Georgia Southern University
20-11, 8-4
Texas State
24-9, 9-3
Eagles Walked-Off in Series Finale to #10 Texas State, 10-9
4/10/2022 4:37:00 PM | Baseball
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.
QUICK HITS
- Jesse Sherrill, Jason Swan, Noah Ledford, and Sam Blancato all had multi-hit games for the Eagles with two each.
- Jay Thompson had four strikeouts in five innings, and Ben Johnson had two in one and two-third innings.
- Sam Blancato led the team with three runs on the day.
- The Eagles have their first series win against a top 10 team on the road since they took the series against 10th-ranked Clemson in 1979.
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.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stivors, Tristan (4-1)
L: Johnson, Ben (3-3)
Batting:
2B: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Swan, Jason 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
HR: Avant, Christian 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1
RBI: Sherrill, Jesse 1 ; Swan, Jason 3 ; Avant, Christian 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1 ; Hultgren, Kyler 2
SH: Hultgren, Kyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sherrill, Jesse 2 ; Avant, Christian 1 ; Ledford, Noah 1 ; Thompson, Austin 1 ; Blancato, Sam 3 ; Hultgren, Kyler 1
HBP: Avant, Christian 1 ; Searcy, Noah 1 ; Blancato, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: Thompson, Justin 1 ; Gonzalez, Jose 1 ; Ortega-Jones, Isaiah 1
3B: Ortega-Jones, Isaiah 1
HR: Shuffield, Dalton 1 ; Thompson, Justin 1 ; Faison, Wesley 1 ; Ramirez, August 1
RBI: Shuffield, Dalton 3 ; Thompson, Justin 1 ; Gonzalez, Jose 2 ; Faison, Wesley 3 ; Ramirez, August 1
SH: Shuffield, Dalton 1
SF: Shuffield, Dalton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shuffield, Dalton 1 ; Wuthrich, John 2 ; Thompson, Justin 2 ; Gonzalez, Jose 1 ; Faison, Wesley 1 ; Ramirez, August 1 ; Gibbons, Cameron 1 ; Ortega-Jones, Isaiah 1
HBP: Wuthrich, John 1
