MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - Georgia Southern baseball scored 15 runs in two innings to defeat College of Charleston 18-6 and earn the first win of the season. The Eagles improved to 1-3 on the season, while Charleston falls to 2-2. 

The Cougars took the lead in the bottom of the second, as Trotter Harlan doubled down the line in left to score a pair. The Eagles responded in the top of the third, erupting for nine runs, highlighted by a two-run home run by Mason McWhorter. 

McWhorter didn't stop there, homering in the top of the fourth, this time a three-run shot to center field. The Eagles tacked on six more runs in the fourth, as Noah Ledford homered to right center field to go back-to-back with McWhorter. 

Jay Thompson earned the win in relief for the Blue and White, working two innings of one hit baseball. Thompson also recorded one strikeout, improving to 1-0.

SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 2nd | GS 0 - CofC 2 | Trotter Harlan doubled down the line in left to score two
TOP 3rd | GS 9 - CofC 2 | The Eagles scored nine runs in the third to blow open the scoring
BOTTOM 3rd | GS 9 - CofC 3 | Donald Hansis singled to left field to cut into the lead
TOP 4th | GS 15 - CofC 3 | Avant singled to center and advanced home on an error in center field two score two. Mason McWhorter and Noah Ledford homered back-to-back to push the lead to 15-3
TOP 5th | GS 16 - CofC 3 | Jaylen Paden singled up the middle to add to the scoring
TOP 6th | GS 17 - CofC 3 | Christian Avant doubled down the line in left to add to the scoring
BOTTOM 6th | GS 17 - CofC 4 | Charleston doubles down the line to add to the scoring
TOP 7th | GS 18 - CofC 4 | Noah Searcy singles up the middle to score Mitchell Golden
BOTTOM 7th | GS 18 - CofC 5 | A wild pitch adds a run for the Cougars
BOTTOM 9th | GS 18 - CofC 6 | A double down the line in left scores a sixth run for the Cougars

GAME NOTES

• Steven Curry was hit for the 67th time in his career to increase the school record for times hit by a pitch.
• Jaylen Paden goes 4-for-5 with one RBI at the leadoff spot.
• Mason McWhorter homered twice, collecting five RBIs on a two-run home run and a three-run home run.
• Noah Ledford went 3-for-5 homering and driving in 2 RBIs.
• Georgia Southern used 15 different players in the lineup.
• Hayden Harris made his first career start, going two inning, allowing two runs on three hits.
• Ledford now leads the team with three home runs, followed by McWhorter with two.
• Christian Avant went 4-for-5 from the plate, scoring two runs and collecting four RBIs on two doubles. Avant also scored on a single to center that went through the center fielders legs, for a faux inside the park home run.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will return home to the friendly confines of J.I. Clements Stadium to host No. 22 East Carolina University. Last season the Pirates swept the Eagles in Greenville, North Carolina. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Friday.