Spring Hill Splits Doubleheader with Savannah State

SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Spring Hill College baseball team split Saturday's SIAC doubleheader with Savannah State at Tiger Field.
 
GAME ONE | Spring Hill 9, Savannah State 7
Kai St. Germaine (W: 1-0); Adonis Perez (L: 1-1)
 
The Tigers (5-4, 4-1 SIAC) got on the board first with three runs in the opening frame. The Badgers (6-7, 4-1 SIAC) responded with five unanswered runs, highlighted by a base-clearing triple from Reggie Cooper in the second and an RBI triple from Parker Serio in the third.
 
Savannah State evened the score at 5-5 in the bottom of the third with a two-run double. Spring Hill clawed back ahead with two more runs through the sixth.
 
SSU tied the game again in the sixth at 7-7. AJ Swader hit a two-run walk-off home run to right field, sealing the 9-7 series opener victory.
 
GAME TWO | Savannah State 3, Spring Hill 1
Solomon Masters (W: 1-0); Kaleb Bush (L: 0-2)
 
Savannah State opened scoring with an RBI double in the fourth. Spring Hill brought the game to a 1-1 tie in the sixth on a RBI single bunt from Seth Williams.
 
The Tigers jumped ahead by two runs in the sixth and held on to win 3-1 and even the series at 1-1.
 
Game Details
Date: Feb. 22
Venue (Location): Tiger Field (Savannah, Ga.)
 
Up Next
Game three of the Savannah State series is scheduled for Sunday at 12 p.m. (ET).
 
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