Baseball’s Win Streak Snapped at Kennesaw State in 12 Innings

Tuesday, May 14

Kennesaw, Ga.

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

30-22

Kennesaw State

25-28

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw St.

Baseball’s Win Streak Snapped at Kennesaw State in 12 Innings

5/14/2019 11:09:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Eagles led 10-5 in the ninth inning, but dropped the 11-10 result

KENNESAW, GA. – Georgia Southern Baseball took a 10-5 lead into the bottom of the ninth against Kennesaw State, but five runs in the final frame sent the game to extra innings. All nine Eagles were retired in order as the Owls took the 11-10 win in the 12^th frame to snap Georgia Southern's four game win streak. The Eagles will remain in the Atlanta area for the final series of the year, against Georgia State starting on Thursday night.

Curry's leadoff double in the first set the table for a 3-for-5 day. He reached third on Mason McWhorter's fly out and scored on Noah Ledford's RBI single. Kennesaw scored a run in the first and second to take a 2-1 lead. Curry's one out double in the third, followed by McWhorter's second fly out in as many trips to the plate got the tying run to third. After Tyler Martin walked, the senior broke for second and got in to a rundown long enough for Curry to advance and tie the game at 2-2.

A five run fourth inning off three hits and two errors sent nine Eagles to the plate and blew the game open for the good guys. RBIs by Blake Evans, Curry and McWhorter put the Eagles up 7-2.

Kennesaw got three back in the sixth inning to get within two, but a pair of Eagle runs in the sixth extended the lead back to four runs. Martin and Ledford drove in runs with RBI singles to get the visitors within a run of extending their double digit scoring streak to five-straight games.

The Eagles got their 10^th run in the top of the ninth, taking advantage of a Owl error. Austin Thompson dropped a bloop single between three defenders, but a wild throw to get Thompson at first allowed the shortstop to reach second. A ripped single by J.P. Tighe drove in Thompson from second. The run gave the Eagles five-straight double digit scoring games for the first time since May 2008.

Kennesaw State, however, touched three Eagle pitchers up for five runs in the ninth inning to tie the game at 10-10 and send Georgia Southern to extra innings for the fourth time in 2019.

Georgia Southern went quietly in the 10^th, 11^th and 12^th innings. A leadoff double, followed by a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk put runners on the corners with one out. The Eagles played for the double play, but a squeeze bunt single ended the game when the out couldn't be made at the plate.

Ledford, Tighe and Evans all went 2-for-6 on the day as eight different batters combined for 13 total hits. All nine starters reached base in the contest.

On a prescribed staff day, Georgia Southern sent 11 pitchers to the mound. Jonathan Edwards got the start and went two innings, allowing two runs off three hits. Jacob Parker, Tristan Roberts and Braden Hays each worked 1-2-3 innings. Braxton Johns went two and a third, allowing one run off three hits with two strikeouts. He was saddled with the loss to fall to 0-1 on the year.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will remain in the Atlanta Area in preparation for the Thursday-Friday-Saturday series against Georgia State. First pitch on Thursday night is set for 6 p.m. at the Georgia State Baseball Complex in Decatur.