STATESBORO, Ga. – Senior right-handed pitcher Devin Brown tossed a complete-game, three-hit shutout and the South Alabama offense scored eight runs on 11 hits to close out the series Sunday afternoon with a 8-0 win over Georgia Southern at Eagle Field.

Brown struck out seven and Kaleigh Todd was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with three runs scored to lead the Jaguars.

UP NEXT
- South Alabama (15-13, 3-2 SBC) will return home to host Georgia State for a three-game league series.  The two clubs will open up the series with a doubleheader on Saturday with a pair of games (1 p.m. and 3 p.m.) and then close out the series on Sunday with a single game scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at Jaguar Field.  

Date: 3/18
Place: Eagle Field (Statesboro, Ga.)
Final Score: South Alabama 8, Georgia Southern 0
Records: South Alabama (15-13, 3-2 SBC), Georgia Southern 19-8, 4-2 SBC)

Box Score (PDF)

SCORING PLAYS
-1 Inn. — USA, 1-0 —Kristian Foster sacrifice bunt (RBI), scoring Kaleigh Todd (unearned) from third
-3 Inn. — USA, 2-0 —Haleigh Lowe double to center (RBI), scoring MC Nichols from second
-3 Inn. — USA, 3-0 —Foster single through the left side of the infield (RBI), scoring Todd from third
-3 Inn. — USA, 5-0 —Brittani Reid double down the left field line (2 RBI), scoring Lowe from third and Foster from second
-7 Inn. — USA, 7-0 —Abby Krzywiecki double to center (2 RBI), scoring Todd from third and Lowe from second
-7 Inn. — USA, 8-0 —B. Reid single to right center (RBI), scoring Krzywiecki from second

KEY MOMENT OF THE GAME
-With South Alabama leading by one run, the Jaguars broke things open with a four-run third to jump out to a 5-0 lead.  

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
-Todd was 4-for-4 with three runs scored and a double, while Lowe was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored, a walk and a RBI.
-Foster had a hit, a run scored, two runs driven in and two sacrifice bunts.  Krzywiecki also had a double, scored a run and drove in two, while B. Reid had two hits of her own and tied a career high with 3 RBI.
-Brown (11-7) recorded her 12th complete game of the season and her fourth shutout of the year as she allowed three hits, no runs and struck out seven.
-Mekhia Freeman, Hannah Farrell and Macy Weeks recorded the three hits for Georgia Southern.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The 1-5 hitters in the South Alabama lineup combined to record 10 of the Jags 11 hits and drove in all eight runs.
-Brown retired the Eagles in order in each of the first three innings and didn't allow a runner to get past second base.
-Brown also went first=pitch strike to 15 of the 23 batters that she faced and got ahead 0-2 to seven of the 23 batters that she faced.
-After only recording one run on two hits off of Rylee Waldrep (8-3) on Saturday, the Jaguars scored five runs on six hits against the Eagle pitcher.
-Georgia Southern used two pitchers in the contest and the duo combined to record 22 first-pitch strikes.

GAME FACTS
-Todd led the game off with a double down the leftfield line and then advanced to third on a passed ball.  With one away in the inning and a 2-1 count to Foster, the Jag shortstop dropped down a squeeze bunt to score Todd and give the Jags a 1-0 lead.
-The Jags erupted for four runs on five hits in their half of the third.  Nichols and Todd got things started with back-to-back one-out singles and Lowe then doubled to straight-away center to plate Nichols for the first run of the inning.  Foster then made it 3-0 with her second RBI of the game as she singled through the left side of the infield to bring in Todd.  The big hit of the inning came two batters later as B. Reid lined a two-run double down the leftfield line to plate Lowe and Foster and make it 5-0.
-South had a chance for another big inning in the fourth loading the bases with two outs, but Kierra Camp was able to get a chopper back to the circle to end the inning.
-Georgia Southern put a runner on in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but Brown didn't allow the Eagles to get anything going.  One key moment in the game came with a runner on in the sixth.  Farrell led the frame off with a single to left.  Macy Coleman then looked as if she were going to beat out an infield hit, but Savanna Mayo fielded the ball and made a nice throw to just barely get Coleman.  On the play, pinch runner Hannah Scarborough was thrown out at third trying to advance as Jag catcher Lyric Cabral hustled down to third and made the tag to complete the double play.
-South Alabama extended its lead in the seventh as Todd and Lowe both reached on infield singles to start the top of the frame.  They were sacrifice around by Foster and Krzywiecki then delivered a two-run double to center.  B. Reid followed it up with a RBI-single to right center to make it 8-0.
-Brown recorded her fourth 1-2-3 inning of the contest in the seventh to clinch the win.

NOTES
-The squeeze bunt for Foster in the third was her second of the season.  She now has three on the season and 15 for her career, which moves her into a three-way tie with former Jags Jenny Stevens (2007-08, '11) and Kaitlyn Griffith (2012-15) for ninth on the program's career list.
-The two-RBI game also marked the 22nd multi-RBI game of her career moving her into a tie with Stevens and Tara Donaldson (2007-09) for 10th all-time in the category.
-The four hits by Todd tied a career high for the senior and was her second four-hit game of the season.  It also marked the 48th-multi-hit game of her career tying her for fourth all-time with Blair Johnson (2012-15).
-The multi-hit game for Lowe was her 22nd of her career and moved her into a tie with Chloe Rathburn (2014-15) for 18th.
-With the complete-game shutout, Brown moved past former Jag All-American Hannah Campbell's program mark as she now has 29 in her career.
-The three runs driven in by B. Reid were a season high and tied a career best for the sophomore.
-The four doubles by the Jags established a new season best, surpassing the previous season mark of three set against Western Kentucky earlier in the week.

THEY SAID IT
Head coach Becky Clark
- On the game: "I thought our overall effort was better today; that's what it should've looked like yesterday.  We need to stay locked into that effort.  When we compete like we competed today, we give ourselves a chance against anybody. Hopefully they see the difference between the two days and the results."
- On the adjustments made from yesterday: "The biggest thing for us today was that we weren't walking a lot of batters especially at the bottom of the order.  This game is all about adjustments.  We made the adjustments we needed to make in order to keep Georgia Southern off balance.  As I said yesterday, Georgia Southern has a new coaching staff and some new players, so it took us a little bit to figure them out, but I feel that we did that and made the adjustments we needed to make.  
- On the pitching and defense: "I thought Devin was good in the circle and it was one of our better defensive efforts that we've had this year.  The double play that we turned in the sixth was huge for us.  It was a heads up play for Lyric [Cabral] to get down to third to make the out.  Offensively, we were putting pressure on in a lot of areas.  We've still got some places where we need to figure some things out, but for the most part, we were pretty good offensively today."

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