Friday, February 23
Starkville, Miss. / Dudy Noble Field
5 PM
Georgia Southern University
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Mississippi State
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Georgia Southern
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Mississippi State
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Eagles Drop Opener to Mississippi State, 5-1
2/23/2024 8:07:00 PM | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. - The Georgia Southern baseball team fell 5-1 in a hard-fought series opener at Dudy Noble Field to the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Friday night.
Mississippi State (5-3) got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with a two-RBI single from Dylan Cupp, holding the 2-0 lead all the way until the seventh inning.
In the top of the seventh inning, Georgia Southern (1-4) would get on the board when Jonathan Jaime unleashed his first career home run to right field, halving the lead at 2-1.
The home half of the same frame would see Hunter Hines score from third on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bulldogs would add two insurance runs from a David Mershon sac fly and a Dakota Jordan RBI-double, with the run scored from that being unearned.
Thomas Higgins was tagged with the loss after a 92-pitch performance. Nate Dohm earned his first victory of the season with the Bulldogs win.
UP NEXT
Southern looks to even the series on Saturday afternoon. LHP Mitchell Gross will lead the charge for the Eagles at 2:00 p.m. at Dudy Noble Field.
Mississippi State (5-3) got on the board in the bottom of the second inning with a two-RBI single from Dylan Cupp, holding the 2-0 lead all the way until the seventh inning.
In the top of the seventh inning, Georgia Southern (1-4) would get on the board when Jonathan Jaime unleashed his first career home run to right field, halving the lead at 2-1.
The home half of the same frame would see Hunter Hines score from third on a wild pitch. In the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bulldogs would add two insurance runs from a David Mershon sac fly and a Dakota Jordan RBI-double, with the run scored from that being unearned.
Thomas Higgins was tagged with the loss after a 92-pitch performance. Nate Dohm earned his first victory of the season with the Bulldogs win.
UP NEXT
Southern looks to even the series on Saturday afternoon. LHP Mitchell Gross will lead the charge for the Eagles at 2:00 p.m. at Dudy Noble Field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dohm, Nate (1-0)
L: Higgins, Thomas (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Jaime, Jonathan 1
RBI: Jaime, Jonathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jaime, Jonathan 1
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Batting:
2B: Larry, Amani 1 ; Jordan, Dakota 1 ; Hujsak, Connor 1
RBI: Mershon, David 1 ; Jordan, Dakota 1 ; Cupp, Dylan 2
SH: Mershon, David 1 ; Cupp, Dylan 2
SF: Mershon, David 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Larry, Amani 1 ; Hines, Hunter 1 ; Kohler, Logan 1 ; Hujsak, Connor 1 ; Long, Johnny 1
HBP: Long, Johnny 2
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
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H
2
RBI
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AB
4
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H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
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H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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