STATESBORO, GA. – Georgia Southern Baseball answered the bell on Wednesday, taking a 2-0 win over North Florida to give Head Coach Rodney Hennon his 600th win with the Eagles. Georgia Southern atoned for a 13-4 loss to the Ospreys in Jacksonville just 24 hours prior with the shutout win. Next up is a series with Clemson this weekend at J.I. Clements Stadium.

The Eagles improve to 30-20 on the year and lifting Coach Hennon's career record to 681-371-1 overall and 600-412 in the Blue and White. North Florida falls to 31-17 on the year.

QUOTABLES
Head Coach Rodney Hennon
"I'm proud of the way our guys responded after a tough game last night," said Coach Hennon. "It was important, regardless of the number of wins, for us to bounce back and play well at home. I thought Brian Eichhorn was outstanding on the mound and that was really good to see. We played good defense behind him which is always a good thing. It was a big win for this team, but as far as the number is concerned, I'm so blessed to be a part of this program for 17 years now. This program is a lot bigger than just one person so I'd like to thank, the players, coaches, administration, our families and our fans who have helped us be successful."

PLAYER OF THE GAME
Brian Eichhorn – RHP – Fr. - Richmond Hill, Ga.
7.0 IP // 5H // 0R // 1BB // 5K // WIN
Brian Eichhorn was outstanding to stymie the North Florida offense which tagged the Eagles for 20 hits just 24 hours prior. The freshman right hander allowed just five hits without giving up a run for his first combined shutout. He finished one off a career-high strikeouts with five while going a half inning shorter than his career long.

CRUCIAL MOMENTS
BOTTOM 3RD – A leadoff double down the line from Kent Rollins got the Eagles in business in the third. After a sacrifice moved him along to third, CJ Ballard drove Rollins in with a double down the line of his own, giving the Eagles a 1-0 lead after three.
BOTTOM 6TH – Georgia Southern got another run in the sixth off three hits in the frame. Jordan Wren hit a soft liner to left to plate Logan Baldwin from third to make it a 2-0 lead for the good guys.

NOTES
- Brian Eichhorn made his first start on the mound since April 24th and opened the night by retiring the first 10 batters in order. He ultimately picked up his first win since March 26th to improve to 4-2 on the year.
- The Eagle Bullpen did the rest, working the final two innings without a batter reaching base. Adam Kelly tossed a perfect eighth while Anthony Paesano got the first out of the ninth. Landon Hughes came in to work to a pair of right handed batters and struck both out to earn the save.
- The shutout was Georgia Southern's fourth of the season and the first since a 6-0 shellacking of UT Arlington on April 16th.

UP NEXT
The Clemson Tigers come to Statesboro this weekend for a three game non-conference series at the friendly confines. Friday's series opener is Baseball Jersey Night with fans encouraged to wear their favorite Major League team's jersey to the park. Saturday's game is Popsicle Night presented by Food World. Both games start at 7 p.m. with the series finale set for Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.

Bullpen Shines, Troy Baseball Falls Short Against No. 3 Mississippi State
TROY, Alabama – In Troy's final mid-week game in the regular season, the bullpen threw 5.2 innings of shutout baseball, but Troy fell short in a 7-3 loss to No. 3 Mississippi State on Wednesday at Riddle-Pace Field.

"It's a disappointing loss," head coach Mark Smartt said. "We got off to a poor start, but I was really please with how hung in there. It could've gotten away from us pretty quick, but our bullpen did a great job to give us a chance. Unfortunately, we couldn't get enough offense to overcome the deficit."

Led by Marc Skinner, Troy's (27-23) bullpen combined for five strikeouts and only allowed three hits. Skinner had three strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work. Trey Johns and Houston Mabray pitched an inning each and struck out one. Corey Childress closed out the game in the ninth and allowed one hit, but struck out one.

Mississippi State (34-14-1) scored four runs on four hits in the first inning and added two runs in the second to take an early 6-0 lead.

The Trojans battled back and scored one run as TJ Binder reached on a double, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on a Chase Smartt groundout to shortstop in the second inning.

The Bulldogs took a 7-1 lead in the fourth as Jake Mangum doubled to right field and scored Ryan Gridley.

Troy scored its second run of the game on a Trevor Davis groundout and cut the Bulldog lead to 7-2. Binder made it a 7-3 game as he singled up the middle and scored pinch runner Windham Jackson from second. Binder went 2-for-3 on the night with a double, an RBI and a run scored.

Joey Denison was the other Trojan that had two hits in the game. He went 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Cory Gill (3-3) suffered the loss for the Trojans. He pitched 3.1 innings and surrendered the seven runs, but struck out two.

The Trojans travel to Atlanta to take on Georgia State for a weekend series starting Friday at 5 p.m. CT.

Cajuns Baseball Comes Up Short At Houston, 3-2
HOUSTON, Texas - The 21st-ranked Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns baseball team saw its comeback bid come up short as the Cajuns fell 3-2 to Houston on Wednesday night at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park.

For only the third time this season, the Ragin' Cajuns (31-18, 16-8 Sun Belt) lost a game where they outhit their opponent with an 8-7 edge over the Cougars (29-19) at the plate. Louisiana was 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position in the contest.

"Sooner or later we have to get something going at the plate," head coach Tony Robichaux said.
"We did walk two people and both of those walks scored. We have to take care of all of our business. We are going to have to continue to keep pitching and playing defense like we have been to keep ourselves in it. Someone is going to have to step up for us at the plate. Sooner or later we are going to have to score runs."

Sophomore Evan Guillory (4-5) was handed his fifth loss of the season after giving up one run on one hit in three innings of work.

Houston starter John King (6-3) earned the victory limiting the Cajuns to two runs on six hits in 6.1 innings. King hit two batters, walked one and struck out three in the outing. Nick Hernandez tossed 2.2 scoreless innings in relief to tally his eight save of the year.

Offensively, Josh Vidales led the Cougars going 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Brad Antchak had a pair of hits on the night for Louisiana.

Houston grabbed a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second on a two-out RBI single by Vidales to right field.

The Cougars added a run in the bottom of the fourth on a Connor Hollis two-out RBI single up the middle.

Joe Davis increased the Houston advantage to 3-0 in the fifth scoring Michael Pyeatt from first base on a double down the left field line.

The Ragin' Cajuns broke into the scoring column in the top of the seventh when Hunter Kasuls was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and one out to score Brenn Conrad. In the next at bat, Brian Mills pulled the Cajuns within a run, 3-2, on a sacrifice fly to right field. Hernandez kept Louisiana from evening the contest in the inning as he got Kyle Clement to pop up to third base to end the threat.

In the top of the ninth, the Ragin' Cajuns put the tying run into scoring position with a one-out double down the left field line by Kennon Fontenot. Hernandez again bore down seeing Kasuls pop up and Mills go down swinging to end the contest.

The Cajuns continue their five-game road swing this weekend as the squad heads to Mobile, Ala. to face South Alabama. First pitch Friday is slated for 6:30 p.m. at Eddie Stanky Field.