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Georgia Southern University Athletics

Ben Johnson
3
William & Mary WM 5-5
7
Winner Georgia Southern GS 8-6
William & Mary WM
5-5
3
Final
7
Georgia Southern GS
8-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
William & Mary WM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1
Georgia Southern GS 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 7 10 1

W: Paden, Jaylen (2-0) L: Carter Lovasz (1-1) S: Higgins, Thomas (1)

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

W: Johnson, Ben (1-1) L: Casey Green (0-1) S: Thompson, Jay (3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Graham Cooper

Georgia Southern Takes Two from William & Mary

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.
 
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