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Mountaineers Win Season Opener at Georgia Southern – West Virginia University Athletics
The Mountaineers collected 12 hits, getting three from junior Tyrus Hall and two each from junior Armani Guzman, senior Matthew Graveline, and senior Paul Schoenfeld. Guzman finished the night with three RBI to lead the team while sophomores Gavin Kelly and Matt Ineich each had two. Hall finished the game with four runs scored.
On the mound, graduate student Reese Bassinger earned the win with 3.2 scoreless innings, striking out five while allowing just one hit. Redshirt-sophomore JJ Glasscock tossed a scoreless inning to close out the game.
Georgia Southern scored a run in both the first and second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Guzman got WVU on the board in the third with a double before the Eagles tacked on another run in the fourth to take a 3-1 lead.
From then on, it was all Mountaineers. One run came home in the fifth before WVU took the lead with six runs in the sixth. Senior Ben Lumsden tied up the game with a sacrifice fly which was followed by a balk to put the Mountaineers on top. Kelly added two more with a single before Guzman collected two more RBI with his second double of the night.
In the eighth, two runs came home on a pair of Georgia Southern errors before Graveline and Schoenfeld knocked in two more. Ineich hit a two-run triple in the ninth and came home to score on a sacrifice fly by senior Brock Wills.
West Virginia continued its theme from late last season as nine of its 15 runs, Friday night came with two outs.
The two teams will close out the series on Saturday with a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.
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ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
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