Georgia Southern University
32-16
Georgia Tech
28-21
Eagles Fall to Yellow Jackets, 13-12
5/11/2022 10:04:00 PM | Baseball
Georgia Southern splits the season series with Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern (32-16) picked up the early lead in the bottom of the first inning, when Jason Swan's RBI-double scored Jesse Sherrill and gave the Eagles the early 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning, Noah Ledford would belt a home run to left center to take a 2-0 lead.
Georgia Tech (28-21) would respond in the bottom of the third inning with three runs of their own, but the Eagles would tie the game off a Kyler Hultgren home run to right field in the top of the fourth inning. GT would knock a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning to take a 5-3 lead.
The Eagles offense would explode in both the top of the fifth inning and the top of the seventh inning, eventually climbing to a 12-5 lead, highlighted with a bases-clearing three-RBI double from Ledford in the top of the seventh inning. However, seven unanswered runs in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings would tie the game up at 12-12, and the Yellow Jackets would walk off the Eagles with an RBI-single, 13-12.
QUICK HITS
- Noah Ledford hit his team-leading 12th homerun in the top of the third inning.
- Ledford led the offense with a 3-for-5 night, including two extra-base hits, two runs, and four RBI.
- Four pitchers combined for seven strikeouts for the Eagles. Hayden Harris had three, Ga'von Wray and Anthony DiMola had one each, and Jay Thompson had two.
- Sherrill, Swan, Brown, Biederer, and Hultgren also had multi-hit nights, each with two hits.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will head to Arkansas to play the Little Rock Trojans in their final match-up as Sun Belt Conference foes in a three-game weekend series. Friday's game is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cole McNamee (1-0)
L: Thompson, Jay (5-3)
Batting:
2B: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Biederer, Parker 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
HR: Ledford, Noah 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
RBI: Swan, Jason 1 ; Avant, Christian 1 ; Ledford, Noah 4 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Biederer, Parker 2 ; Hultgren, Kyler 3
SH: Blancato, Sam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 2 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Avant, Christian 1 ; Ledford, Noah 2 ; Brown, Jarrett 2 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Biederer, Parker 2 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
SB: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Biederer, Parker 1
CS: Swan, Jason 1
HBP: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Thompson, Austin 1
Batting:
2B: Andrew Jenkins 1
HR: Andrew Jenkins 1 ; Stephen Reid 1
RBI: Andrew Jenkins 4 ; Tres Gonzalez 3 ; Tim Borden II 1 ; Stephen Reid 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Chandler Simpson 2 ; Kevin Parada 3 ; Andrew Jenkins 3 ; Tres Gonzalez 1 ; Tim Borden II 1 ; Stephen Reid 1 ; Colin Hall 1 ; Brandon Prince 1
SB: Kevin Parada 1 ; Brandon Prince 1
HBP: Tim Borden II 2
