Georgia Southern baseball defeats App State, advances to semifinals

STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) – The Georgia Southern baseball staff is cruising on to the semifinals of the Solar Belt Event after defeating App State, 7-1, on Friday afternoon.

The No. 2-seeded Eagles will now face off towards Troy at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama.

Christian Avant was the person of the sport for Georgia Southern, driving in 4 runs on 3-of-4 hitting. He began the scoring for the Eagles with a double within the backside of the primary inning, then put the sport out of attain with a towering three-run homer to left discipline within the fifth.

Eagle pitcher Ty Fisher picked up the win, throwing 4 innings and solely giving up one run on a fielder’s alternative within the second inning.

App State seemed to be threatening within the fifth inning after a stroll and a hit-by-pitch put two runners on, no one out and the guts of the lineup coming as much as bat. Nevertheless, reduction pitcher Jay Thompson extricated the Eagles from the jam, racking up three straight outs to retire the facet. He’d pitch a complete of three innings, surrendering only one hit and no earned runs.

Fifth-year senior Parker Biederer added a two-run dwelling run of his personal within the sixth inning, his third of the season.

Georgia Southern obtained an help from three App State errors within the discipline. The Eagles had no errors of their very own.

The Eagles’ subsequent opponent, Troy, is coming off a 6-4 upset victory towards Coastal Carolina in Friday’s first recreation of the day.

On account of inclement climate on Wednesday and Thursday, the event is now working below a single elimination format as a substitute of its authentic double elimination mannequin.