Eagles Fall 3-2 to Dukes in Walk-Of Fashion

Saturday, March 14

Harrisonburg, VA

4 PM

Georgia Southern University

5-13, 0-2

James Madison

9-8, 2-0

Ga. Southern

James Madison

3/14/2026 7:40:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Harrisonburg, Va. — The Georgia Southern baseball team (5-13, 0-2 SBC) fell in walk-off, 3-2 fashion to James Madison (9-8, 2-0 SBC) on Saturday evening (March 14th).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Eagles would be the first to put their mark in the runs column as a leadoff single from Mason Gazaway saw him reach second after a hit-and run. Jack Myers stepped in the dish and delivered a slicing drive into the right-center gap for the Eagles to snag a 1-0 lead.
After a leadoff walk issued by Ethan Garrett, he would pick off the runner he let on, followed by retiring the next two Dukes looking on strikes, to get out the first.
Southern stranded two in the second after two strikeouts stopped their threat after a Prozny leadoff single and hit batter.
After another scoreless frame from the Dukes, the Eagles could not capitalize on the bases loaded and none away in the third. Two strikeouts and a fielder's choice caused the Dukes to escape without any damage done.
Southern would scrape one by in the fourth as after a Gazaway walk and stolen bag, James McCoy brought him home with a line drive to the outfield to double the Eagles' lead, 2-0.
In the Dukes' fourth, they put two runners in scoring position with their first two batters. Garrett and the Eagles would escape once again via a lineout, and McCoy gunning out a runner at home after trying to score on a fly ball.
Southern once again stranded the bases loaded after a two-single inning from Prozny and Bryson Trammell.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Dukes loaded the bases with one away after two free bases and a single. JMU's Thompson delivered a single through the right side to send two home, evening the ball game.
The Eagles stopped the bleeding with a double play to Grant Jordan at shortstop while JMU still had the bases loaded to end the sixth.
Both offenses were held quiet in the seventh, while Southern hit into a double play to end their eighth, still even at two.
A leadoff double from JMU's Guerrero off the right field wall started off the eighth, but Will Holder struck out two of the next three Dukes he saw to retire the side.
Despite a one-out single from Trammell and a stolen base from Kaden Thompson as a pinch runner, two flyouts from the next two Eagles once again left an Eagle on in scoring position.
A leadoff single from the Dukes' Gocio saw him stand aboard second after a sac-bunt. The following batter, Kyle Langley lined a shot to deep right field, enough to score Gocio and end the ball game.

NOTES:

Four Eagles had a pair of hits on the afternoon. McCoy has now had multi-hit outing in four of his last five games, Myers extends his hit streak to six and Prozny, also at a six game hit streak, has gone for two or more hits in his last three games. Trammell's late single gave him two hits on the day, giving him a hit streak of five.
Ethan Garrett had a career long outing on the afternoon, going 5.1 innings while only allowing three hits and one run (which came after he left the mound) while striking out four.

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