STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern baseball team defeated College of Charleston 4-1 at J.I. Clements Stadium on Tuesday night. The Eagles now boast a 14-7 record as they head back into conference play this weekend.
 
College of Charleston got the scoring started in the top of the first inning, as Trotter Harlan shot an RBI double down the left field line, bringing Tyler Sorrentino home from first base to give the Cougars a 1-0 lead. The Eagles would respond in the bottom of the first, starting with a Jesse Sherrill single to left field. Jason Swan would follow it up with his 200^th career hit, a single up the middle, and finally Noah Ledford would plate Sherrill with an RBI single up the middle.
 
Neither team would score again until the bottom of the fourth, where Kyler Hultgren would knock an RBI single to right field, scoring Noah Searcy from second to give the Eagles their first lead of the game, 2-1.
 
The game stayed locked at 2-1 until the bottom of the eighth inning, where the Eagles took advantage of the Cougars' miscues. Ledford would reach base from a dropped fly ball and scored Sherrill for a second time in the process. Searcy was intentionally walked after Luke Vaks threw two balls, and Sam Blancato came to pinch run. Austin Thompson was then hit by a pitch, scoring Swan, and giving the Eagles the 4-1 lead.
 
Jake Martin made quick work of the three batters he faced in the top of the ninth inning, collecting three ground ball outs to secure his first save of the season in a 4-1 Eagle victory.

GS SCORING MOMENTS
BOTTOM 1 | COFC 1 – GS 1 | Ledford singled up the middle, RBI, Sherrill scored.
BOTTOM 4 | COFC 1 – GS 2 | Hultgren singled to right field, RBI, Searcy scored.
BOTTOM 8 | COFC 1 – GS 3 | Ledford reached on a dropped fly by 2b, RBI, Sherrill scored.
BOTTOM 8 | COFC 1 – GS 4 | Thompson hit by pitch, RBI, Swan scored, unearned.
 
QUICK HITS

• In his 200^th career game, Jason Swan knocked his 200^th career hit.
• Kyler Hultgren had his first Division I RBI in the bottom of the fourth.
• Ga'von Wray is tied for first nationally in wins (5-0).
• Jay Thompson made his NCAA-leading 15th appearance of the season.
• Three Eagles pitchers combined for six strikeouts on the night. Ga'von Wray had three, Jay Thompson had two, and Jake Martin had one.

 
UP NEXT
The Eagles will get back into conference play as they host Arkansas State for a three-game series, starting on Friday, March 25. Friday's game is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m.