UAB Baseball Falls to Georgia Southern, 11-7

Friday, March 12

Statesboro,Ga.

5:30 PM CST

UAB

6-6

Georgia Southern

7-6

UAB

Georgia Southern

Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern

UAB Baseball Falls to Georgia Southern, 11-7

3/12/2021 10:05:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score Season Stats

STATESBORO, Ga. — The UAB baseball team fell to Georgia Southern by a score of 11-7 Friday night at J.I Clements Stadium.

Georgia Southern (7-6, 0-0 SBC) got their offense going early in the first, bringing three runs in on four hits. Mason McWharter recorded a two-run home run and Noah Ledford hit an RBI single to score the runs.

After three scoreless innings, UAB (6-6, 0-0 CUSA) broke through in the fourth. J Paul Fullerton and Zack Davis had back-to-back singles and Ian Ladner was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. John Marc Mullins drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in UAB's first run. Following a fielder's choice to score two, Jess Davis hit a three-run home run to take the lead, 6-3.

The Eagles answered back in the bottom of the inning bringing in two runs on two hits to bring the Blazers' lead to one, 6-5. Georgia Southern plated four runs in the sixth and two in the seventh for the 11-6 lead.

With two on to start the ninth, Chandler Simpson hit an RBI double to center, cutting the Eagles' lead to four. Nick Jones came in to pitch for Georgia Southern and closed out the game, 11-7, for his fourth save of the season.

Junior Riley Davis (1-1, 3.13 ERA) got the start for UAB, working 5.0 innings. Collin Taylor (0-1, 5.06 ERA) had his first loss of the season after pitching 0.1 innings. At the plate, the Blazers recorded their fourth 10-plus hit game of the season. Simpson and Fullerton each recorded two hits.

UAB and Georgia Southern will be back in action for game two at 1 p.m. CST on Saturday at J.I. Clements Stadium. Live stats and streaming information for each game is available on the UAB baseball schedule page.

For more information on the UAB baseball team, follow @UAB_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.

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