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Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics
Fisher Dominates, Eagles' Hot Bats Down Red Wolves, 12-2
3/26/2022 5:53:00 PM | Baseball
STATESBORO – Five innings of scoring helped the Georgia Southern baseball team (16-7, 4-1 SBC) power past the visiting Arkansas State Red Wolves (4-16, 0-5 SBC) 12-2 on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles will go for the series sweep on Sunday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m.
The Eagles would start off the bottom of the first inning with Jesse Sherrill's first home run as an Eagle, immediately giving GS a 1-0 lead. Shortly after, Noah Ledford belted a single to left-center field, bringing in Jason Swan in the process to give the Eagles the 2-0 lead. Noah Searcy would plate Ledford on an RBI triple that bounced off the right field wall. To finish off the bottom of the first inning, Searcy scored from third off a wild pitch, giving the Eagles a 4-0 lead after the first frame.
The score would stay locked at 4-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning, when Searcy was walked with the bases loaded, scoring Sherrill, and giving the Eagles the 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sherrill would knock an RBI single to left field, bringing in Jarrett Brown to further the lead at 6-0. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Brown would slam a two-run homer down the left field line, scoring Kyler Hultgren, and giving the Eagles a big 8-0 lead.
Ty Fisher put in a great performance on the afternoon, going 6 ⅔ innings. He only allowed three hits in a scoreless outing and struck out eight in the process. His season ERA dropped down to 1.66 after his 97-pitch outing.
The Red Wolves would dig into the Eagles' lead in the top of the eighth inning, as a Jared Toler ground out to the shortstop would score Wil French, and a Jaylon Deshazier RBI single to left field brought in Ben Klutts to bring the score to 8-2.
The Eagles would score four more in the bottom of the eighth, starting with a Parker Biederer RBI single up the middle that plated pinch runner Sam Blancato. Shortly after, Sherrill executed a perfect bunt that had him reach first and score Hultgren from third, giving the Eagles a 10-2 lead. Biederer would return home on a wild pitch, and J.C. Peacher would drive an RBI single through the right side, bringing home Sherrill and capping the scoring.
QUICK HITS
UP NEXT
The Eagles will go for the series sweep of Arkansas State on Sunday, March 27. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at J.I. Clements Stadium.
The Eagles would start off the bottom of the first inning with Jesse Sherrill's first home run as an Eagle, immediately giving GS a 1-0 lead. Shortly after, Noah Ledford belted a single to left-center field, bringing in Jason Swan in the process to give the Eagles the 2-0 lead. Noah Searcy would plate Ledford on an RBI triple that bounced off the right field wall. To finish off the bottom of the first inning, Searcy scored from third off a wild pitch, giving the Eagles a 4-0 lead after the first frame.
The score would stay locked at 4-0 until the bottom of the fourth inning, when Searcy was walked with the bases loaded, scoring Sherrill, and giving the Eagles the 5-0 lead. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sherrill would knock an RBI single to left field, bringing in Jarrett Brown to further the lead at 6-0. In the bottom of the sixth inning, Brown would slam a two-run homer down the left field line, scoring Kyler Hultgren, and giving the Eagles a big 8-0 lead.
Ty Fisher put in a great performance on the afternoon, going 6 ⅔ innings. He only allowed three hits in a scoreless outing and struck out eight in the process. His season ERA dropped down to 1.66 after his 97-pitch outing.
The Red Wolves would dig into the Eagles' lead in the top of the eighth inning, as a Jared Toler ground out to the shortstop would score Wil French, and a Jaylon Deshazier RBI single to left field brought in Ben Klutts to bring the score to 8-2.
The Eagles would score four more in the bottom of the eighth, starting with a Parker Biederer RBI single up the middle that plated pinch runner Sam Blancato. Shortly after, Sherrill executed a perfect bunt that had him reach first and score Hultgren from third, giving the Eagles a 10-2 lead. Biederer would return home on a wild pitch, and J.C. Peacher would drive an RBI single through the right side, bringing home Sherrill and capping the scoring.
QUICK HITS
- Ty Fisher tied a career high with eight strikeouts on the day. He was a pitcher at Tennessee Tech the last time he struck out eight.
- J.C. Peacher had his first career at-bat today, which led to his first-career hit and his first-career RBI.
- The last time the Eagles beat a team by 10 was in last year's series opener against Georgia State, where the Eagles won 23-1.
- This is the first time the Eagles have started 4-1 in conference play since 2018.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will go for the series sweep of Arkansas State on Sunday, March 27. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at J.I. Clements Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Fisher, Ty (2-1)
L: Nash, Will (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Klutts, Ben 1
RBI: Toler, Jared 1 ; Deshazier, Jaylon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: French, Wil 1 ; Klutts, Ben 1
SB: Olson, Garrett 1
Batting:
2B: Ledford, Noah 1
3B: Searcy, Noah 1
HR: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 1
RBI: Sherrill, Jesse 3 ; Peacher, J.C. 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Searcy, Noah 2 ; Brown, Jarrett 2 ; Biederer, Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 3 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Searcy, Noah 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 2 ; Brown, Jarrett 2 ; Biederer, Parker 1
SB: Swan, Jason 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1
HBP: Avant, Christian 1 ; Searcy, Noah 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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RBI
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