STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball dropped the final game of this weekend's series to South Alabama, 5-0, to close the opening weekend of Sun Belt Conference play. The Eagles out-hit the Jaguars 8-6, but struck out 13 times on Sunday. Next up for Georgia Southern is a pair of midweek games against The Citadel, starting with Tuesday's game at Riley Park in Charleston.
The Eagles fall to 10-9 on the season and 1-2 in Sun Belt play. South Alabama improves to 11-9 and 2-1 in the league.
CRUICIAL MOMENTS
Top 2nd - USA 2 - GS 0 - South Alabama got its first runs of the game in the second with a tow run home run to left.