Box Score

STATESBORO, Ga. – The University of South Alabama baseball team fell to Georgia Southern 11-2 Saturday at J.I. Clements Stadium.

The loss snapped South Alabama's win streak at nine games.

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Sunday at 11 a.m. (CT) when it faces Georgia Southern in the rubber match at J.I. Clements Stadium.

GAME FACTS
- Georgia Southern scored the game's first run in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single up the middle by Noah Ledford. The Eagles doubled their lead to 2-0 later in the inning on a sacrifice fly to center field by Jarrett Brown.
- Georgia Southern extended its lead to 3-0 in the bottom of the fifth on a two-RBI single through the left side of the infield by Christian Avant.
- Ethan Wilson doubled to right-center field with two outs in the top of the sixth, and scored on an RBI single to center field by Reid Powers to cut the Eagle lead to 3-1.
- The Eagles responded in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff solo home run to left field by Austin Thompson for a 4-1 Georgia Southern advantage.JP Tighe followed with a solo home run to left-center field for a 5-1 lead. A one-out RBI triple down the left field line by Parker Biederer for a 6-1 lead.
- Cameron Tissue and Richard Sorrenti led off the top of the seventh with consecutive singles. A wild pitch allowed both runners to move into scoring position with no outs. Eagle right-hander Jay Thompson struck out Hunter Donaldson for the first out of the inning. A one-out walk by Santi Montiel loaded the bases for Michael Sandle, who delivered an RBI single to center field to cut the Eagle lead to 6-2.
- Georgia Southern took a 7-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single by Tighe, and pushed its lead to 8-2 on a two-out RBI triple to center field by Brown.
- The Eagles extended their lead to 9-2 in the bottom of the eight by Mason McWhorter. Avant followed with a two-run double for an 11-2 lead.

NOTES
- Wilson extended his hitting streak to six games with two-out single in the top of the first inning.
- Powers extended his on-base streak to 10 games with a two-out single in the top of the first.
- Montiel extended his on-base streak to eight games with a walk in the top of the seventh.
- Sandle extended his hitting streak and on-base streak to eight games with an RBI single in the top of the seventh.
- South Alabama allowed a season-high 16 hits in the game.
- Jaguar right-hander Matt Boswell (2-2) allowed three runs on five hits with six strikeouts without issuing a walk in 4 2/3 innings in the loss.
- Powers went 2-for-4 with one RBI to lead the Jags at the plate. Wilson finished 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored, and Tissue went 2-for-4 with one run scored.

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