Eagles Earn Second Sweep with 7-3 Win over Tribe

Sunday, March 13

Statesboro

1:00 PM

Georgia Southern University

10-6

William & Mary

5-7

William & Mary

Georgia Southern

3/13/2022 5:05:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Graham Cooper

STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern baseball team won the third game of the series against William & Mary, 7-3, on Sunday at J.I. Clements Stadium. The win gave the Eagles their second straight sweep and they are now winners in eight of their last nine.

The scoring began in the bottom of the second inning, when Parker Biederer fired a RBI single through the right side, scoring Austin Thompson. Soon after, Jason Swan hit a two-RBI single to center field, bringing Jesse Sherrill and Biederer to the plate, giving the Eagles a 3-0 lead after two innings.

The Tribe would score back-to-back home runs in the top of the third, narrowing the Eagles lead to only 3-2. In the bottom of the third, Noah Ledford would answer with a home run of his own, giving the Eagles an insurance run, leading 4-2 after the third.

After the Tribe brought home another run from a sac fly, the score would remain at 4-3 until the seventh inning. Jarrett Brown would bring in pinch runner Blake Evans off a RBI single through the left side, giving the Eagles a 5-3 lead. The scoring would conclude in the bottom of the eighth, where Sam Blancato would bring in two runners on a squeeze, scoring Swan and Sherrill, and setting the final score at 7-3.

GS SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 2 | W&M 0 – GS 1 | Biederer singled through the right side, RBI, Thompson scored.
BOTTOM 2 | W&M 0 – GS 3 | Swan singled to center field, RBI, Biederer scored, unearned.
BOTTOM 3 | W&M 2 – GS 4 | Ledford homered to right center, RBI.
BOTTOM 7 | W&M 3 – GS 5 | Brown singled through the left side, RBI, Evans scored, unearned.
BOTTOM 8 | W&M 3 – GS 7 | Blancato grounded out to the pitcher, sac bunt, 2 RBI, Swan and Sherrill scored.

QUICK HITS

Eagles' pitcher Ga'von Wray earned his fourth win of the season, after going three innings, his longest outing of his career.
Four different Eagles had sacrifice hits today: Christian Avant, Sam Blancato, Austin Thompson, and Parker Biederer.
Austin Thompson currently needs only one more RBI to reach 100 RBI in his career.
The Eagles boosted their record against William & Mary to 9-0 with the sweep.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will play their next four contests on the road, starting with March 16, where they take on the Mercer Bears in Macon, Ga. Afterwards, they will begin conference play in Boone, NC, as they take on rival Appalachian State for a weekend series starting on March 18.