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Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics
Eagles Drop Game Two to Panthers, 8-2
5/13/2023 6:42:00 PM | Baseball
DECATUR, Ga. – The Georgia Southern baseball team dropped the second game of a three-game Sun Belt Conference series to Georgia State on Saturday afternoon at the Georgia State Baseball Complex, 8-2. The Panthers take the season series over the Eagles with the win.
Georgia State (26-26, 13-13 SBC) scored first in the bottom of the second inning off a wild pitch. In the bottom of the third inning, the Panthers scored two more runs from wild pitches. Georgia Southern (24-26, 14-12 SBC) got on the board in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI-groundout by Kyler Hultgren, driving Corey Dowdell over the plate and cutting into the lead, 3-1. The Panthers would not score again until the bottom of the seventh inning where they scored two, first from a bases-loaded walk and then from a wild pitch, taking a 5-1 lead. Georgia State scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning from two RBI-doubles and an RBI-single to take the 8-1 lead. The Eagles would score one more in the top of the ninth inning with a Sam Blancato RBI-single, which plated J.C. Peacher, but the Eagles would fall 8-2 to the Panthers.
UP NEXT
The Eagles look to salvage the finale against Georgia State on Sunday afternoon in Decatur, Ga. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
Georgia State (26-26, 13-13 SBC) scored first in the bottom of the second inning off a wild pitch. In the bottom of the third inning, the Panthers scored two more runs from wild pitches. Georgia Southern (24-26, 14-12 SBC) got on the board in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI-groundout by Kyler Hultgren, driving Corey Dowdell over the plate and cutting into the lead, 3-1. The Panthers would not score again until the bottom of the seventh inning where they scored two, first from a bases-loaded walk and then from a wild pitch, taking a 5-1 lead. Georgia State scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning from two RBI-doubles and an RBI-single to take the 8-1 lead. The Eagles would score one more in the top of the ninth inning with a Sam Blancato RBI-single, which plated J.C. Peacher, but the Eagles would fall 8-2 to the Panthers.
UP NEXT
The Eagles look to salvage the finale against Georgia State on Sunday afternoon in Decatur, Ga. First pitch is set for 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brandon, Joseph (4-4)
L: Oliu, Cameron (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Blancato, Sam 1
RBI: Blancato, Sam 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dowdell, Corey 1 ; Peacher, J.C. 1
HBP: Tighe, JP 1
Batting:
2B: Jackson, JoJo 1 ; Hynek, Colin 1 ; Pearson, Dalton 1
RBI: Ryerson, Max 1 ; Mize, Will 1 ; Hynek, Colin 1 ; Pearson, Dalton 1
SH: Jones, Cameron 1 ; Shultz, Taylor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ruiz, Matt 2 ; Jackson, JoJo 2 ; Hynek, Colin 2 ; Pearson, Dalton 2
SB: Ruiz, Matt 1
HBP: Jackson, JoJo 1
PO: Jones, Cameron 1
Game Leaders
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