DECATUR, Ga. – The Georgia Southern baseball team fell 11-3 to the Georgia State Panthers in a Sun Belt Conference series opener on Friday night at the Georgia State Baseball Complex.
 
Neither team could generate much on the basepath until the bottom of the third inning when the Panthers (25-26, 12-13 SBC) scored three runs to take a 3-0 lead after the first three frames of action. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Panthers added five runs to take an 8-0 lead, then added three more runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to take an 11-0 lead.
 
Georgia Southern (24-25, 14-11 SBC) scored two runs in the top of the eighth inning from a Noah Ledford home run to right field, which scored Sam Blancato and put two runs on the board for the Eagles. In the top of the ninth inning, the Eagles were able to plate one more run when Blake Evans scoring on a throwing error by Georgia State's second baseman, setting the score at the eventual final of 11-3.
 
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The Eagles look to even up the series against Georgia State on Saturday afternoon. First pitch from the Georgia State Baseball Complex is set for 3 p.m.