SAN MARCOS, TEXAS – The Georgia Southern baseball team fell to the 10
th-ranked Texas State Bobcats, 10-9. The Eagles leave the Lone Star State with the series victory over the Bobcats.
The Eagles were the first on the board, when a
Christian Avant solo home run in the top of the first inning gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead. However, the Bobcats would respond with five runs in the bottom of the first inning.
In the top of the fourth inning, the Eagles would score five runs of their own, the first one when
Noah Ledford reached home during a double play, the next two coming from a
Kyler Hultgren two-RBI double down the right field line, plating
Sam Blancato and
Austin Thompson and the final two coming from a
Jason Swan two-RBI double to left field, scoring Hultgren and
Jesse Sherrill, giving the Eagles a 6-5 lead. The Bobcats would tie the game in the bottom of the fifth inning with a solo home run.
In the top of the sixth inning, Blancato would crank his second home run of the weekend down the right field line, giving the Eagles a 7-6 lead. The Bobcats would respond with two more runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth inning, a home run and a RBI single, to get in front of the Eagles, 8-7.
In the top of the ninth inning, Blancato would reach base from a single, move to second off a sacrifice bunt from Hultgren, and come home from an RBI-double from Sherrill, tying up the game at eight all. Swan would bring Sherrill home on an RBI-single, giving the Eagles the lead at 9-8 going into the home half of the ninth inning. Texas State would then walk off the Eagles after scoring twice.
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The Eagles will head to Clinton, South Carolina, to take on the Presbyterian Blue Hose on Tuesday, April 12. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.
