Baseball Falls on Opening Night

Friday, February 16

Statesboro

6:30 PM

Georgia Southern University

0-1

Maryland

1-0

Maryland

Georgia Southern

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics

2/16/2024 10:21:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Graham Cooper

STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern baseball team fell in a tight affair, 5-4, to the Maryland Terrapins at J.I. Clements Stadium on Friday night.

Georgia Southern (0-1) scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning when Daniel Haab was walked with the bases loaded, bringing Sean White home. Moments after that, a passed ball would score JD Kaiser, moving Jarrett Brown and Haab up to the next base.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Kaiser hit a sac fly to right field, bringing home Josh Tate and situating the Eagles with a 3-0 lead.

Mayland (1-0) got on the board in the top of the sixth inning with an RBI-single by Keister, scoring Hojnar, but the Eagles responded in the bottom of the sixth inning when Tate barreled a double down the left field line, bringing Luke Odden home to set up the 4-1 advantage.

The Terrapins scored two runs in the top of the seventh, then one run in the top of the eighth and ninth innings to take a 5-4 lead as the game went into the home half of the ninth inning. Sam Blancato was hit by a pitch to reach base, then moved into scoring position on a wild pitch. The next batter struck out and the final out was a deep fly ball to left, preserving the win for the Terrapins.

Jake Martin was charged with the loss, while Maryland's Logan Berrier earned the win. Nate Haberthier earned the save after pitching the bottom of the ninth inning for the Terrapins.

UP NEXT
Georgia Southern looks to bounce back on Saturday in the second game of the series against Maryland. First pitch from LHP Mitchell Gross is set to take place at 2:00 p.m.