Georgia Southern University
23-22, 13-9
Troy
32-15, 12-10
Georgia Southern Comeback Stymied by Trojans, 15-7
5/5/2023 10:41:00 PM | Baseball
Troy (32-15, 12-10 SBC) jumped on Georgia Southern (23-22, 13-9 SBC) in the bottom of the first inning with a pair of singles, the first scoring two Trojans and the latter scoring another one. Troy would add to its lead with a pair of home runs in the bottom of the third, the first a solo-shot to left field and the second a grand slam to left-center field, taking an 8-0 lead over the Eagles. Troy knocked a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning to stretch the lead to 10-0 before the Eagles would respond.
A two-run bomb by JD Kaiser over the 27-foot wall would get the Eagles on the board in the top of the fifth inning and plate both Kaiser and JP Tighe and cut into the Trojan lead, 10-2. Troy would get a run back via a wild pitch in the home half of the same inning. In the top of the sixth inning, Noah Ledford's RBI-double down the right field line brought home Jarrett Brown to dig into the lead, but an RBI-single by Troy in the bottom of the sixth inning brought the lead up to 12-4.
In the top of the seventh inning, Georgia Southern started to claw back from the eight-run deficit, starting with a Jesse Sherrill bases-loaded bunt to third base that scored Tighe. That was followed by a Brown bases-loaded walk, bringing Kaiser home. Ledford and Dowdell both scored runners with RBI-groundouts, ending the inning with a 12-7 deficit. The Trojans got three back in the bottom of the eighth inning to seal the eventual 15-7 final.
UP NEXT
Georgia Southern looks to even the series with a win on Saturday afternoon at Riddle-Pace Field. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. ET. The Eagles have not yet announced a starter for the contest.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stewart, Grayson (7-2)
L: Fisher, Ty (3-5)
S: Manning, Noah (7)
Batting:
2B: Ledford, Noah 1 ; Tighe, JP 1
HR: Kaiser, JD 1
RBI: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Ledford, Noah 2 ; Dowdell, Corey 1 ; Kaiser, JD 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Brown, Jarrett 1 ; Tighe, JP 2 ; Kaiser, JD 2 ; Blancato, Sam 1
CS: Sherrill, Jesse 1
HBP: Blancato, Sam 1
PO: Sherrill, Jesse 1
Batting:
2B: Bartolero, Caleb 1
3B: Whibbs, Donovan 1 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 1
HR: Lewis, Shane 2 ; Stearns, Clay 1
RBI: Lewis, Shane 3 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 3 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 3 ; Stearns, Clay 4
SH: Hartsfield, Hudson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Myers, Kole 1 ; Whibbs, Donovan 2 ; Lewis, Shane 2 ; Bartolero, Caleb 1 ; Sullivan, William 3 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 2 ; Kavanagh, Ethan 3 ; Stearns, Clay 1
SB: Myers, Kole 1
HBP: Sullivan, William 1 ; Cobb Jr., Tremayne 1
