STATESBORO, Ga. – Despite quality relief efforts from
Carter Boyd and
Bradley Wilson, the Mountaineers' offense was held in check, falling 5-1 to Georgia Southern in Sunday's series finale at J.I. Clements Stadium.
After App State (11-12, 3-3) took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, Georgia Southern (14-9, 3-3) responded with five unanswered runs in the contest, highlighted by a three-run home second inning for the Eagles.
After
Everette Harris started the ballgame, Boyd came on in relief in the third inning. The redshirt sophomore got a flyout to end the inning and ultimately worked 2.1 innings, allowing just a run, while striking out one.
Wilson then worked the final 3.0 innings and did not allow a walk or a hit and threw 27 of his 40 pitches for strikes.
The Mountaineers lone run came on a bases loaded walk to
Tommy Walker, which followed walks to
Braxton Church and
Graham Smiley, sandwiched around a hit by pitch of
Tyler Figueroa.
Tyler Lichtenberger led the offense with two hits, including a triple, raising his team-leading batting average to .403 on the season.
App State will return to Boone for four home games next week, beginning with a Tuesday contest against High Point at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.
The 2025 App State Baseball season is presented by Chick-fil-A.
