Southern Falls to Troy in Series Finale, 5-11

Sunday, March 29

1 PM

Georgia Southern University

9-19, 3-6

Troy

12-16, 4-5

Troy

Georgia Southern

3/29/2026 4:50:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STATESBORO — The Georgia Southern baseball team (9-19, 3-6 SBC) dropped the series finale to Troy (12-16, 4-5 SBC) in 5-11 fashion on Sunday afternoon (March 29th) at J.I.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

It was a quiet first frame for both offenses as each starter got their first K of the day to end the inning.
The only hits Southern collected through three innings were a double by Bennett Edwards down the line and a Frank Wells single, but would not muster any runs on either of them.
After a pitcher's duel through three, five combined runs were scored in the fourth.
Back-to-back leadoff singles, followed by an Eagle error on sac-bunt, allowed two runs for Troy to come home after a sac-fly scored another.
The Eagles loaded the bases after an error, walk and hit batter to start the frame. A fielder's choice from Bennett Edwards plated the Eagles' first run of the contest before Nico Senese gave Southern the lead with his two-RBI single the opposite direction.
Troy threatened in the fifth with the bases loaded and only one away. The Eagles opted to bring in Craig Kalbrenner, who forced a flyout and a huge strikeout to keep the fifth inning clean for the Eagles.
In the sixth, Troy used four hits and three walks to score five runs in their sixth to get their biggest lead of the series, 7-3.
In the bottom of the eighth, a hit batter and two consecutive singles with one away loaded the bases for the Eagles. Edwards continued the inning, reaching on a Troy error to cut the deficit to just three.
However, the Trojans clapped back in the top of the ninth as a three-run homer from Darnell following walks to the previous two batters put their lead back to five. A throwing error down to third on a stolen base attempt brought another home for Troy to make it 11-5.
The Eagles last chance saw Prozny out at second on a fielder's choice but took a hard bump from the Trojans' second baseman. Although both benches cleared due to it being the final out of the contest, tempers did not flare.

NOTES:

All seven of Southern's hits came from a different Eagles as no one had a multi-hit day.
In just his third start of the season, Alex Mason threw four full innings, only allowing a singular earned run and two hits while striking out a career high four.
The two squads had six combined errors on the afternoon, the most in a game since the Marshall series opener last Friday night.

UP NEXT:

The Eagles open up a four-game road stretch with a midweek at North Florida on Tuesday night (March 31st). First pitch in Jacksonville is set for 6 PM.