Georgia Southern Falls on Friday at Arkansas State in Extra Innings

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Georgia Southern Falls on Friday at Arkansas State in Extra Innings Austin Thompson leads the way for the Eagles with a 3-for-5 day at the plate Baseball Posted: 5/11/2018 11:37:00 PM BOX SCORE (PDF)

JONESBORO, ARK. - Georgia Southern Baseball dropped the series opener to Arkansas State, 6-5 on Friday night in 10 innings. The Eagles scored early, but the Red Wolves bounced back to take a 4-1 lead through five. The Eagles would take the lead in the top of the ninth, but the Red Wolves answered in the bottom of the frame, sending the game to extra innings. A walk-off double to left plated the winning run from first base to hand the Eagles the loss.

Game two between the Eagles and Red Wolves is set for Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. (ET) / 6:30 p.m. (CT). Seth Shuman will climb the mound for the Eagles with a chance to even the series at one game each.

SCORING PLAYS Top 3rd - The Eagles strung together a pair of two out hits in the third inning to take an early 1-0 lead. Nolan Tressler singled and reached second on a stolen base. Jason Swan brought Tressler around three pitches later with an RBI single to left. Bottom 4th - The Red Wolves got back on even terms in the fourth with an RBI double to left which scored a run from first to even the game at 1-1. Bottom 5th - A pair of infield hits were sandwiched by a pair of singles to the left side as Arkansas State pushed three runs across in the fifth to push the lead to 4-1. Top 6th - Tyler Martin cut the lead to 4-3 with a mighty swing, driving a ball though a stout breeze over the left field wall for a two-run bomb. Austin Thompson scored on the play after reaching on an infield single. Top 9th - Matt Anderson got the Eagle rally started in the ninth by ripping a double to the gap in left. He exited for a pinch runner who made it to third on a passed ball. A Tressler ground ball to third drove in pinch runner Chandler Corley to tie the game at 4-4. Bottom 9th - A one out double opened the door for the Red Wovles in the bottom of the ninth. After an intentional walk put the force in order, a single though the right side allowed the tying run to score from second with the potential winning run moving up on a fumbled ball in right. A double play, however, got the Eagles out of the ninth and send the game to extra innings. Bottom 10th - A hit batter with one out put the winning run aboard for the Red Wolves. Tipton doubled to left where the ball was fumbled with again, allowing the winning run to scamper home and give Arkansas State a 6-5 win.

NOTES - Arkansas State committed five errors on Friday night. - Austin Thompson went 3-for-5 in the game, matching his career high in hits. - Nolan Tressler got the start in the No. 9 slot in the lineup, going 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. With the multi-hit game, Tressler raised his average above the Mendoza Line for the first time this season. He is hitting 3-for-6 in the last two games. - Starting pitcher Brian Eichhorn exited the game in the sixth inning, working five and two thirds innings, his shortest outing since the season opener at Georgia. He allowed four runs off seven hits with four walks and tallied eight strikeouts. The junior, however, did not factor into the decision. - Cole Whitney worked two and a third no hit innings out of the bullpen with three strikeouts and two walks. He was in line for the win after the Eagles scored in the ninth. - Chase Cohen gave up two runs, one earned off three hits with a strikeout and a walk. He took the loss to fall to 4-4. - The loss drops the Eagles to fourth in the East Division, a half-game behind Troy. The Eagles are 14-10 in league play and would be the No. 5 seed for the Sun Belt Tournament if the regular season ended today.

UP NEXT Georgia Southern faces Arkansas State in Game Two of the weekend series on Saturday evening at 6:30 p.m. (CT) / 7:30 p.m. (ET).

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