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Georgia Southern University Athletics

GS BSB Hat
7
Winner Louisiana LA 36-21
6
Georgia Southern GS 40-18
Winner
Louisiana LA
36-21
7
Final
6
Georgia Southern GS
40-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Louisiana LA 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 2 7 10 0
Georgia Southern GS 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 2

W: Hammond, Jake (3-1) L: Higgins, Thomas (2-3) S: Talley, Brandon (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Graham Cooper

Eagles Fall in SBC Championship, 7-6

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Georgia Southern baseball team fell to Louisiana in the SBC Championship on Sunday afternoon, 7-6.
 
Georgia Southern (40-18) took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning off the back of solo home runs from both Noah Ledford and Sam Blancato. In the bottom of the third inning, JP Tighe would knock the Eagles third consecutive homer of the day, Ledford would knock an RBI-double to center field to score Jesse Sherrill, and Austin Thompson would hit an RBI-single to center field to score Ledford.
 
Louisiana (36-21) would score three runs in the top of the fourth inning, one in the top of the sixth, and one in the top of the seventh to even the score at 5-5. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Jarrett Brown would bring Avant home on a sacrifice fly to right field to give the Eagles the lead, 6-5. In the top of the ninth inning, a Louisiana RBI-double would score the tying-run, and a runner advancing to home on a throw down to second would score the go-ahead run and give UL the 7-6 lead.
 
The Eagles would threaten by loading the bases with two outs, but UL shut down the Eagles threat to win the SBC Championship.
 
QUICK HITS
  • This was Georgia Southern's sixth SBC championship appearance in seven years.
  • The Eagles last scored at least three home runs in a single game was on x.
  • Noah Ledford led the offense with a 2-for-4 day with two RBI and two runs of his own.
  • The four pitchers the Eagles used combined for nine strikeouts; starter Jaylen Paden had four, Jay Thompson had three, and Thomas Higgins and Jake Martin had one each.
 
UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will now wait to hear about their regional fate on Monday, May 30. ESPN2 will televise the Selection Show at noon.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Michael Knorr, Coastal Carolina (Sr., RHP – Carlsbad, Calif.) 
Christian Avant, Georgia Southern (5th, OF – Tifton, Ga.) 
Sam Blancato, Georgia Southern (RS So., OF – Marietta, Ga.) 
Ben Johnson, Georgia Southern (So., RHP – Tucker, Ga.) 
Jesse Sherrill, Georgia Southern (Jr., 2B – Pensacola, Fla.) 
Bo Bonds, Louisiana (So., RHP – Live Oak, Fla.) 
Kyle DeBarge, Louisiana (Fr., SS – Kinder, La.) 
Tyler Robertson, Louisiana (Jr., 3B – Montgomery, Ala.) 
Michelle Artzberger, ULM (So., 1B – Lawton, Okla.) 
Austin Smith, Texas State (RS Jr., LHP – Abilene, Texas) 
Tristan Stivors, Texas State (Sr., RHP – Castroville, Texas) 
Jesse Hall, Troy (Sr., SS – Tallahassee, Fla.) 
Rigsby Mosley, Troy (Sr., LHP – Maitland, Fla.) 
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