ATHENS — Sam Howard tossed five scoreless innings as the Georgia Southern Eagles rolled to a 9-3 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in game one of a doubleheader at Foley Field. Georgia Southern (1-0) tallied 16 hits, its most since March 16, 2013, and got three hits from Chase Griffin and Stryker Brown. Griffin tallied the first hit of the ball game and scored the season's first run off of a base hit by Brown.