STATESBORO, Ga. - South Alabama (20-15, 7-7 SBC) earned its 20th win of the season behind four homers from the offense to even the series at Georgia Southern (12-22, 5-9 SBC) on Saturday afternoon at J.I. Clements Stadium.


PRIMARY THREADS

• Georgia Southern struck first with an RBI single in the opening frame before Duncan Mathews answered in the Jaguar half of the second inning with a two-out grand slam. Brennon Wright wore a pitch for an RBI in the previous plate appearance to total a five-spot in the frame.
• Three Eagles crossed to score in the third inning on two homers. The first of two solo shots for Rett Johnson came in the top of the fourth.
• Blake Guerin tattoo'd a solo shot of his own in the fifth inning while the Eagles answered with a run in the bottom half.
• Rett Johnson hit his second homer of the day in the sixth inning, launching a second solo shot to right field, before Brennon Wright doubled home Ethan Melton to spot two Jaguar runs.
• The Jaguar offense did not slow down in the seventh, scoring four times on five hits. Marc Stephens' fifth hit of the series was an RBI single, followed by Rett Johnson's third hit when he doubled home two. Brennon Wright collected his third RBI of the day plating Johnson on a base hit to make it 13-5 Jaguars, final.

KEY STATS

• The four Jaguar homers as a team in a single game marks the second time this season, last vs. USC-Upstate in the series finale on opening weekend (2/15). The Jags did it once in 2025, also happened to be in game two vs. Georgia Southern (4/5/25).
• Rett Johnson's two homers claimed the first multi-HR game of his career. Johnson came into the contest with one home run on the season, and hit two on Saturday.
• Blake Guerin's Sun Belt-best 12th HR of the year traveled 408 ft.
• Marc Stephens' two-hit game at the plate totals five hits in the first two games of the series after a three-hit night in the series opener.
• Mike Young collected two hits and scored twice, while Brennon Wright posted two hits and three RBI.
• Starter Ryland Bozenhard earned his first win in a Jaguar uniform with the following line: 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
• Jake Middleton entered in the sixth and recorded a zero.
• Zach Stevens made his 11th appearance of the year and posted three scoreless innings with four strikeouts to close out the game.

QUOTABLE
HEAD COACH MARK CALVI
"We showed up today offensively for sure. Duncan (Mathews) really got us going with the grand slam after our guys worked hard to get on base to get us off and running. But they're a very capable and dangerous offense and we knew five runs wasn't going to be enough at the time. (Ryland) Bozenhard hung in there and pitched with the lead, limiting free passes. Our guys did a really good job on the mound, but we really swung it well today and played really good defense."


ON DECK
The series finale is set for Sunday, April 12 at 12:00 p.m. (CT). Right-hander Daniel Gonzalez (3-2, 3.20 ERA) is scheduled to make his ninth start of the season for the Jaguars, while righty Alex Mason (2-1, 7.81 ERA) is the probable for the Eagles.


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