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UAB UAB 6-8
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Winner Georgia Southern GS 9-6
UAB UAB
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Final
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Georgia Southern GS
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UAB UAB 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 8 2
Georgia Southern GS 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 1 X 9 12 1

W: Johnson, Ben (1-0) L: Carson Knight (1-1) S: Jones, Nick (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ben Johnson Earns First Victory, Eagles Sweep UAB

STATESBORO, Ga. - Ben Johnson earned his first collegiate victory on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Blazers 9-5 to complete the sweep over UAB. The Eagles improve to 9-6 on the season, while UAB falls to 6-8. 

Nick Jones earned his fifth save of the year, working the final two innings of play. He allowed two hits and struck out three batters. Mason McWhorter added two more RBIs on the day in a 1-for-3 effort. The Eagles took the lead in the bottom of the first thanks to one of the two RBIs by McWhorter on a sacrifice fly to right field.

The Blazers would answer in the second to tie the ballgame, before Georgia Southern would regain the lead in the bottom half and never surrender it after. Noah Ledford hit his fifth home run of the season on Sunday in the eighth inning, a solo-shot to right field over the Blue Monster. 

SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 1st | GS 1 - UAB 0 | Mason McWhorter flied out to right field to score Jason Swan from third.
TOP 2nd | GS 1 - UAB 1 | UAB hits a solo-home run to right to level the score.
BOTTOM 2nd | GS 3 - UAB 1 | Parker Biederer singled to right and was thrown out trying to extend it into a double, scoring two runs.
BOTTOM 4th | GS 5 - UAB 1 | Jason Swan grounds into a fielder's choice scoring a run. Mason McWhorter singled up the middle to score the second run of the inning. Swan scored on a wild pitch.
BOTTOM 5th | GS 8 - UAB 1 | Jarrett Brown singled up the middle to score Christian Avant. Jason Swan flied out to center to score Curry.
TOP 6th | GS 8 - UAB 5 | UAB adds four in the top of the sixth to cut into the lead.
BOTTOM 8th | GS 9 - UAB 5 | Noah Ledford hit a solo-home run over the blue monster in right.

GAME NOTES

  • Mason McWhorter tallied his 10th and 11th RBIs on the weekend on Sunday.
  • Noah Ledford hit his fifth home run of the season on Sunday, tallying the 14th of the season for the Eagles.
  • Nick Jones collected his fifth save of the season, working the final two innings of play and striking out three batters.
  • Ben Johnson secured his first victory in college, a 9-5 decision, against UAB. Johnson worked five innings allowing three three runs on three hits and striking out five. 

UP NEXT
The Eagles will hit the road for the first road trip of the season. GS will travel to No. 7 Georgia Tech on Wednesday, before heading over to Troy, Alabama to take on the Trojans and open up conference play.

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