Baseball Drops Friday Game at Georgia State

Friday, March 8

Atlanta, Ga.

1 PM

Army West Point

5-6

Georgia State

7-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Army	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	0
Georgia State	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	X	5	6	0

Baseball Drops Friday Game at Georgia State

March 08, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score Cumulative Stats

DECATUR, Ga. – A four-run bottom of the sixth proved costly for Army West Point Baseball at Georgia State.

After taking a 3-0 lead heading into the frame, the Black Knights (5-6) surrendered a quartet of unanswered one-out runs to the Panthers at GSU Baseball Complex Friday, as Army would go on to fall 5-3.

Starting pitcher Mike Ruggieri tossed five and a third innings, allowing no runs and just one hit before the Panther sixth-inning rally. The New Jersey native also struck out six batters.

CF Braden Golinski got Army on the scoreboard first, with a solo home run in the top of the second. LF William Parker made it 3-0 in the sixth, with a two-out, two-run single to score Derek Berg and Golinski.

Andrew Berg came out of the bullpen to pitch 2.2 innings, allowing one run and striking a pair of Panthers out.

By the Numbers

2-for-4: Derek Berg was 2-for-4 Friday.

14: Ruggieri retired 14 consecutive GSU batters from the first to the sixth innings, with four perfect innings.

0: No lead-off batters for the Panthers reached base.

Black Knight Notes

Berg has reached base 10 games in a row, with Parker following closely at a nine-game on-base streak.

Army played error-free baseball for the fourth time this year.

Next Up

Army is slated to play the second game of the series Saturday night at 6:00 p.m.

Saturday's originally scheduled doubleheader was moved to Sunday due to the weekend's weather forecast in the Atlanta area, with Sunday's Game 1 first pitch start time set for 11:00 a.m.

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