOONE, N.C. - Appalachian State got nine runs in the first six innings of starting pitcher Braden Hays to take a 9-5 win over the Eagles to even the weekend series at one game each. The Eagles got four in the eighth inning to tighten things up late, thanks to a 2-RBI double from Nolan Tressler and a two-run home run by Tyler Martin. Due to expected rain later in the day, Sunday's game has been pushed up to a 10 a.m. start.

Saturday's game came just 45 minutes after the Eagles held on for a 3-0 win over the Mountaineers in game one of the series. Friday night's game, which was suspended in the sixth inning due to fog, gave the Eagles third third-straight win.

SCORING INNINGS
BOT 2nd | GS 0 - APP 1 | A solo home run from Tyler Leek staked App State to an early 1-0 lead.
BOT 3rd | GS 0 - APP 5 | App State got four runs off four hits with an error to push the lead to 5-0.
TOP 4th | GS 1 - APP 5 | Steven Curry roped a leadoff single for the Eagles' first hit of the game, coming around to score two batters later on a Tyler Martin single through the left side.
BOT 6th | GS 1 - APP 9 | The Mountaineers added four more runs in the sixth inning to push the lead to 9-1.
TOP 8th | GS 5 - APP 9 | Georgia Southern got four in the top of the ninth with two scoring on Nolan Tressler's two RBI double. Tyler Martin knocked two more in with a two-run home run to left. It was Martin's second long ball of the year.

NOTES
- Steven Curry went 2-for-4 in the game with a pair of runs scored. Tyler Martin was 2-for-4 in the game as well, but adding three RBIs to his ledger for the year.
- Freshman Braden Hays allowed nine runs, five earned off nine Mountaineer hits to take the loss and fall to 1-5 on the year.
- Mason McWhorter's 15 game hit streak came to an end on Saturday when the junior went 0-for-3. He had an opportunity to extend the streak in the eighth inning, but was walked on four pitches.
- The game clocked in at two hours and 28 minutes, marking the fourth time this season and the second time this week that the Eagles have played a game in less than two and a half hours.

UP NEXT
The series concludes on Sunday with the rubber match. First pitch has been moved up by two hours, and is now set for a 10 a.m. start at Beaver Field.