Georgia Southern Takes Two from William & Mary

Saturday, March 12

Statesboro

2:00 PM

Georgia Southern University

8-6

William & Mary

5-5

William & Mary

Georgia Southern

3/12/2022 9:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

By: Graham Cooper

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern baseball team won their second straight weekend series of the season with a win over the Tribe on Saturday, March 12. The two teams played in a double header, with the Eagles winning the first game 7-3 and the second game 6-2.

GAME 1
The Eagles led the first frame 3-1 after a two-RBI double from Christian Avant scored Jason Swan and Jesse Sherrill. A wild pitch would score Avant shortly after. Neither team scored again until the bottom of the sixth, where the Eagles added onto their lead. Sherrill laid down a sacrifice bunt, which scored Jarrett Brown. Shortly after that, Avant hit another RBI double that scored Parker Biederer. To cap off the Eagles scoring, Noah Ledford hit a single to left field, which plated Avant and Swan, giving the Eagles a 7-3 lead. The Tribe would score twice in the top of the ninth, but Thomas Higgins shut down the comeback bid and got the save, giving the Eagles the 7-3 win.

GS SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 1 | W&M 1 – GS 2 | Avant doubled down the right field line, 2 RBI, Swan and Sherrill scored.
BOTTOM 1 | W&M 1 – GS 3 | Avant scored on a wild pitch.
BOTTOM 6 | W&M 1 – GS 4 |Sherrill grounded out to first, sac bunt, Brown scored.
BOTTOM 6 | W&M 1 – GS 5 |Avant doubled down the right field line, RBI, Biederer scored.
BOTTOM 6 | W&M 1 – GS 7 |Ledford singled to left field, 2 RBI, Avant and Swan scored.

GAME 2
The Eagles led 4-0 after the third inning, where Jason Swan walked with the bases loaded, scoring Jarrett Brown. Later, Parker Biederer scored on a wild pitch. Next in the inning, Corey Dowdell singled to center field, which scored Swan and Jesse Sherrill, giving the Eagles the 4-0 lead after three. The Eagles scored twice in the fourth, where a Biederer sac bunt scored Kyler Hultgren, and shortly after that, a RBI double by Sherrill brought Brown home, giving the Eagles a commanding 6-0 lead. The Tribe would score twice in the seventh, one from bases loaded hit by pitch and the second from a bases loaded walk, but that would end the scoring, with the Eagles winning 6-2. The Eagles pitchers threw for a combined one-hitter on the night.

GS SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 3 | W&M 0 – GS 1 | Swan walked, RBI, Brown scored, unearned.
BOTTOM 3 | W&M 0 – GS 2 | Biederer scored on a wild pitch, unearned.
BOTTOM 3 | W&M 0 – GS 4 | Dowdell singled to center field, 2 RBI, Swan and Sherrill scored, unearned.
BOTTOM 4 | W&M 0 – GS 5 | Biederer grounded out to first, sac bunt, RBI, Hultgren scored.
BOTTOM 4 | W&M 0 – GS 6 | Sherrill doubled to right center, RBI, Brown scored.

QUICK HITS

In game one, Jaylen Paden had his longest outing of his career (6.0 IP) and his most strikeouts in one game in his career (7 Ks).
The Eagles pitching in game two combined for the first one-hitter since 2018, with Ben Johnson going 6.1 innings without a hit.
The Eagles swept their first double header since last season, where they took the series from the Oklahoma Sooners with a double header sweep.
Austin Thompson currently sits at 99 career RBIs.
The Eagles are currently 8-0 all-time against William & Mary.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will go for their second sweep of the season when they play the final game against the Tribe on Sunday, March 13. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.