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MOBILE, Ala. – No. 19 Georgia Southern scored seven unanswered runs to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 7-2 in Sunday's series finale at Stanky Field.

Georgia Southern (27-12, 14-4 SBC) swept the three-game series with the win, which marked the first time the Jaguars have been swept in a three-game series at Stanky Field since 2014.

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South Alabama will return to action Tue., April 26, when it hosts Tulane at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

GAME FACTS
- Joe Sutton led off the bottom of the second with a single to left field, and Hunter Stokes followed with a walk. A single through the left side of the infield by Charles Middleton loaded the bases with no outs. Erick Orbeta followed with a walk to plate Sutton for a 1-0 Jaguar lead. Reid Powers then grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that allowed Stokes to score and double the USA lead at 2-0.
- Noah Ledford tripled off the left-center field to lead off the top of the fourth, and moved to second on a groundout to shortstop off the bat of Noah Searcy. Jarrett Brown followed with a one-out RBI single to left field to score Ledford and cut the Jaguar lead in half at 2-1.
- Charles Middleton reached on a throwing error by Eagle third baseman Brown to lead of the fourth, and advanced to second on a walk by Reid Powers. Cameron Tissue later delivered a two-out single to right field, but Middleton was put out at the plate 9-2 on a throw to home by Christian Avant to end the inning. 
- The Eagles took a 3-2 lead in the top of the fifth on a two-run home run to left-center field by JP Tighe. Blake Evans reached on a bunt single up the first base line, and scored on a one-out RBI double down the left field line by Avant to double the Georgia Southern lead at 4-2. An RBI groundout to shortstop by Noah Searcy later in the inning gave the Eagles a 5-2 lead. 
- Swan singled through the left side of the infield with one out in the top of the seventh, and eventually scored on an RBI groundout to first by Noah Ledford for a 6-2 Georgia Southern advantage. 
- The Jags loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh on a leadoff walk by Cameron Tissue, single by Will Turner and Miles Simington reached on a fielding error by Evans on a grounder to second. Eagle left-hander Danny Madden struck out Joe Sutton for the second out of the frame, and Georgia Southern left-hander Jay Thompson entered in relief and induced an inning-ending flyout to left field by Stokes to end the threat.
- The Eagles scored the game's final run in the top of the ninth on a leadoff solo home by Avant. 

NOTES
- Turner extended his on-base streak to 25 games with a one-out single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh. 
- Orbeta extended his on-base streak to 21 games with a bases-loaded RBI walk in the bottom of the second. 
- Simington went 3-for-5 to lead the Jags at the plate. Orbeta added a hit and one RBI.
- Left-hander Tyler Lehrmann (2-2) allowed five runs on seven hits with a pair of walks in 4 1/3 innings in the loss.
- The loss extended USA's losing skid to four games. 
- The three-game sweep marked the first time the Jags have been swept at home since the Louisiana series in 2014. 
 
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the weekend:
"We left 28 runners on base in three games this weekend. We were too intermittent, and Georgia Southern was constant for three games. We have to do a better job of hitting, pitching, coaching and playing defense. We have been good this year with runners in scoring position, but this weekend we were not. Right now Texas State and Georgia Southern are the gold standard in the league this year. The standard we have set here as a program was not what we played to this weekend. The good thing is we can still accomplish what we set out to do. That took a little setback this weekend, but it is still right there in front of us. It is going to take some work, but there is still opportunity to get that done. We have to take advantage of those opportunities the rest of the way when they present themselves, but our guys are up to the challenge. I still have all the faith in the world in them, and I know we will continue to work to get it done."

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