Georgia Southern University
16-18, 6-7
Appalachian State
17-14, 7-5
Eagles Comeback Held Off by App State, 10-7
4/14/2023 10:35:00 PM | Baseball
The Mountaineers (17-14, 7-5 SBC) scored four runs in the top of the first inning before the Eagles (16-18, 6-7 SBC) could hit the bat racks. In the bottom of the first inning, Jesse Sherrill got on base with a lead off single to center field, and Jarrett Brown promptly plated Sherrill with a RBI-double down the left field line. App State would add another run in the top of the third inning on a sac fly and two more in the top of the fifth inning with a two-run home run down the left field line, leading by 7-1 after five frames.
Georgia Southern started to rally in the bottom of the seventh inning when App State walked the Eagles on six different at-bats, scoring two runs by Cameron Crosby and Sam Blancato before Corey Dowdell's two-RBI single through the left side scored Sherrill and Brown, narrowing the gap at 7-5. However, the Mountaineers scored three more runs in the top of the eighth inning to respond and take a 10-5 lead. The Eagles continued to rally in the bottom of the eighth inning with a Zane Faulk RBI-double that plated Crosby, and a Sherrill sac fly that scored Kyler Hultgren to cut the deficit to three runs at 10-7. Neither team scored in the ninth inning, earning App State the series-opening victory.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will look to even the series on Saturday, April 15. First pitch from J.I. Clements Stadium is set for 2 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Xander Hamilton (6-2)
L: Fisher, Ty (2-4)
S: Collin Welch (1)
Batting:
2B: Golston Gillespie 1
HR: Alex Aguila 1
RBI: Austin St. Laurent 2 ; Jonathan Xuereb 4 ; Xavier Moronta 2 ; Alex Aguila 2
SH: Austin St. Laurent 1
SF: Jonathan Xuereb 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CJ Boyd 1 ; Luke Drumheller 1 ; Golston Gillespie 1 ; Hayden Cross 2 ; Austin St. Laurent 1 ; Hunter Wilder 1 ; Jonathan Xuereb 1 ; Xavier Moronta 1 ; Alex Aguila 1
SB: CJ Boyd 2
HBP: CJ Boyd 1 ; Golston Gillespie 1 ; Hayden Cross 1
Batting:
2B: Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Faulk, Zane 1
RBI: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 2 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Dowdell, Corey 2 ; Faulk, Zane 1
SF: Sherrill, Jesse 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 2 ; Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Crosby, Cameron 2 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1
HBP: Peacher, J.C. 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1
