STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern Baseball blanked Ball State 6-0 on Friday night, earning their first shutout on opening day since 2015, where they held Bethune-Cookman scoreless. The Eagles improved to 1-0 on the young season, while Ball State fell to 0-1.
Jordan Jackson made his Eagle debut on Friday, working five innings, allowing three hits, no runs, walking two batters and striking out nine. The junior right-hander faced 19 batters and stranded a runner on third with back-to-back strikeouts in the second.
Mitchell Golden singled up the middle in the fourth inning to give the Eagles a baserunner. Senior
Matt Anderson would double to left field, putting runners on second and third with two outs. A wild pitch in
Jarrett Brown's at bat, brought home the go-ahead run and gave the Eagles the lead.
GS exploded for five runs in the eighth inning, extending their lead with two big hits by the bottom of the lineup.
Jason Swan collected his first hit of the 2020 season, doubling to center field and clearing a bases loaded situation.
Jarrett Brown picked up his first collegiate hit, crushing a two-run home run over the left field wall to push the Eagles lead to 6-0.
SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 4th | GS 1 – BSU 0 | Mitchell Golden scores on a wild pitch to give the Eagles a 1-0 lead.
BOTTOM 8th | GS 6 – BSU 0 | Jason Swan doubled to center field clearing the bases and sending three runs across the plate. Two batters later
Jarrett Brown homered down the left field line to push the Eagles lead to 6-0.
GAME NOTES
- Jordan Jackson made his Eagles debut on opening night, picking up the win and recording nine strikeouts.
- Jarrett Brown recorded his first career hit on Friday night with a two-run home run down the left field line.
- Golden finished the evening 2-for-2 with two walks and scored the winning run on a wild pitch.
- Georgia Southern blanked Ball State 6-0 on Friday night, shutting out their opponent for the first time since 2015.
UP NEXT
Georgia Southern and Ball State will play two games on Saturday with first pitch of game one at noon and first pitch of game two slated for 6 p.m. The games can be seen live on TrueBlueTV with radio coverage on the Georgia Southern Sports Network.
