Late Seminole Rally Sinks No. 25 Eagles in Extra Innings

Wednesday, April 20

Tallahassee, FL

7:00 PM

Georgia Southern University

24-12

Florida State

23-13

Georgia Southern

Florida State

4/20/2022 11:25:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ledford hits two homers in 6-5 loss

By: Graham Cooper

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The 25^th-ranked Georgia Southern baseball team fell to Florida State 6-5 in 11 innings at Dick Howser Stadium on Wednesday night. The Seminoles scored four runs in the final two innings to give the fans free baseball and then won it in the 11th inning.

Neither team scored until the third inning when the Eagles (24-12) were able to plate three runs. Christian Avant hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Kyler Hultgren, and then Noah Ledford knocked a two-run home run to right field to drive in Jesse Sherrill and make it 3-0. The Eagles would add one more in the top of the fourth inning when a Sherrill RBI-single drove in Austin Thompson.

The Seminoles (23-13) would get on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning with a double to left center, but GS would respond in the top of the seventh inning with a second Ledford home run to right field, extending the lead to 5-1. The Seminoles would plate two runs in the eighth inning on a pair of ground outs. The Noles would put the tying run on, but Ben Johnson got a big strikeout to end the threat. The Seminoles would rally to plate a pair of runs off Johnson in the ninth inning to tie it up before the Eagle reliever got the final two outs with the winning run just 90 feet away.

After the Eagles loaded the bases in the 11th inning but failed to score, FSU did the same in the bottom of the frame, but plated the winning run on a walk-off walk.

QUICK HITS

Ledford, Sherrill and Blancato all had a pair of hits to lead the way.
The Eagles used six pitchers on the evening. Hayden Harris got the start and allowed just one hit in four innings as he posted four strikeouts.
Ledford's two-home run game is the first time an Eagle has hit two homers in one game since Mason McWhorter did it on March 13, 2021 against UAB.
It was the fourth extra-inning game for the Eagles this year, where they were previously 3-0 in such contests.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will head to South Alabama for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series, starting on Friday, April 22. First pitch from Eddie Stanky Field on Friday is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.