Georgia Southern University
13-7, 2-1
Appalachian State
7-11, 1-2
Eagles Drop Series Finale, 11-6
3/20/2022 5:53:00 PM | Baseball
The Eagles were the first to get on the board with a sacrifice bunt by Christian Avant, who brought home Jesse Sherrill to give GS a quick 1-0 lead. However, the Eagles would only hold the lead until the bottom of the second inning, where a Phillip Cole home run tied up the score at 1-1. App State would add onto their lead in the same inning, as a stolen base by Alex Aguila and an Eagle error that allowed RJ Johnson to reach base set up a two-RBI double by Austin St. Laurent to give App State a 3-1 lead after two.
The Eagles would cut the deficit to one with a Noah Ledford RBI single, but App would respond in the bottom of the four with a Johnson sacrifice fly, giving the Mountaineers a 5-2 lead.
Parker Biederer would hit a sacrifice fly of his own to left field, bringing in Austin Thompson to cut the lead to 5-3, and an RBI single by Noah Searcy would plate Avant, setting up a thin 5-4 late for the Mountaineers. However, a two-run homer by St. Laurent would push the score to 7-4 in favor of the Mountaineers.
The Mountaineers would use the bottom of the eighth to add on extra runs, with one coming from a sacrifice fly to center field, one coming from a single through the left side, and two coming from a single up the middle. The Eagles would score two final runs, one from an Avant single down the left field line to score Sherrill and one from a Ledford RBI single back to the pitcher, but the game would ultimately end as a 11-6 loss for the Eagles.
QUICK HITS
- Jesse Sherrill, Jason Swan, Christian Avant, Noah Ledford and Noah Searcy all had a multi-hit day, with both of Swan's hits being extra base hits.
- Three Eagles pitchers combined for six strikeouts. Starting pitcher Ben Johnson had two, Danny Madden had three, and Jay Thompson had one.
- Four different Eagles accounted for an RBI: Christian Avant, Noah Ledford, Noah Searcy, and Parker Biederer. Avant and Ledford had two each.
- The Eagles stranded eight runners on base.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will host the College of Charleston Cougars on Tuesday, March 22 at J.I. Clements Stadium. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. The Braves World Series Trophy Tour will be making a stop at J.I. Clements Stadium for the game, so make sure to come and take your photo with the Commissioner's Trophy.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tujetsch, Trey (1-0)
L: Johnson, Ben (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Swan, Jason 2
RBI: Avant, Christian 2 ; Ledford, Noah 2 ; Searcy, Noah 1 ; Biederer, Parker 1
SH: Avant, Christian 1
SF: Biederer, Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 2 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Avant, Christian 2 ; Thompson, Austin 1
SB: Avant, Christian 1
Batting:
2B: St. Laurent, Austin 1
HR: St. Laurent, Austin 1 ; Cole, Phillip 1
RBI: St. Laurent, Austin 4 ; Cole, Phillip 1 ; Drumheller, Luke 1 ; Aguila, Alex 2 ; Johnson, RJ 3
SF: Drumheller, Luke 1 ; Johnson, RJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: St. Laurent, Austin 1 ; Cole, Phillip 1 ; LaSpaluto, Grey 1 ; Greckel, Andrew 1 ; Terrell, Andrew 2 ; Drumheller, Luke 1 ; Aguila, Alex 3 ; Johnson, RJ 1
SB: Terrell, Andrew 1
HBP: St. Laurent, Austin 1 ; Terrell, Andrew 2
