Strong Bats Down Owls in Slugfest

Wednesday, April 21

Kennesaw, GA

5:00 PM

Georgia Southern University

22-14

Kennesaw State

22-10

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw State

4/21/2021 10:21:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

KENNESAW, Ga. – Georgia Southern baseball scored in five different innings to defeat the Kennesaw State Owls 11-5 on Wednesday. GS improves to 22-14 on the year, while Kennesaw State falls to 22-10 on the year.

Jay Thompson improved to 3-0 on the season, coming on in relief in the third. Thompson went one and 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Hayden Harris worked two innings on Wednesday striking out six Owls, before giving way to Griffin Davis in the final two innings.

In the first inning the Eagles got on the board first when Austin Thompson singled through the right-side to score Mason McWhorter and Steven Curry. Steven Curry grounded out to third to score Jason Swan in the second.

Kennesaw State responded in the bottom half of the second, scoring five runs to take the lead 5-3. Jarrett Brown tripled to left field to tie the ball game in the top of the third. In the fourth Mason McWhorter would add his 12^th home run of the season to give the Eagles a 6-5 lead.

GS would go on to score five more runs in the sixth and eighth innings to cap off the 11-5 victory. Georgia Southern will now head West for the first ever meeting between the Eagles and the Sooners.

SCORING MOMENTS
TOP 1^st | GS 2 – KSU 0 | Austin Thompson singled through the right-side scoring Mason McWhorter and Steven Curry.
TOP 2^nd | GS 3 – KSU 0 | Steven Curry grounded out to third to score Jason Swan.
BOTTOM 2^nd | GS 3 – KSU 5 | Kennesaw State scores five to take the lead.
TOP 3^rd | GS 5 – KSU 5 | Jarrett Brown tripled to right field to score Austin Thompson and JP Tighe.
TOP 4^th | GS 6 – KSU 5 | Mason McWhorter homered to right center field.
TOP 6^th | GS 10 – KSU 5 | Christian Avant flied out to left field and scored Jason Swan. Noah Ledford doubled to right center to score Parker Biederer. Austin Thompson singled up the middle to score Mason McWhorter and Noah Ledford.
TOP 8^th | GS 11 – KSU 5 | Christian Avant grounded out to shortstop to score Steven Curry.

GAME NOTES

Mason McWhorter homered for the 12^th time this season and in his fourth straight game to take the team lead.
Austin Thompson went 4-for-4 on Wednesday, driving in 4 runs and scoring once. Thompson also recorded a walk in the ninth.
Georgia Southern scored 10+ runs for the seventh time this season in the Eagles 11-5 victory.
Noah Ledford knocked home a couple of RBIs in the victory on Wednesday with a double to the gap in right center.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will take to the skies and head out West for the first ever meeting between the Sooners and the Eagles. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. from Norman, Oklahoma.