Despite a multitude of home runs, App State baseball lost all three games Friday through Sunday at Georgia Southern.
The Mountaineers lost the first game Friday 9-0.
The first 3 innings of the game were a stalemate as neither team scored.
Redshirt senior pitcher Caleb Cross and the App State defense did not allow a run until the fourth inning, when the Eagles took a 2-0 lead.
Georgia Southern scored again in the sixth inning, and Cross was relieved in the seventh inning after allowing 2 hits.
The seventh inning saw a barrage of Eagles reach home base as they scored 6 runs to extend their lead to 9-0.
The Black and Gold recorded 4 hits in the game.
App State fell in the second game 14-13, despite 2 towering grand slams from sophomore first baseman Kameron Miller and redshirt sophomore catcher Graham Smiley.
The Mountaineers went down 1-0 due to a Georgia Southern sacrifice bunt after the first inning.
They responded with 2 runs in the second after RBIs from sophomore infielder Tyler Figueroa and freshman infielder Tyler Lichtenberger.
After a scoreless third inning for either side, Miller blasted a solo home run in the fourth, giving the Black and Gold a 3-1 lead.
The Eagles responded with 3 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, regaining the lead 3-4.
The fifth inning was high-scoring for both squads.
Smiley hit a lead-off home run to start the inning. Miller followed with a grand slam to left field to extend the lead 8-4.
Georgia Southern responded with 4 runs to tie the game at 8.
The Eagles stretched their lead with 3 runs in the sixth inning, taking an 11-8 lead
Miller recorded his sixth RBI in the top of the seventh to cut into the lead.
The Eagles responded with a homer in the eighth to extend their lead to 12-9.
Smiley stepped up to the plate in the top of the ninth and hammered the second grand slam of the afternoon for App State, taking back a 13-12 lead.
Georgia Southern finished the game with a walk-off 2-RBI single. The Mountaineers lost a nail-biter 14-13.
The Black and Gold lost the third game of the series 5-1 Sunday.
The first inning was scoreless.
In the second inning, App State scored their only run after a bases-loaded walk. The Eagles responded, scoring 3 runs in the bottom of the second inning.
They scored again in the third and the fifth, securing their 5-1 victory.
Lichtenberger recorded 2 hits, increasing his batting average to .403.
The Mountaineers come back to Boone to face High Point at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.