STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Baseball completed its first series sweep of 2019 with an 11-6 thrashing of Arkansas State on Sunday morning. The Eagles scored six runs in the second inning to blow the game open, but it was a Steven Curry solo home run to start the bottom of the first that set the tone. The home run was Curry's first in Statesboro and led the Eagles to their fourth-straight double-digit scoring game. The Eagles will slide up to Kennesaw State on Tuesday for a 6 p.m. game against the Owls.

SCORING INNINGS
TOP 1ST | GS 0 – ASU 1 | A leadoff walk in the first came back to bite the Eagles in the first when the second batter of the game hit a double down the left field line to score the game's first run from first base, handing the Red Wolves a 1-0 lead.
BOT 1ST | GS 2 – ASU 1 | That advantage only lasted three pitches in the first as Steven Curry belted his first J.I. Clements Stadium home run with a solo job to left. Jason Swan put the Eagles on top later in the inning with a single to center to score Tyler Martin from second.
BOT 2ND | GS 8 – ASU 1 | The Eagles got six runs in the second inning, sending 11 batters to the plate and getting four hits. RBI singles from Blake Evans, Mason McWhorter and Noah Ledford brought in the first four runs, while a bases loaded HBP to Austin Thompson and a Mason Miller ground out scored two more to stake the Eagles to an 8-1 lead.
TOP 3RD | GS 8 – ASU 4 | Arkansas State answered immediately with three unearned runs off two hits and an Eagle error.
TOP 4TH | GS 8 – ASU 6 | A leadoff walk and a double ended Tyler Owens' day in the fourth inning, as A-State scored two more in the fourth to cut the Eagle lead down to just two runs in the middle innings.
BOT 5TH | GS 10 – ASU 6 | Christian Avant ended a run of seven-straight Eagle batters retired in the fifth inning by hitting his first home run of the season. Later in the inning after a pair of walks, Mason McWhorter drove in Miller from second with a single to left to make it a 10-6 lead.
BOT 8TH | GS 11 – ASU 6 | The good guys added an insurance run in the eighth inning when McWhorter singled up the middle and moved up on a wild pitch. Swan's RBI single up the middle plated the junior and made it a five run lead heading to the final inning.

NOTES
- Prior to the game, Georgia Southern Baseball honored its five seniors as well as student manager Jerelle Leveritte. Daniel Collins, Tristan Roberts, Cole Whitney, Tyler Martin and four-year Eagle Lawson Humphries were recognized in the pregame ceremony.
- Curry's home run was his second in an Eagle uniform and his first hit at the friendly confines after coming up just short in a couple of recent drives. The junior second baseman is hitting .350 to lead all Eagle batters.
- Tyler Owens got the start and left the game with the lead, but could not qualify for the win because he did not pitch five innings. The junior went three and allowed five runs, two earned off four hits.
- Mason McWhorter went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to cap another solid weekend in the No. 2 slot in the lineup.
- Nick Jones walked away with the win, throwing three innings of four-hit ball. He allowed an unearned run and struck out three. The win improves the lefty to 3-2 on the year.
- Hayden Harris picked up his eighth save by retiring the final nine outs. He struck out two and allowed just one run.
- The win gives the Eagles 30 wins for the 19th time in 20 tries under Head Coach Rodney Hennon. Georgia Southern is 30-21 entering the final week of the regular season and 16-11 in Sun Belt play to lead the division by at least a game with three left to play in the league.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern Baseball travels up to the Atlanta Metro area for the final four games of the regular season this week. On Tuesday night the Eagles will face Kennesaw State at 6 p.m. The final series of the regular season against Georgia State starts on Thursday night and going through Saturday afternoon in Decatur at the Georgia State Sports Complex.